Adam Possamai

Sociology of Religion for Generations X and Y

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explores sociological concepts such as secularisation and the multiple modernisation thesis, re-enchantment, and the McDonaldisation of society; while addressing contemporary phenomenon within, for example, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, New Age, and Witchcraft groups.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781844657438
• ISBN-10: 1844657434
• Artikelnr.: 39721702

Autorenporträt

Adam Possamai is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Western Sydney. He is the author of Religion and Popular Culture: A Hyper-Real Testament and In Search of New Age Spiritualities.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: X-ers and Y-ers as Cohorts of the Post 1970'S Generation 1:
Religious Diversity and the Politics of Definition 2: Religion and Popular
Culture 3: Religion and Modernity: Marx, Dukheim and Weber 4: Religion,
Spirituality and the Post-secularisation Approach 5: Religion and
Postmodernity (Part A): Consumer Religions 6: Religion and Postmodernity
(Part B): Hyper-reality and the Internet 7: Esotericism, its
'McDonaldisation' and its Re-enchantment Process 8: Monotheistic
Fundamentalism(s) as an outcome of consumer culture 9: Buddhism, its
Westernisation and the Easternisation of the West 10: Christianity,
Churches and Sects in a Postchristian World 11: The Multiple-Modernities of
Islam? 12: New Religious Movements and the Death of the New Age 13:
Witchcraft, the Internet and Consumerism Conclusion: What do Sociologists
of Religion in Academia do Apart from Teaching and Marking? Their Work as
Intellectuals References Index