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.
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.
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
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
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