Presenting an overview of an emerging field in the study of contemporary religion, this book explores religion as both shaped by consumer culture and as shaping consumer culture. Following an introduction which critically analyses studies on consumer culture and integrates schol…
This book, together with a complementary volume Religion in the Neoliberal Age, focus on religion, neoliberalism and consumer society; offering an overview of an emerging field of research in the study of contemporary religion. Claiming that we are entering a new phase of state-…
This volume develops a thorough analysis of religion as both shaped by consumer culture and as shaping consumer culture. The book explores how consumerism and electronic media have shaped globalized culture, and how this is affecting religion. It also looks at the politics of re…
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: Religion in Market Society -- Part I Religions in the New Political Economy -- 1 Entrepreneurial Spirituality and Ecumenical Alterglobalism: Two Religiou…