Religion in the Market Era: The Rise of Market Islam, the Revenge of Confucius, and Other Stories From...

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François Gauthier

Religion in the Market Era

The Rise of Market Islam, the Revenge of Confucius, and Other Stories From a Global Age

François Gauthier

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Routledge
06 June 2025

General & world history; Religion & science; Globalization; Sociology; Anthropology

Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

This book aims to expand the limits of the social-scientific study of religion and define a coherent model of recent global transformations of religion, challenging the paradigm of secularisation and post-secularisation. Using a wide-ranging selection of case studies, including global Islam, post-Soviet Eastern Europe, and China, the author argues that since the 1980s, religion has been dramatically shaped around the world by neoliberalism and consumerism. Providing a global, macro-level history of how religion has changed in the past four decades, this book contends that the rise of economics as a dominant social sphere is central to understanding the ongoing changes in contemporary world religions.

By: François Gauthier
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9780367682217
ISBN 10: 0367682214
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 06 June 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1 Introduction 2 The Rise of Market Islam I: Islamism, From State Focus to Lifestyle 3 The Rise of Market Islam II: Halalising Islam, From Fashions and Foods to Finance 4 From Stalin to the Market: Religion in Orthodox-majority Eastern Europe 5 Chinese Revolutions 1 (1898-1978): The Making of Religion 6 Chinese Revolutions 2 (1978-2022): Booming Economy, Booming Religion 7 Conclusion

François Gauthier is Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.