Overview

The idea that religion has to succeed in a market, selling salvation goods, has proved to be extremely attractive to scholars in sociology and the study of religion. Max Weber used the term salvation good to compare different religious traditions. Pierre Bourdieu employed the term in order to analyze religious economy. And recently, an American group of researchers advocating rational choice of religion put the theme at the forefront of current debates. This book - the fruit of an International Congress in Lausanne in April 2005 - brings together leading specialists in the fields of sociology and the study of religion who discuss the terms salvation goods (or religious goods) and religious market. The authors test the applicability of these concepts by using specific examples and they either deliberately advocate or criticize Weberian, Bourdieusian or rational-choice perspectives.

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Author:   Joerg Stolz ,  Joerg Stolz
Publisher:   Verlag Peter Lang
Imprint:   Verlag Peter Lang
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9783039112111

ISBN 10:   3039112112
Pages:   287
Publication Date:   17 December 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Jorg Stolz: Introduction: A New Look at the Question of Salvation Goods and Religious Markets - Peter-Ulrich Merz-Benz: Salvation Goods and Culture Goods: An Interpretation of Max Weber - Franz Schultheis: Salvation Goods and Domination: Pierre Bourdieu's Sociology of the Religious Field - Jorg Stolz: Salvation Goods and Religious Markets: Integrating Rational Choice and Weberian Perspectives - Steve Bruce: The Social Limits on Religious Markets - Pierre-Yves Brandt: Integration or Individuation: Are the Salvation Goods Promised by First-Century Christian Preaching Still Attractive? - Silvia Mancini: Salvation Goods and the Canonization Logic: On Two Popular Cults of Southern Italy - Enzo Pace: Salvation Goods, the Gift Economy and Charismatic Concern - Jean-Pierre Bastian: The New Religious Economy of Latin America - Terry Rey: Worthiness as Spiritual Capital: Theorizing Little Haiti's Religious Market - Veronique Altglas: Indian Gurus and the Quest for Self-perfection Among the Educated Middle-Classes - Maya Burger: What is the Price of Salvation? The Exchange of Salvation Goods between India and the West - Jean-Francois Mayer: Salvation Goods and the Religious Market in the Cultic Milieu.

Reviews

Un estudio, sin duda, atrayente, interesante, especialmente para quienes intentan penetrar y comprender, desde el punto de vista sociologico, la variedad de fenomenos y movimientos religiosos y para-religiosos que pululan por el mercado actual. (Jesus-Angel Barreda, Bibliographia Missionaria)

Un estudio, sin duda, atrayente, interesante, especialmente para quienes intentan penetrar y comprender, desde el punto de vista sociologico, la variedad de fenomenos y movimientos religiosos y para-religiosos que pululan por el mercado actual. (Jesus-Angel Barreda, Bibliographia Missionaria)

Author Information

The Editor: Jorg Stolz is professor of sociology of religion at the University of Lausanne and director of the Observatory of Religions in Switzerland (ORS).

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