02242nam a2200349 a 4500 ebr10386852 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 080609s2009 enk sb 001 0 eng 2008024907 GBA8C9188 bnb 014800319 Uk 9781845533038 (hbk.) 1845533038 (hbk.) 9781845533045 (pbk.) 1845533046 (pbk.) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)647929349 BL60 .P59 2009eb Possamai, Adam. Sociology of religion for generations X and Y [electronic resource] / Adam Possamai. London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox, 2009. vi, 225 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : Xers and Yers as cohorts of the post-1970s generation -- 1. Religious diversity and the politics of definition -- 2. Religion and popular culture -- 3. Religion and modernity : Marx, Durkheim 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 post-Christian world -- 11. The multiple-modernites 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Religion and sociology Textbooks. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10386852 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 101178 101178