TY  - BOOK
AU  - Possamai,Adam
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
TI  - Sociology of religion for generations X and Y
AV  - BL60 .P59 2009eb
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London, Oakville, CT
PB  - Equinox
KW  - Religion and sociology
KW  - Textbooks
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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
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ER  -