EAN: 9783039112111

SALVATION GOODS AND RELIGIOUS MARKETS KARTONIER...

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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