Overview
- Brings together a group of top scholars in questioning the relationship between spirituality and well-being in light of empirical data
- Uniquely covers the issue of spirituality from a critical, anthropologically informed perspective
- Compares the growing trend toward spirituality against the neoliberal paradigm
Part of the book series: Religion, Spirituality and Health: A Social Scientific Approach (RELSPHE, volume 6)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Inspired by the neoliberal paradigm that transposes religious behaviors into a religious marketplace framed by consumerist and capitalist models, this volume draws on ethnographic fieldwork to discuss the assemblage between the well-being trope and the rise of new spiritualities, as well as their deep permeation within mainstream culture. Building on previous literature that addresses the relationship between spirituality, healing and well-being, this text discusses the religious roots of mind-body practices. The contributions offer a critical perspective on the scope, limits and impacts of the current celebration of spiritualities.
Part I provides theoretical insights for thinking about ways in which the prevalent ethics of well-being reframes subjectivities within the margins of neoliberal order. Part II demonstrates how spiritual economies are promoted, shaped and regulated by institutional forces such as States, law and the labor market. In part III, contributors describein detail how spiritual economies unfold in specific cultural and social settings. The text appeals to students and researchers working on the spirituality and sociology of religion.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Geraldine Mossiere is an anthropologist and associate professor at the Université de Montreal’s Institute of Religious Studies. Her more than fifty professional publications address contemporary religiosities including religious diversity in secular societies and the growing trend toward spirituality discourse. She has also published and edited numerous books and special reviews on conversion processes and experiences (see Converties à l'islam. Parcours de femmes au Québec et en France, Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2013). She now works on the healing dimension of spiritualities as well as spirituality in public institutions.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: New Spiritualities and the Cultures of Well-being
Editors: Géraldine Mossière
Series Title: Religion, Spirituality and Health: A Social Scientific Approach
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06263-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-06262-9Published: 07 July 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-06265-0Published: 08 July 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-06263-6Published: 06 July 2022
Series ISSN: 2627-6011
Series E-ISSN: 2627-602X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 184
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Spirituality, Sociology of Religion