ISBN:
9780415119177
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (360 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Religion and The Transformation of Capitalism : Comparative Approaches
DDC:
291.1/785
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book addresses from a socio-scientific standpoint the interaction of religions and forms of contemporary capitalism. Contributors explore a wide range of interactions between economic systems and their socio-cultural contexts
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; RELIGION AND THE TRANSFORMATIONS OF CAPITALISM: Comparative approaches; Copyright; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Religion and capitalism-a new convergence?; Part I REVISING THE CLASSICS; 1 MAX WEBER, CAPITALISM AND THE RELIGION OF INDIA; 2 ISLAM AND CAPITALISM: A Weberian perspective on resurgence; 3 RELIGION, ETHICS AND ECONOMIC INTERACTION IN JAPAN: Some arguments in a continuing discussion; 4 DYNAMIC COMPLEMENTARITY: Korean Confucianism and Christianity; 5 JUDAISM AND CAPITALISM
Description / Table of Contents:
6 RELIGION AND THE TRANSITION TO A 'NEW WORLD ORDER'?: Some preliminary evidence from CanadaPart II THE NEW HANDMAID? RELIGION AND THE EMPOWERMENT OF CAPITALISM; 7 QUASI-RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS: A new integration of religion and capitalism?; 8 AMERICA LOVES SWEDEN: Prosperity theology and the cultures of capitalism; 9 POWER AND EMPOWERMENT: New Age managers and the dialectics of modernity/post-modernity; 10 THE GOSPEL OF PROSPERITY IN WEST AFRICA; 11 EVANGELICAL RELIGION AND CAPITALIST SOCIETY IN CHILE: Historical context, social trajectory and current political and economic ethos
Description / Table of Contents:
Part III RELIGION AND MODERNITY/POST-MODERNITY-CAPITALISM AND CULTURES EAST AND WEST12 MODERNITY OR PSEUDO-MODERNITY? SECULARIZATION OR PSEUDO-SECULARIZATION?: Reflections on East-Central Europe; 13 GREEK ORTHODOXY AND MODERN SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE; 14 RELIGION AND THE DEMISE OF SOCIALISM IN ISRAEL SOCIETY; 15 RELIGION AND CAPITALISM IN AUSTRALIA; 16 RELIGION, POLITICS AND DEVELOPMENT IN MALAYSIA; 17 THE POST-DENG ERA AND THE FUTURE OF RELIGION IN CHINA; INDEX
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Description based upon print version of record
