Sociology of religion for generations X and Y [electronic resource] / Adam Possamai.

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.

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