Efnisyfirlit

• Cover Page
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Tables
• Figures
• Acknowledgements
• Note
• Introduction: Xers and Yers as Cohorts of the Post-1970s Generation
  • Introduction
  • Generations X and Y
  • Contents
• 1 Religious Diversity and the Politics of Definition
  • Introduction
  • Religious Toleration? The Case Study of the Church of Scientology
    • The Church of Scientology
    • The Church of Scientology in Australian Courts
  • Protection and Definition of Religion?
  • The Diversity of Revelations: What to Believe?
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• 2 Religion and Popular Culture
  • Introduction
  • Popular Culture and Religion
  • Popular Culture Used for Religious Creativity: Hyper-consumption
    • The Church of All Worlds
    • Neo-Paganism
    • The Church of Scientology
    • H.P. Lovecraft and the Church of Satan
    • Star Wars
    • Matrixism
    • Heaven’s Gate Group and Star Trek
  • Popular Culture Used for Policing: Hypo-consumption
    • Star Wars
    • Pokemon and Digimon
    • The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• 3 Religion and Modernity: Marx, Durkheim and Weber
  • Introduction
  • Modernity
  • Functional Understanding of Religion
    • Marx (1818–83) and Engels (1820–95)
    • Durkheim (1858–1917)
  • Substantive Understanding of Religion
    • Weber (1864–1920)
  • Conclusion
  • Note
• 4 Religion, Spirituality and the Post-Secularisation Approach
  • Introduction
  • The Secularisation Thesis
  • De-secularisation Thesis
  • Rational Choice Theory in a Nutshell
  • Religion and Spirituality
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• 5 Religion and Postmodernity (Part A): Consumer Religions
  • Introduction
  • Postmodernity
  • Consumption
  • Religion and Consumption
  • Cultural Consumption, Lipovetsky, and the Postmodern Individual
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• 6 Religion and Postmodernity (Part B): Hyper-Reality and the Internet
  • Introduction
  • Baudrillard and Hyper-reality
  • Jediism as a Case Study of a Hyper-real Religious Phenomenon
  • Hyper-real http://Religions.com and the Participatory Culture
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• 7 Esotericism, Its McDonaldisation, and Its Re-enchantment Process
  • Introduction
  • The Disenchantment of the World
  • Esotericism
  • Seeking ‘Secret Knowledge’ in Postmodernity
  • A Re-enchantment from Below?
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• 8 Monotheistic Fundamentalism(s) as an Outcome of Consumer Culture
  • Introduction
  • Monotheistic Fundamentalism(s)
  • Fighting Psychological Pressure in Postmodern Culture
  • Christian Fundamentalism
  • Muslim Fundamentalism
  • Jewish Fundamentalism
  • The Difficulty in Identifying Forms of Fundamentalism (a Bit of Forensic Theology)
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• 9 Buddhism, Its Westernisation and the Easternisation of the West
  • Introduction
  • Siddhartha Gautama
  • Beliefs and Practices
  • The Three Main Schools
    • Therevada (Southern Buddhism) or the School of the Elders
    • Mayahana (Eastern Buddhism) or The Great Vehicle
    • Vajrayana (Northern Buddhism) or The Diamond Tradition
  • Growth of Convert Buddhism
  • Buddhism and the Beat Generation
  • The Westernisation of Buddhism
  • The Easternisation of the West
  • Western Buddhism and Consumption
  • Conclusion
  • Note
• 10 Christianity: Churches and Sects in a Post-Christian World
  • Introduction
  • Christianity in a Snapshot
  • Religious Organisations
  • Decline of Christianity in the Western World
  • Vatican II
  • Christianity Further Reaching for the Popular
  • The Next Christianity
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• 11 The Multiple-Modernities of Islam?
  • Introduction
  • Islam in a Nutshell
  • Modernisation and /or Re-Islamisation?
  • Re-Islamisation from Above: The Case Study of Iran
  • Re-Islamisation from Below: Palestine and Its Intifada
  • Re-Islamisation from Below: Algeria and Its Civil War in the Early 1990s
  • Modernisation or Anti-Modernisation in Islam?
  • Islamic Multiple-Modernities?
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• 12 New Religious Movements and the Death of the New Age
  • Introduction
  • New Religious Movements (NRMs)
  • New Age Spiritualities
  • The Affinity Networking Capital
  • The Cultic Milieu and the Network Paradigm
    • First Axis: Production of Spirituality
    • Second Axis: Consumption of Spirituality
    • The Grid
  • Conclusion
• 13 Witchcraft, the Internet, and Consumerism
  • Introduction
  • Neo-Paganism and Modern Occultism: The Invention of a Tradition
  • The Variety of Neo-Pagan Experiences
  • Neo-Pagan Rituals and Covens
  • Cyber-Covens
  • Witchcraft and Consumer Culture
  • Conclusion
• Conclusion: What Do Sociologists of Religion in Academia Do Apart from Teaching and Marking? Their Work as Intellectuals
  • Introduction
  • What Are the Intellectuals?
  • Intellectuals in the Field of New Religious Movements (NRMs): A Case Study
  • What is the Role of Intellectuals in the Field of Religious Studies?
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
• References
• Index

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