1st Edition
Religion in the Market Era The Rise of Market Islam, the Revenge of Confucius, and Other Stories From a Global Age
By François Gauthier
Copyright 2025
352 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
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Routledge
This book aims to expand the limits of the social-scientific study of religion and define a coherent model of recent global transformations of religion, challenging the paradigm of secularisation and post-secularisation. Using a wide-ranging selection of case studies, including global Islam, post-Soviet Eastern Europe, and China, the author argues that since the 1980s, religion has been... Read more
1 Introduction
2 The Rise of Market Islam I: Islamism, From State Focus to Lifestyle
3 The Rise of Market Islam II: Halalising Islam, From Fashions and Foods to
Finance
4 From Stalin to the Market: Religion in Orthodox-majority Eastern Europe
5 Chinese Revolutions 1 (1898-1978): The Making of Religion
6 Chinese Revolutions 2 (1978-2022): Booming Economy, Booming Religion
7 Conclusion
Biography
François Gauthier is Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.
