Conceptual constructs and social classes: a review of "Capitalizing religion" : review symposium
Capitalizing Religion is a good addition to the growing number of works in the last decade that examine the intertwinings of religion, spirituality, and capitalism in the neoliberal present. Through an examination of scholarly discourses on modern religion and contemporary fiction and spirituality m...
| Published in: | Religion |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2016]
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| In: |
Religion
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| Review of: | Capitalizing religion (London [u.a.] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014) (McCloud, Sean)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Religion
/ Spirituality
/ Capitalism
/ Sociology
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion |
| Further subjects: | B
Book review
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| Online Access: |
Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | Capitalizing Religion is a good addition to the growing number of works in the last decade that examine the intertwinings of religion, spirituality, and capitalism in the neoliberal present. Through an examination of scholarly discourses on modern religion and contemporary fiction and spirituality manuals, Martin demonstrates how, within the consumer capitalist present, the ideologies of individualism, consumption, quietism, and productivity shape conversations, habits, relationships, and fantasies. Martin tells us that the goal of social theory should be to account for how individuals and their choices are propelled by the material, historical, and structural forces that constitute them. He is a writer who has long been particularly attentive to the fact that “religion” is not some particular entity that exists “out there” that can be examined, but rather a bounded construct whose definition – through processes of inclusion and exclusion – performs works of distinction that benefit some interests, groups, and individuals to the detriment of others. Capitalizing Religion reminds us that the choices that many sociologists of religion make in dividing social formations into categories such as “religious,” “spiritual,” “institutional,” “individual,” or “paranormal” don’t just describe the world, but rather attempt to constitute it through taxonomies that are anything but natural and given. |
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| ISSN: | 0048-721X |
| Reference: | Kritik in ""Capitalizing religion" (2016)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2016.1176323 |