| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 347 pages) |
| Note |
Proceedings of a conference on Religion and the Resurgence of Capitalism at the University of Lancaster, July 1991. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Religion and capitalism : a new convergence? / Richard H. Roberts -- Max Weber, capitalism and the religion of India / David N. Gellner -- Islam and capitalism : a Weberian perspective on resurgence / William H. Swatos Jr -- Religion, ethics and economic interaction in Japan : some arguments in a continuing discussion / Helmut Loiskandl -- Dynamic complementarity : Korean Confucianism and Christianity / James H. Grayson -- Judaism and capitalism / Paul Morris -- Religion and the transition to a "new world order"? : Some preliminary evidence from Canada / Peter Beyer -- Quasi-religious corporations : a new integration of religion and capitalism? / David G. Bromley -- America loves Sweden : prosperity theology and the cultures of capitalism / Simon M. Coleman -- Power and empowerment : New Age managers and the dialectics of modernity/post-modernity / Richard H. Roberts -- The gospel of prosperity in West Africa / Rosalind I.J. Hackett -- Evangelical religion and capitalist society in Chile : historical context, social trajectory and current political and economic ethos / David Martin -- Modernity or pseudo-modernity? Secularization or pseudo-secularization? : Reflections on East-Central Europe / Ivan Varga -- Greek orthodoxy and modern socio-economic change / Nikos Kokosalakis -- Religion and the demise of socialism in Israeli society / Stephen Sharot -- Religion and capitalism in Australia / Alan W. Black -- Religion, politics and development in Malaysia / Anne Eyre -- The post-Deng era and the future of religion in China / Julian F. Pas. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text |
| Subject |
Religion and sociology -- Congresses.
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Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Congresses.
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Religions -- Congresses.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Capitalism -- Religious aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00846439
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Religion and sociology. (OCoLC)fst01093858
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Religions. (OCoLC)fst01093898
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Godsdienst.
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Kapitalisme.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings. (OCoLC)fst01423772
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| Added Author |
Roberts, Richard H., 1946- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Religion and the transformations of capitalism 0415119170 (DLC) 94028913 (OCoLC)30895777 |
| ISBN |
9781134813513 (electronic book) |
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1134813511 (electronic book) |
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9780203210680 |
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0203210689 |
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0415119170 |
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9780415119177 |
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