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Jul 1, 2016 · Our study hopes to contribute to this debate by suggesting that relations between the state and religion, and the actors that contest them, are the central path through which religion impacts moments of potential democratisation. This requires a shift toward social and institutional analysis.
- Jocelyne Cesari
- 2016
Feb 19, 2018 · Capitalism as Religion. A proposal doing the rounds of late suggests that capitalism has replaced traditional religion as the faith of many people around the globe. The emphases and sources vary – ranging from Walter Benjamin’s fragment from 1921 called ‘Capitalism as Religion’ to Buddhist criticisms – but the outline is largely similar.
“Ben Friedman’s Religion and the Rise of Capitalism is an expansive and intricate tapestry depicting the progression and interaction of ideas and events in economics and (mainly Protestant) religion across four centuries.
Jul 10, 2021 · Global capitalism seems to be placing democracy, especially liberal democracy, under considerable stress. Support for populism has surged, especially for extreme right parties with populist and authoritarian programs. Inequality, insecurity, and interdependence—all associated with globalization—have grown globally and appear to be key ...
Oct 6, 2017 · François Gauthier argues that scholars of religion have often ignored the rise of economics as a dominant and structuring social force beginning in the 1980s and, as such, how consumerism and neoliberalism have shaped religion.
Based on Max Weber’s famous study on the emergence of capitalism from the spirit of puritan ethics, the religious socialism of Paul Tillich and conscious capitalism are reconstructed as ways of dealing with the destructive tendencies of modern economics.
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Sep 11, 2019 · Is contemporary capitalism compatible with liberal democracy? The glib answer, though not wrong, is that it had better be. There are no known examples of fully socialized economies with a...
