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Salvation goods and religious markets. Theory and applications

Salvation goods and religious markets. Theory and applications Book Reviews / Journal of Empirical Th eology 21 (2008) 241-262 257 Stolz, J. (ed.) (2008). Salvation goods and religious markets. Th eory and applications . Bern: Peter Lang Verlag AG. ISBN 978-3-03911-211-1 Th is book off ers an overview of the emerging economic paradigm in social theory of reli- gion, expressed in the metaphors of salvation goods and religious markets. Th e editor of the volume, professor of sociology of religion Jörg Stolz (Lausanne University), edited a volume with contributions by authors who visited an international conference on the topic, organ- ised by the Observatory of Religions in Switzerland (ORS), in 2005. Th e book critically assesses the use of goods and markets concepts in social theory of religion, not only in terms of the obvious rational choice theories advocated by American sociologists, but also in terms of the ‘European’ roots of the paradigm as developed earlier — and with at least the same sophistication — by Weber and Bourdieu. Th is is dealt with mainly in the fi rst, theo- retical part of the book. Th e fi rst contribution criticises the reifi cation of the term ‘salvation goods’, resulting from rational choice theories that take http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Empirical Theology Brill

Salvation goods and religious markets. Theory and applications

Schilderman, Hans
Journal of Empirical Theology , Volume 21 (2): 257 – Jan 1, 2008
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© 2008 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0922-2936
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Book Reviews / Journal of Empirical Th eology 21 (2008) 241-262 257 Stolz, J. (ed.) (2008). Salvation goods and religious markets. Th eory and applications . Bern: Peter Lang Verlag AG. ISBN 978-3-03911-211-1 Th is book off ers an overview of the emerging economic paradigm in social theory of reli- gion, expressed in the metaphors of salvation goods and religious markets. Th e editor of the volume, professor of sociology of religion Jörg Stolz (Lausanne University), edited a volume with contributions by authors who visited an international conference on the topic, organ- ised by the Observatory of Religions in Switzerland (ORS), in 2005. Th e book critically assesses the use of goods and markets concepts in social theory of religion, not only in terms of the obvious rational choice theories advocated by American sociologists, but also in terms of the ‘European’ roots of the paradigm as developed earlier — and with at least the same sophistication — by Weber and Bourdieu. Th is is dealt with mainly in the fi rst, theo- retical part of the book. Th e fi rst contribution criticises the reifi cation of the term ‘salvation goods’, resulting from rational choice theories that take

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