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This book explores how religious activists understand, interpret and practically engage with neoliberal globalization and present their proposals and practices to promote, reform or resist neoliberal globalization.
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1. Religion and International Political Economy - A Case of Mutual Neglect, Sabine Dreher / 2. Historical and Theoretical Perspectives on Religion and Capitalism, Sabine Dreher, Peter J. Smith and Edward Webb / 3. Religious Demographic Trends: Patterns of Growth and Decline, 1950-2010, Davis Brown / 4. The Prosperity Gospel and the Globalization of American Capitalism, Michael Wilkinson / 5. God, Wealth and the Spirit of Investment: Prosperity Pentecostalism in Africa, Asonzeh Ukah / 6. Neoliberal Capitalism and the Emergence of Corporate Hinduism In Urban India, Surya Prakash Upadhyay / 7. The Globalization Project of the Hizmet Movement, Sabine Dreher / 8. Islamic Social Democracy? Ennahda's Approach to Economic Development in Tunisia, Edward Webb / 9. Promoting Neoliberalism through Islam? The Case of the AKP in Turkey, Umut Bozkurt / 10. Preaching Development. Shi'i Piety and Neoliberalism in Beirut, Fouad Gehad Marei / 11. Religion and Corporate Social Responsibility: Taming Neoliberalism?, Michael MacLeod / 12. Taxing the Rich: Interfaith Activism in Tanzania's Mining Sector, Aikande Kwayu / 13. Greed and Climate Change: Confronting Economic Globalization in the U.S. Religious Environmental Movement, Justyna Nicinska / 14. Faith, Global Justice and Resistance to Neoliberalism: From the World Social Forum to Occupy!, Peter J. Smith and Elizabeth Smythe / 15. Indianismo and Decoloniality: Voices of Resistance, Marcos Scauso / 16. Religious Arguments in the Global Economy, Peter J. Smith / Index / Notes on Contributors
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Edited by Sabine Dreher and Peter J. Smith
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This book explores how religious activists understand, interpret and practically engage with neoliberal globalization and present their proposals and practices to promote, reform or resist neoliberal globalization.
