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Religion as ideology

Religion as ideology, or Global Christianity and neoliberalism

Ryan Schram

Mills 169 (A26)

ryan.schram@sydney.edu.au

16 April 2015

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Readings

Rudnyckyj, Daromir. 2009. “Market Islam in Indonesia.” Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 15: S183–201. doi:10.1111/j.1467–9655.2009.01549.x.

Wiegele, Katharine L. 2013. “Reframing Suffering and Success through the El Shaddai Movement of the Philippines.” Asia-Pacific Social Science Review 5 (2): 66–88. http://ejournals.ph/index.php?journal=dlsu-apssr&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=6741.

Cahn, Peter S. 2006. “Building Down and Dreaming Up: Finding Faith in a Mexican Multilevel Marketer.” American Ethnologist 33 (1): 126–42. doi:10.1525/ae.2006.33.1.126.

Other media

Osteen, Joel. 2015. “Choosing Faith In Spite Of The Facts 2015.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A1Akgz7FU0&feature=youtube_gdata_player. Accessed February 15, 2015.

Search for more videos and information about Joel Osteen. Why is his “prosperity gospel” so controversial?

Key ideas for this week

  • The ideology of individualism - whose interests are served?
  • Robinson Crusoe and Marx
  • Religion, the good life and success
  • Success as a worldly vocation, success as a false consciousness

A guide to the unit

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