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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
Available at http://anthro.rschram.org/2667/6
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=0N9DF2yfjG8. Accessed February 15, 2015.
Search for more videos and information about Joel Osteen. Why is his “prosperity gospel” so controversial?
Another world is possible
The World Social Forum, a meeting of groups from around the world who are all combating globalization, has a slogan: Another world is possible.
Is this the only world that is possible?
What other worlds are possible?
What would you change?
A guide to the unit
ANTH 2667: The anthropology of religion—a guide to the unit