First as Sociology, then as geography: A review essay on Steven Sutcliffe and Ingvild Saelid Gilhus's new age spiritualities: Rethinking Religion
Publication Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
3-2015
Abstract
This essay reviews Steven J. Sutcliffe and Ingvild Sælid Gilhus's New Age Spiritualities: Rethinking Religion. It shows that their attempt to redefine religion through new age spiritualities is actually an attempt to impose an economically elite social geography onto religious studies as a social fact. My central argument is that this effort in turn reveals that religious studies serves as a sociological factory for liberal economic ideologies. It suggests that to mitigate this ideological work, a shift toward critical geography in religious studies is the way forward.
Discipline
Ethics and Political Philosophy | Religion
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Bulletin for the Study of Religion
Volume
44
Issue
1
First Page
39
Last Page
43
ISSN
2041-1863
Identifier
10.1558/bsor.v44i1.26862
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Citation
TSE, Justin Kh.(2015). First as Sociology, then as geography: A review essay on Steven Sutcliffe and Ingvild Saelid Gilhus's new age spiritualities: Rethinking Religion. Bulletin for the Study of Religion, 44(1), 39-43.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3089
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1558/bsor.v44i1.26862