The marketization of church closures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5118006 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jes Heise Rasmussen (University College Copenhagen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 474-486 |
| Publication date | 2018-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-721X • E-ISSN: 1096-1151 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0048721x.2018.1482617 |
| OpenAlex | W2811230693 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
In recent years, the impact of marketization on the religious field has gained increasing attention within sociology of religion. However, one of the recurring issues has been how to define marketization. In this article, I propose a particular theoretical definition focusing on the intertwinement of neoliberalism and New Public Management, and by using Critical Discourse Analysis I find that demands for structural reorganization, i.e., closing churches, in the Diocese of Copenhagen increasingly makes use of the discourse of marketization. I examine the consequences of two municipality reforms from 1970 and 2007 on the Diocese, trying to pinpoint instances of marketization, before analyzing how the issue of church closures becomes the focal point in the structural discussions from 2005 to 2013. By exploring the minutes from the Diocese council, I argue that marketization has become embedded in the institutions within the Church to the point where it has become a cultural dominant
Closing (real estate) · Field (mathematics) · Marketization · Neoliberalism (international relations) · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Tourism and Spaces
Religion i det offentlige rum
Discourse and social change
The Ashgate Research Companion to New Public Management
Religion in Consumer Society
The Rules of Sociological Method
Critical Discourse Analysis and the Marketization of Public Discourse
Public Administration and Public Policy
A Public Management for All Seasons
From nation-state to market
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |