Download or read book Sacred Markets, Sacred Canopies written by Ted Jelen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2002 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sacred Markets, Sacred Canopies, Ted. G. Jelen brings together the leading scholars in the sociology of religion to debate market theories of religion. As the contributors examine whether or not religious choices can be understood as responding to the same laws of supply and demand as other forms of consumer behavior, they bring out many of the issues, controversies, and concerns surrounding this innovative theory.