The Gift Economy of Direct Transnational Civic Action: How Reciprocity and Inequality Are Managed in Religious "Partnerships"

How does religion help facilitate civic action in transnational contexts characterized by material inequality and spatial separation? Short-term mission (STM) travel, a popular activity among U.S. religious groups, exemplifies a recently emerged form of transnational civic action characterized by fa...

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Authors: Adler, Gary J. (Author) ; Offutt, Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 56, Issue: 3, Pages: 600-619
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religious group / Charitable works / Transnationaization
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBQ North America
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Marcel Mauss
B transnational religion
B short-term mission travel
B gift exchange theory
B Congregation
B Culture
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