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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2017]
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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
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBQ North America RJ Mission; missiology |
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Marcel Mauss
B transnational religion B short-term mission travel B gift exchange theory B Congregation B Culture |
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