Governing Gifts - Faith, Charity, and the Security State

Investigates the intersections between faith-based charity and secular statecraft. The contributors trace the connections among piety, philanthropy, policy, and policing. They seek to understand how faith and organized religious charity can be mobilized - at times on behalf of the state - to govern populations and their practices.

Summary

Investigates the intersections between faith-based charity and secular statecraft. The contributors trace the connections among piety, philanthropy, policy, and policing. They seek to understand how faith and organized religious charity can be mobilized - at times on behalf of the state - to govern populations and their practices.

Product details

• Assisted by: Erica Caple James (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of New Mexico Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780826360335
• ISBN: 978-0-8263-6033-5
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 233 mm x 154 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 452 g
• Series: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series; School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series; School for Advanced Research A
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous