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.

Info autore

Erica Caple James is an associate professor of medical anthropology and urban studies at MIT.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Erica Caple James (Editore)
• Editore: University Of New Mexico Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9780826360335
• ISBN: 978-0-8263-6033-5
• Pagine: 272
• Dimensioni: 233 mm x 154 mm x 22 mm
• Peso: 452 g
• Serie: School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series; School for Advanced Research Advanced Seminar Series; School for Advanced Research A
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Pedagogia sociale, assistenza sociale