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UNINA9910778581903321 |
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Titolo |
Traveling spirits : migrants, markets and mobilities / / edited by Gertrud Huwelmeier and Kristine Krause |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-22415-3 |
1-135-22416-1 |
1-282-37695-0 |
9786612376955 |
0-203-86526-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge studies in anthropology ; ; 4 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HuwelmeierGertrud |
KrauseKristine |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Globalization - Religious aspects |
Emigration and immigration - Religious aspects |
Religion and civilization |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Traveling Spirits: Unconcealment and Undisplacement; 2 Haunted by Spirits: Balancing Religious Commitment and Moral Obligations in Haitian Transnational Social Fields; 3 Spirited Migrations: The Travels of Len Dong Spirits and Their Mediums; 4 Ghanaian Pentecostal Prophets: Transnational Travel and (Im-)Mobility; 5 Religious Media, Mobile Spirits: Publicity and Secrecy in African Pentecostalism and Traditional Religion |
6 Social Catapulting and the Spirit of Entrepreneurialism: Migrants, Private Initiative, and the Pentecostal Ethic in Botswana7 'Trading in Spirits'?: Transnational Flows, Entrepreneurship, and Commodifi cations in Vietnamese Spirit Mediumship; 8 Moving East: Transnational Ties of Vietnamese Pentecostals; 9 Symbolic Geographies of the Sacred: Diasporic Territorialization and Charismatic Power in a Transnational Congolese Prophetic Church; 10 From House Cells to Warehouse Churches?: Christian Church Outreach Mission International in |
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Translocal Contexts |
11 Constructing the Globe: A Charismatic Sublime?Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Maintaining and forging religious networks across borders have long been part of migrants' activities. However, due to the wide availability of communication technologies and the reduced costs of transportation, transnational social practices, including religious activities, have witnessed an enormous intensification in the last few decades around the world.Traveling Spirits seeks to understand these processes by investigating how religion goes global. How do religious agents create and maintain transborder connections? In what way are religious practices being transformed, |
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