LEADER 03607nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910791366503321 005 20170815145102.0 010 $a1-282-62784-8 010 $a9786612627842 010 $a1-84545-925-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781845459253 035 $a(CKB)2560000000012070 035 $a(EBL)544286 035 $a(OCoLC)645100488 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000442542 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12158227 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000442542 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10445679 035 $a(PQKB)11677188 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC544286 035 $a(DE-B1597)637030 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781845459253 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000012070 100 $a20081230d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSocial security in religious networks$b[electronic resource] $eanthropological perspectives on new risks and ambivalences /$fedited by Carolin Leutloff-Grandits, Anja Peleikis and Tatjana Thelen 210 $aNew York $cBerghahn Books$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (246 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-84545-576-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle page-Social Security in Religious Networks; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1-Social Security in Religious Networks; Part I-Respnding to New Risks and Crisis; Chapter 2-When AIDS Becomes Part of the (Christian) Family; Chapter 3-'Fight against Hunger'; Chapter 4-Social Secuity, Life Courses and Religious Norms; Chapter 5-Longing for Security; Part II-Ambivalences of Religious Gifting; Chapter 6-Questioning Social Security in the Study of Religion in Africa; Chapter 7-Nuns, Fundraising and Volunteering; Chapter 8-'Church Shopping' in Malawi; Part III-Transnational Networking 327 $aChapter 9-The (Re-) Making of Translocal Networks through Social Security PracticesChapter 10-Women's Congregations as Transnational Social Security Networks; Chapter 11-Negotiating Needs and Obligations in Haitain Transnational Religious and Family Networks; Contributors; Index 330 $aDuring the last decades The world has been facing tremendous political transformations and new risks: epidemics such as HIV/Aids have had destabilizing effect on the caretaking role of kin; in post-socialist countries political reforms have made unemployment a new source of insecurity. Furthermore, the state's withdrawal from providing social security is taking place throughout the world. One response to these developments has been increased migration, which poses further challenges to kinship-based social support systems. This innovative volume focuses on the ambiguous role of religious netwo 606 $aSocial service$xReligious aspects 606 $aSocial security$xReligious aspects 606 $aReligion and social problems 606 $aReligion$xEconomic aspects 606 $aSocial networks 615 0$aSocial service$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aSocial security$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aReligion and social problems. 615 0$aReligion$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aSocial networks. 676 $a361.75 701 $aLeutloff-Grandits$b Carolin$01099689 701 $aPeleikis$b Anja$01515394 701 $aThelen$b Tatjana$01482124 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791366503321 996 $aSocial security in religious networks$93751079 997 $aUNINA