Social security in religious networks [[electronic resource] ] : anthropological perspectives on new risks and ambivalences / / edited by Carolin Leutloff-Grandits, Anja Peleikis and Tatjana Thelen

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.75
• Soggetto topico: Social service - Religious aspects; Social security - Religious aspects; Religion and social problems; Religion - Economic aspects; Social networks
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: Leutloff-GranditsCarolin PeleikisAnja ThelenTatjana
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title 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 ; Chapter 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
• Sommario/riassunto: During 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Social security in religious networks
• ISBN: 1-282-62784-8; 9786612627842; 1-84545-925-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910493653903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II