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Traveling spirits : migrants, markets and mobilities /
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 e...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; London :
Routledge,
2010.
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| Colección: | Routledge studies in anthropology ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Notas: | Outgrowth of a conference held in September 2007 at the Humboldt University of Berlin. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 218 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203865262 020386526X 9781135224165 1135224161 9781135224110 1135224110 9781135224158 1135224153 9780415808002 0415808006 |