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Exchange and Gift Theory

Haynes, “Moving by the Spirit”

Haynes, Naomi. 2017. Moving by the Spirit: Pentecostal Social Life on the Zambian Copperbelt. Oakland: University of California Press.  Publisher’s description: This …

February 25, 2017 ndca-admin

Koenig, “Almighty God and the Almighty Dollar”

Koenig, Sarah.  2016. Almighty God and the Almighty Dollar: The Study of Religion and Market Economies in the United States. …

May 3, 2016 ndca-admin

Napolitano, The Atlantic Return and the Payback of Evangelization

Napolitano, Valentina. 2013. The Atlantic Return and the Payback of Evangelization. Religion and Gender 3(2):207-221. Abstract: This article explores Catholic, transnational Latin American migration …

October 16, 2013 ndca-admin

Mayblin, “The Untold Sacrifice: The Monotony and Incompleteness of Self-Sacrifice in Northeast Brazil”

Mayblin, Maya. 2013.  The Untold Sacrifice: The Monotony and Incompleteness of Self-Sacrifice in Northeast Brazil. Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology (early digital release DOI:10.1080/00141844.2013.821513). …

October 16, 2013 ndca-admin

Haynes, “On the Potential and Problems of Pentecostal Exchange”

Hanyes, Naomi. 2013. “On the Potential and Problems of Pentecostal Exchange.” American Anthropologist 115(1):85-95. Abstract: In this article, I draw on …

February 25, 2013 ndca-admin

Kaell, “Of gifts and grandchildren: American Holy Land souvenirs”

Kaell, Hillary (2012) “Of gifts and grandchildren: American Holy Land souvenirs.” Journal of Material Culture. 17(2):133–151 Abstract: Despite significant scholarship in anthropology and tourism …

September 19, 2012 ndca-admin

Tomlinson, “Passports to Eternity: Whales’ Teeth and Transcendence in Fijian Methodism”

Tomlinson, Matt (2012) “Passports to Eternity: Whales’ Teeth and Transcendence in Fijian Methodism,” in Lenore Manderson, Wendy Smith, & Matt Tomlinson …

February 21, 2012 ndca-admin

Coleman, “Prosperity Unbound? Debating the “Sacrificial Economy” “

Coleman, Simon (2011) “Prosperity Unbound? Debating the ‘Sacrificial Economy’” Research in Economic Anthropology 31:3-45 Abstract: I present here a review and critique …

November 15, 2011 ndca-admin

Klaits “Asking as Giving”

Klaits, Frederick (2011) “Asking as Giving: Apostolic Prayers and the Aesthetics of Well-Being in Botswana” Journal of Religion in Africa …

October 6, 2011 ndca-admin

Elisha, “Moral Ambition”

Elisha, Omri (2011) Moral Ambition: Mobilization and Social Outreach in Evangelical Megachurches, Berkeley: University of California Press Publisher’s Description: In this evocative ethnography, …

October 5, 2011 ndca-admin

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Banner image photo credits:
Sacred Heart - Naomi Haynes
Man painting, Dolls, Candles, Monastery Artabyunk - Hillary Kaell
Car - James Bielo

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