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Robbins, “Theology and the Anthropology of Christian Life”

Robbins, Joel. 2020. Theology and the Anthropology of Christian Life. Oxford: Oxford University Press Anthropological theory can radically transform our …

November 26, 2020 Leanne Williams Green

Robbins, “Keeping God’s Distance”

Robbins, Joel. 2017. Keeping God’s Distance: Sacrifice, possession, and the problem of religious mediation. American Ethnologist 44(3): 464-475. Abstract: Much contemporary work in …

August 18, 2017 ndca-admin

Daswani, “A prophet but not for profit”

Daswani, Girish. 2015. “A prophet but not for profit: ethical value and character in Ghanaian Pentecostalism.” JRAI DOI: 10.1111/1467-9655.12336 [Pre-publication release]. Abstract: The anthropological …

December 31, 2015 ndca-admin

Mosko, “The Christian Dividual and Sacrifice: Personal Partibility and the Paradox of Modern Religious Efflorescence among North Mekeo”

Mosko, Mark. 2015. The Christian Dividual and Sacrifice: Personal Partibility and the Paradox of Modern Religious Efflorescence among North Mekeo. …

December 12, 2015 ndca-admin

Blanes, “Time For Self Sacrifice”

Blanes, Ruy Llera. 2013. Time For Self Sacrifice.  Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology. (early digital release: DOI:10.1080/00141844.2013.806946). Abstract: In this article I propose …

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

Mayblin & Course “The Other Side of Sacrifice”

Mayblin, Maya and Magnus Course. 2013. Introduction – The Other Side of Sacrifice. Ethnos:  Journal of Anthropology. (Early digital release: dx.doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2013.841720). Abstract: While …

October 16, 2013 ndca-admin

Mayblin, “The way blood flows: the sacrificial value of intravenous drip use in Northeast Brazil”

Mayblin, Maya. 2013. The way blood flows: the sacrificial value of intravenous drip use in Northeast Brazil.  Journal of the Royal Anthropological …

April 18, 2013 ndca-admin

Premawardhana, “Transformational Tithing”

Premawardhana, Devaka. 2012. Transformational Tithing: Sacrifice and Reciprocity in a Neo-Pentecostal Church. Nova Religio 15(4):85-109. Abstract: This article examines a …

April 17, 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

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Sacred Heart - Naomi Haynes
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