Governing Gifts: Faith, Charity, And The Security State

Investigates the intersections between faith-based charity and secular statecraft. The contributors trace the connections among piety, philanthropy, policy, and policing. They seek to understand how faith and organized religious charity can be mobilized - at times on behalf of the state - to govern populations and their practices.

• | Edited By: Erica Caple James
• | Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 15, 2019
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0826360335
• | ISBN-13: 9780826360335