Bourdieu in Africa : exploring the dynamics of religious fields /

Bourdieu in Africa: Exploring the Dynamics of Religious Fields offers a view of religions as social games played by interested actors. Analyzing practices as strategic moves, this critical approach conceptualizes the religious field as relations of exchange and competition between experts and laity,...

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Other Authors: Echtler, Magnus.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2015.

Series: Studies of Religion in Africa 44.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287471.

Subjects:

Bourdieu, Pierre, > 1930-2002.

Christianity > Africa.

Islam > Africa.

Religion and sociology > Africa.