The politics of conviction: Faith on the neo-liberal frontier

Social Analysis

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-38

  Comaroff, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Liberal humanism; Neo liberalism; Pentecostal ism; Revelation; Secularism, theologico politics; Weber

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349900547     PISSN: 0155977X     EISSN: 15585727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/sa.2009.530102     Document Type: Article

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