Building in the Margins of Shacks: The Vision and Projects of Habitat for HumanityThis Unusual Study Combines Anthropology And Theories Of Global Transformations In Novel And Creative Ways, The Author Describes The Global Work Of Habitat For Humanity, A U.S.-Based Transnational Socio-Religious Movement. It Describes How Habitat Builds In The Margins Of Shacks In Communities In The U.S.A. And In India, One Of More Than Fifty Countries Around The Globe Where This Movement Is At Work. This Book Is A Significant Contribution To The Study Of Religion, Social Movements And Globalization. |
Contents
Habitat for Humanity | 40 |
The Actors | 72 |
Building Homes | 108 |
Building a Global Covenant? The International | 136 |
Habitat | 169 |
The Dynamics | 212 |
The Limits | 244 |
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action activities actors of Habitat American Americus Andhra Pradesh Atmakur Azariah Bellah build houses built challenge Christ Christian church Clarence Jordan Collier County committee construction contemporary context countries covenant critical culture Dallmayr default dialectic ethical ethnography evangelical fact faith feel funds Garu God's movement grass-roots groups Habitat affiliate Habitat for Humanity Habitat headquarters Habitat homeowners Habitat house Habitat International Habitat IP Habitat project Habitat volunteers Habitat World homeless house-building identity formation Immokalee India International Partners involved join Habitat Kanjirappally Kerala Khammam Habitat Koinonia Koinonia Farms Koovappally Habitat leaders live Mahabali Millard Fuller mortgage payment one's organization overseas participation partnership political poor practical spirituality problem project director provides relationship religion religious resource mobilization Robert Bellah says shacks Shelly SIDA social movements society sponsored projects stay Swadhyaya sweat equity taravad tells told transformation transnational understand vision volunteers of Habitat