Economies of Sanctity

Authors

  • Valentina Napolitano University of Toronto
  • Kristin Norget McGill University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/post.v5i3.251

Keywords:

anthropology, Christianity, ethnology, Latin America, politics, Roman Catholic Church, translocalism

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2011-12-22

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Napolitano, V., & Norget, K. (2011). Economies of Sanctity. Postscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts, Cultural Histories, and Contemporary Contexts, 5(3), 251-264. https://doi.org/10.1558/post.v5i3.251