120 Pages
by
Routledge
120 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines how three conservative Christian movements – Jehovah’s Witnesses, Conservative Laestadians and the Old Order Amish – attribute spiritual meanings to both paid employment and voluntary work, and how work functions as a tool of governance within these communities. A central concept developed in this book is spiritual work , used to describe forms of labour imbued with religious... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Examining the theology of work 3. The meanings of work and the governance of a religious community 4. Jehovah’s witnesses: Preaching as spiritual work 5. Conservative Laestadians and working for the Kingdom of God 6. The Amish: The many meanings of farming 7. The politics of spiritual work. Index
Biography
Aini Linjakumpu is Professor of Politics of Religions and Cultures at the University of Lapland, Finland.
