If the Kingdom of God has no borders, then this can be true only for those for whom borders do…
Rebecca C. Bartel
Rebecca C. Bartel is assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at San Diego State University. Her research takes an anthropological approach to tracing the intertwined realms of religion and political economy throughout the Americas. Her current book project, entitled “Card Carrying Christians: Spirits of Faith and Finance in Colombia,” is an ethnographic account of the entanglements between Christianity and debt in Colombia. Building atop more than a decade of professional and research experience in Colombia, Bartel considers how systems of belief and structures of capital evoke a financialized subjectivity.
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What are you teaching?
December 14, 2017
In addition to inviting contributors to briefly introduce their upcoming courses and pedagogical approaches, we asked: What readings or resources…
Underestimating the force of the New Evangelicals in the public sphere
November 15, 2016
Lessons from Colombia, South America