Locating Religion in the Context of Charitable Food Assistance: An Ethnographic Study of Food Banks in a Finnish City

This article explores how, for whom, and to what extent religion is part of the reality that people enter into as they seek food assistance from a religious organization. Drawing from an ethnographic study of food assistance places in a Finnish city and applying Lefebvre's spatial triad as a th...

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Main Author: Salonen, Anna Sofia (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. [2016]
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 35-50
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Finland / Charity organization / Religious group / Food help
Further subjects:B Social space
B Religion
B food assistance
B Charity
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)

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