It Isn't Just about the Money: The Implicit Religion of Amway Corporation
Half-way along the continuum linking religious and secular organizations can be found quasi-religious organizations, an example of hybridization characterized by the concurrence of commercial activity and symbolic practices connected with an implicitly religious dimension. Amway Corporation (a compa...
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Equinox
[2013]
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Implicit religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 27-46 |
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Quasi-religious Organizations
B DIRECT selling B Ethnology B Amway Corporation B Implicit Religion B Religious Conversion B AMWAY Corp B CONVERSION (Religion) |
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