Mercenaries and missionaries : capitalism and Catholicism in the global south / Brandon Vaidyanathan.

Author/creator Vaidyanathan, Brandon author.
Format Electronic
PublicationIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Copyright Date©2019
Description1 online resource
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
Subjects
Professional employees--Religious life. --India. --Bangalore.
Professional employees--Religious life. --United Arab Emirates. --Dubai.
Catholics--Religious life. --India. --Bangalore.
Catholics--Religious life. --United Arab Emirates. --Dubai.
Religion in the workplace--India. --Bangalore.
Religion in the workplace--United Arab Emirates. --Dubai.
Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects. --India. --Bangalore.
Consumption (Economics)--Moral and ethical aspects. --United Arab Emirates. --Dubai.
Capitalism--Religious aspects. --Catholic Church.
Work--Religious aspects. --Catholic Church.

Contents The mercenary -- The missionary -- Missionaries in a mercenary world : religion in the workplace -- Finding escape velocity : religion and consumerist lifestyles -- Belonging and civic commitment in the neoliberal city.
Abstract "This book is about how and why global corporate professionals in rapidly developing cities negotiate opposing moral commitments in the realms of work and religion"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionOnline resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 29, 2019).
Issued in other formPrint version: Vaidyanathan, Brandon. Mercenaries and missionaries. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 9781501736223
LCCN 2018047141
ISBN9781501736247 (electronic book)
ISBN1501736248 (electronic book)
ISBN9781501736254 (electronic book)
ISBN1501736256 (electronic book)
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