New Directions in Spiritual Kinship

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New Directions in Spiritual Kinship is written by Todne Thomas and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3319484230 (ISBN 10) and 9783319484235 (ISBN 13).

This volume examines the significance of spiritual kinship—or kinship reckoned in relation to the divine—in creating myriad forms of affiliations among Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Rather than confining the study of spiritual kinship to Christian godparenthood or presuming its disappearance in light of secularism, the authors investigate how religious practitioners create and contest sacred solidarities through ritual, discursive, and ethical practices across social domains, networks, and transnational collectives. This book’s theoretical conversations and rich case studies hold value for scholars of anthropology, kinship, and religion.