INTRODUCTION: RITUAL ALCHEMY

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xvii
5. INTRODUCTION: RITUAL ALCHEMY 1
6. Part I SHIFTING FACES
7. CHAPTER ONE GATEKEEPERS AND HERETICS: DISPUTING SACRED TERRITORIES 29
8. CHAPTER TWO NATION BUILDING AND THE SECULARIZATION OF SPIRITUALITY 54
9. CHAPTER THREE SPIRITUAL LAISSEZ-FAIRE AND THE COMMODIFICATION OF FAITH 81
10. Part II THE TECHNOLOGIES OF COSMIC AND WORLDLY SUCCESS
11. CHAPTER FOUR BRUJOS, SAINTS OR BROKERS? 109
12. CHAPTER FIVE SPIRITUAL ASSETS AND THE ENTANGLEMENTS OF POWER 142
13. CHAPTER SIX THE GLOBAL BAZAAR OF SPIRITUAL ENTERPRISE 172
14. CHAPTER SEVEN THE MORAL ECONOMY OF BUREAUCRATIC PROVIDENCE 210
15. CHAPTER EIGHT ADVOCATES AND LAWYERS OF ANOTHER ORDER 236
16. EPILOGUE: THE HALLOWEEN EXTRAVAGANZA 255
17. NOTES 271
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 289
19. INDEX 305