Christian Globalism at Home: Child Sponsorship in the United States

by Hillary Kaell

An exploration of how ordinary U.S. Christians create global connections through the multibillion-dollar child sponsorship industry

Child sponsorship emerged from nineteenth-century Protestant missions to become one of today's most profitable private fund-raising tools in organizations including World Vision, Compassion International, and ChildFund. Investigating two centuries of sponsorship and its related practices in American living...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691201455
• ISBN13: 9780691201450
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.3"