Philanthropy in the world's traditions

• 其他作者: Ilchman, Warren Frederick. , Katz, Stanley Nider. , Queen, Edward L.
• 出版: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press ©1998.
• 稽核項: 1 online resource (xv, 382 pages).
• 叢書名: Philanthropic studies
• 標題: Histoire , Service social Aspect religieux. , Charities. , Philanthropy & Charity. , Charities Cross-cultural studies. , Charities History -- Cross-cultural studies. , Cross-cultural studies. , SOCIAL SCIENCE , Service social Histoire -- Études transculturelles. , SOCIAL SCIENCE Philanthropy & Charity. , History. , Social service History -- Cross-cultural studies. , Religious aspects. , Aspect religieux. , Social service. , Electronic books. , Social service Religious aspects. , Social service Cross-cultural studies. , Service social Études transculturelles. , History , Liefdadigheid. , Service social , Charities , Social service
• ISBN: 0253112923 , 9780253112927
• ISBN: 025333392X , 9780253333926
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• 附註: Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Reciprocity and assistance in precolonial Africa / Steven Feierman -- 2. A comparative study in Native American philanthropy -- 3. Contextualizing philanthropy in South Asia : a textual analysis of Sanskrit sources / Leona Anderson -- 4. Generosity and service in Theravāda Buddhism / Ananda W.P Guruge and G.D. Bond -- 5. The Mahāyāna Buddhist foundation for philanthropic practices / Leslie S. Kawamura -- 6. Philanthropy, the law, and public policy in the Islamic world before the modern era / Said Amir Arjomand -- 7. Chinese philanthropy as seen through a case of famine relief in the 1640s / Joanna F. Handlin Smith -- 8. A view of philanthropy in Japan : Confucian ethics and education / Mary Evelyn Tucker -- 9. The origins of modern Jewish philanthropy / Derek J. Penslar -- 10. Mount Holyoke missionaries and non-Western women : the motivations and consequences of nineteenth-century American missionary philanthropy / Amanda Porterfield -- 11. Orthodox Christianity, the nation-state, and philanthropy : focus on the Serbian Orthodox Church / Miroslav Ružica -- 12. Hindu philanthropy and civil society / Mark Juergensmeyer and Darrini M. McMahon -- 13. Religious authority, reform, and philanthropy in the contemporary Muslim world / Gregory C. Kozlowski -- 14. From repression to revival : philanthropy in twentieth-century Russia / Adele Lindenmeyr -- 15. State power and the philanthropic impulse in China today / Vivienne Shue -- 16. Civil society and philanthropy in Latin America : from religious charity to the search for citizenship / Andrés A. Thompson and Leilah Landim.
• 摘要: An investigation of how cultures outside the Western tradition understand philanthropy and how people in these cultures attempt to realize "the good" through giving and serving. These essays study philanthropy in Buddhist, Islamic, Hindu, Jewish, and Native American religious traditions and in cultures from Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
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