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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828848603321

Titolo

Philanthropy in the world's traditions / / edited by Warren F. Ilchman, Stanley N. Katz, and Edward L. Queen, II

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c1998

ISBN

1-283-62898-8

9786613941435

0-253-11292-3

0-585-23525-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (398 p.)

Collana

Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies

Altri autori (Persone)

IlchmanWarren Frederick

KatzStanley Nider

QueenEdward L

Disciplina

361.7/632/09

Soggetti

Charities

Charities - History

Social service

Social service - History

Social service - Religious aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE: NON-LITERATE/ABORIGINAL TRADITIONS; I. Reciprocity and Assistance in Precolonial Africa; II. A Comparative Study in Native American Philanthropy; PART TWO: HISTORICAL/TEXTUAL ROOTS; III. Contextualizing Philanthropy in South Asia: A Textual Analysis of Sanskrit Sources; IV. Generosity and Service in Theravdda Buddhism; V. The Mahāyāna Buddhist Foundation for Philanthropic Practices; PART THREE: PHILANTHROPY IN CONTEXT; VI. Philanthropy, the Law, and Public Policy in the Islamic World before the Modern Era

VII. Chinese Philanthropy As Seen through a Case of Famine Relief in the 1640sVIII. A View of Philanthropy in Japan: Confucian Ethics and Education; PART FOUR: PHILANTHROPY AND SOCIAL CHANGE; IX. The Origins of Modern Jewish Philanthropy; X. Mount Holyoke Missionaries and Non-Western Women: The Motivations and Consequences of



Nineteenth-Century American Missionary Philanthropy; XI. Orthodox Christianity, the Nation-State, and Philanthropy: Focus on the Serbian Orthodox Church; PART FIVE: NEW SHOOTS, OLD ROOTS; XII. Hindu Philanthropy and Civil Society

XIII. Religious Authority, Reform, and Philanthropy in the Contemporary Muslim WorldXIV. From Repression to Revival: Philanthropy in Twentieth-Century Russia; XV. State Power and the Philanthropic Impulse in China Today; XVI. Civil Society and Philanthropy in Latin America: From Religious Charity to the Search for Citizenship; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T

Sommario/riassunto

""The cross-cultural understandings this book provides can do much to help us determine the distinctive shape and form American religious philanthropy might take in the future."" -Christian Century""The provocative information challenges the assumptions that philanthropy is a primarily Western or Christian tradition, and it clarifies the need for additional study."" -ChoiceAn 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 philanth