04464nam 2200757Ia 450 991045532350332120200520144314.01-283-62898-897866139414350-253-11292-30-585-23525-2(CKB)111004366544470(EBL)613499(SSID)ssj0000220793(PQKBManifestationID)11236958(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000220793(PQKBWorkID)10156144(PQKB)10960758(MiAaPQ)EBC613499(OCoLC)45729868(MdBmJHUP)muse24369(Au-PeEL)EBL613499(CaPaEBR)ebr10607474(CaONFJC)MIL394143(OCoLC)817817064(EXLCZ)9911100436654447019971215d1998 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPhilanthropy in the world's traditions[electronic resource] /edited by Warren F. Ilchman, Stanley N. Katz, and Edward L. Queen, IIBloomington Indiana University Pressc19981 online resource (398 p.)Philanthropic and Nonprofit StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-33392-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 EraVII. 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 SocietyXIII. 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""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 philanthPhilanthropic and Nonprofit StudiesCharitiesCross-cultural studiesCharitiesHistoryCross-cultural studiesSocial serviceCross-cultural studiesSocial serviceHistoryCross-cultural studiesSocial serviceReligious aspectsElectronic books.CharitiesCharitiesHistorySocial serviceSocial serviceHistorySocial serviceReligious aspects.361.7/632/09Ilchman Warren Frederick307133Katz Stanley Nider295191Queen Edward L915891MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455323503321Philanthropy in the world's traditions2053165UNINA