Chinese religions and welfare regimes beyond the PRC : legacies of empire and multiple secularities / / André Laliberté

• Autore: Laliberté André
• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (238 pages)
• Disciplina: 294.3095
• Soggetto topico: Buddhism - East Asia; Buddhism and state - East Asia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Contents -- About the Author -- Abbreviations -- Part I Secularity and Buddhist Philanthropy -- 1 Multiple Chinese Secularities -- 1 Secularity in a Comparative Perspective -- 2 Perspectives and Methods -- 3 Conclusion: The Content of This Book -- References -- 2 Welfare, Religions, and the Liminality of Philanthropy -- 1 Philanthropy as a Liminal Space Between Religion and the State -- 2 Religion Before and Alongside the Welfare State -- 3 Religious Social Services Provision as a Challenge to State Legitimacy -- 4 Religious Social Services Providers in Religiously Plural Societies -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Welfare Regimes in Chinese Societies -- 1 Welfare Regimes in Developing Societies -- 2 The East Asian Developmental State -- 3 Path Dependencies in Socialist and Post-socialist States -- 4 Religions and Welfare in Developing Societies, Developmental States, and (Post-)socialist Countries -- 5 Religions as Non-state Providers of Social Services: Areas of Intervention -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 4 Buddhism and Welfare in Comparative Perspective -- 1 Buddhism and Welfare in Theory -- 2 Buddhists and Social Welfare in Practice -- 3 "Engaged Buddhism" and "Buddhism for the Human Realm" -- 4 Notes on Sites Visited -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Part II Chinese Buddhist Philanthropy Beyond the PRC -- 5 The State, Religions, and Welfare in Ancient and Imperial Times -- 1 The Intermingling of State and Religion in Welfare -- 1.1 State Welfare Provision as a Moral Duty -- 1.2 Religious Philanthropy in Ancient and Imperial China -- 2 Buddhist Monasteries and Welfare from the Han to the Yuan Dynasties -- 3 Buddhist Philanthropy Under the Ming and Qing Dynasties -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Welfare Insecurity and Religions During the Republican Period. ; 1 The Modern State Approaches to Social Welfare -- 2 Private and Religious Philanthropy During the Republican Period -- 3 Facing the Challenges of a Tumultuous Period: Humanistic Buddhism -- 4 The Creation of Buddhist Philanthropic Associations -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 7 The State and Religious Philanthropy in Taiwan Since 1949 -- 1 The Taiwanese Context -- 2 Taiwan's Welfare Regime -- 3 Religious Providers of Social Services -- 4 Buddhist Philanthropy in Taiwan -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Welfare and Chinese Religions in Post-colonial Contexts -- 1 Religion in the Welfare Regimes of Singapore, Hong Kong, and Macau -- 1.1 Social Welfare in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Macau -- 1.2 Non-State and Religious Providers of Social Services in Singapore and the Two SARs -- 1.3 Buddhist Philanthropy -- 2 Religious Philanthropy in Other Chinese Communities -- 3 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Variety of Chinese Welfare Regimes and Buddhism -- 1 Religious Philanthropy Beyond Buddhism in China -- 2 Religious Philanthropy and Authoritarian Resilience -- 3 Religious Philanthropy as a Metonym of State Failure? -- 4 Religious Philanthropy in the Context of Welfare Regimes -- 4.1 Outsourcing Social Services Provision in Developing Societies -- 4.2 Outsourcing Social Services in Post-Socialist States -- 4.3 Outsourcing Social Services in Developmental States -- 5 Conclusion: The Path Dependency of Weak Religion and Strong State -- References -- 10 Multiple Chinese Secularities -- 1 Secularity to Protect Against Religious Domination -- 2 Secularity to Prevent Inter-Religious Conflicts -- 3 Secularity as a Solution to the Problem of Development -- 4 Social Differentiation in the Name of Efficiency -- 5 Conclusion: Multiple Secularities in Chinese Societies -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Chinese religions and welfare regimes beyond the PRC
• ISBN: 981-16-9827-9; 981-16-9828-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910743254603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion and Society in Asia Pacific