Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 238 pages)
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illustrations
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DDC:
306.60951
Keywords:
Religion and sociology
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Charity Religious aspects
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Charities
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Charities
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Charity ; Religious aspects
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Religion and sociology
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Social services & welfare, criminology
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Philosophy of religion
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Christianity
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Buddhism
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Islam
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Worship, rites & ceremonies
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Charities, voluntary services & philanthropy
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Malaysia
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China
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Religion: general
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Social & cultural anthropology
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Society
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China
Abstract:
'China: From Mao to Post-Mao''Taiwan: From Colonialism to Authoritarian State to Democracy'; 'Malaysia: From Ethnic Enclave to Ghetto Escape'; 'Conclusion'; '3 Political Merit-Making'; 'The Interfering State Hypothesis and the State Failure Hypothesis'; 'China'; 'Taiwan'; 'Malaysia'; 'Conclusion'; '4 A (Chinese) Good Person'; 'Heritage'; 'Globalization'; 'A New Subjectivity'; 'Civic Selving'; '5 Gifts, Groups, and Goodness'; 'Gifts and Groups'; 'The Qualities and Limits of Social Capital'; 'Local Temples and Social Capital'; 'Lukang's Temples'
Abstract:
'Cheng Hoon Teng and the Chinese Community in Malaysia''Christian Cases'; 'Conclusion'; '6 Innovating Goodness'; 'Catalyzing Dormant Ties and Repurposing Networks'; 'Connecting across Networks'; 'Charismatic Connections'; 'Combining Innovative Techniques: Tzu Chi in Malacca'; 'The Anxieties and Limitations of Innovation'; 'Innovating Gender and the Good'; '7 Alternative Goodness'; 'Other Goods'; 'Community Ritual as Public Good'; 'Cultural Heritage and Community Identity'; 'Spiritual Goods and Religious Differences'; 'Solving Life's Problems'; 'Forms of the Good'' 8 Conclusion'; 'Chinese Contexts of the Unlimited Good'; 'Other Contexts'; 'Final Thoughts'; 'References'
Abstract:
'Cover'; 'Half-title'; 'Title page'; 'Copyright information'; 'Table of contents'; 'List of figures'; 'Acknowledgments'; '1 Engaged Religions, Industrialized Philanthropy, and the Social Life of Goodness'; 'Goodness'; 'Timing'; 'Changing Regimes and Political Merit-making'; 'Globalizations, Competitions, and Selves'; 'Networks, Innovation, and Divergences'; 'Research Orientations and Methods'; '2 Legacies and Discontinuities in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia'; 'Engaged Religions and the Public Good in Late Imperial and Republican China'
Abstract:
This book challenges our assumptions about morality by explaining how industrialized philanthropy and universalized goodness came to dominate Chinese religious engagement
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-222) and index
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