Religion and charity :
Weller, Robert P. 1953-
Religion and charity : the social life of goodness in Chinese societies / Robert Weller, Boston University, Julia Huang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, Keping Wu, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong, Lizhu Fan, Fudan University, Shanghai. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, c2018 - viii, 238 p. : 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Engaged religions and the social life of goodness -- Legacies and discontinuities in China, Taiwan and Malaysia -- Political merit-making: religious philanthropy and the state -- A (Chinese) good person -- Gifts, groups, and goodness -- Innovating the good -- Alternative goodness.
9781108418676 (hardback : alk. paper)
2017043718
Religion and sociology--China.
Charity--Religious aspects.
Charities--China.
BL60 / .W445 2018
306.60951
Religion and charity : the social life of goodness in Chinese societies / Robert Weller, Boston University, Julia Huang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, Keping Wu, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong, Lizhu Fan, Fudan University, Shanghai. - Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, c2018 - viii, 238 p. : 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Engaged religions and the social life of goodness -- Legacies and discontinuities in China, Taiwan and Malaysia -- Political merit-making: religious philanthropy and the state -- A (Chinese) good person -- Gifts, groups, and goodness -- Innovating the good -- Alternative goodness.
9781108418676 (hardback : alk. paper)
2017043718
Religion and sociology--China.
Charity--Religious aspects.
Charities--China.
BL60 / .W445 2018
306.60951