01519cam a22003138i 4500 22325 22325 19989241 AUA.1 20190524094804.0 170912s2018 enk b 001 0 eng 2017043718 9781108418676 (hardback : alk. paper) DLC eng rda DLC pcc BL60 .W445 2018 306.60951 23 Weller, Robert P. (Robert Paul), 1953- author. 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 1712 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. Religion and sociology China. Charity Religious aspects. Charities China. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BOOK BL 60 .W445 2018 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2019-05-24 Library of the Year Awards 2018 20.00 AUA25087 0 BL 60 .W445 2018 AUA25087 2019-05-24 00:00:00 20.00 2019-05-24 BOOK