Buddhism, International Relief Work, and Civil Society

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2013
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-38022-7 (ISBN)

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Natural disasters in Asian countries have brought global attention to the work of local Buddhist communities and groups. Here, the contributors examine local Buddhist communities and international Buddhist organizations engaged in a variety of relief work in countries including India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, and Japan.

Elizabeth J Harris, Liverpool Hope University, UK Monica Lindberg Falk, Lund University, Sweden Carine Jaquet, Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia, France Matthew Walton, Oxford University, UK Ranjana Mukhopadhyaya, University of Delhi, India Jung-Chang Wang, Aletheia University, Taiwan Sik Faren, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Kory Goldberg, Champlain College in St-Lambert, Canada

1. Buddhism and International Aid: A Case Study from Post-Tsunami Sri Lanka; Elizabeth J Harris 2. Thai Buddhists' Encounters with International Relief Work in Post-Tsunami Thailand; Monica Lindberg Falk 3. Buddhism and Relief in Myanmar: Reflections on Relief as a Practice of D?na; Carine Jaquet and Matthew Walton 4. Transnational Networks of Dharma and Development: International Aid by Japanese Buddhists and the Revival of Buddhism in Post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia; Ranjana Mukhopadhyaya 5. Implications of International Relief Work and Civil Society for Japanese Buddhists Affiliated with Traditional Denominations; Hiroko Kawanami 6. International Relief Work and Spirit Cultivation for Tzu Chi Members; Jung-Chang Wang 7. Buddhism and Relief Work in Mainland China and Hong Kong; Sik Faren 8. Constructing and Contesting Sacred Spaces: International Buddhist Assistance in Bodhgay?; Kory Goldberg Afterword; Geoffrey Samuel

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.12.2013
Reihe/Serie	Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
Zusatzinfo	XII, 224 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-137-38022-5 / 1137380225
ISBN-13	978-1-137-38022-7 / 9781137380227
Zustand	Neuware