Book contents
- Religion and Charity
- Religion and Charity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Engaged Religions, Industrialized Philanthropy, and the Social Life of Goodness
- 2 Legacies and Discontinuities in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia
- 3 Political Merit-Making: Religious Philanthropy and the State
- 4 A (Chinese) Good Person
- 5 Gifts, Groups, and Goodness
- 6 Innovating Goodness
- 7 Alternative Goodness
- 8 Conclusion: The Unlimited Good in Context
- References
- Index
8 - Conclusion: The Unlimited Good in Context
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 October 2017
- Religion and Charity
- Religion and Charity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Engaged Religions, Industrialized Philanthropy, and the Social Life of Goodness
- 2 Legacies and Discontinuities in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia
- 3 Political Merit-Making: Religious Philanthropy and the State
- 4 A (Chinese) Good Person
- 5 Gifts, Groups, and Goodness
- 6 Innovating Goodness
- 7 Alternative Goodness
- 8 Conclusion: The Unlimited Good in Context
- References
- Index
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- Chapter
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- Religion and CharityThe Social Life of Goodness in Chinese Societies, pp. 178 - 197Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017