the social life of goodness in Chinese societies Weller, Robert P. (Robert Paul) 1953- creator author. text bibliography enk Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press c2018 2018 monographic eng

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viii, 238 p. : 24 cm 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. Robert Weller, Boston University, Julia Huang, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, Keping Wu, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong, Lizhu Fan, Fudan University, Shanghai. Includes bibliographical references and index. Religion and sociology China Charity Religious aspects Charities China BL60 .W445 2018 306.60951 9781108418676 (hardback : alk. paper) 2017043718 DLC 170912 20190524094804.0 19989241 eng