Philanthropy in the World's Traditions

出版者:Indiana University Press

作者:Ilchman, Warren Frederick (EDT)/ Katz, Stanley Nider (EDT)/ Queen, Edward L., II (EDT)

页数:400

出版时间:1998-9

价格:$ 50.85

isbn号码:9780253333926

图书标签:西方慈善史

An investigation of how cultures outside the Western tradition understand philanthropy and how people in these cultures attempt to realize "the good" through giving and serving. These essays study philanthropy in Buddhist, Islamic, Hindu, Jewish, and Native American religious traditions and in cultures from Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.