Overview
- Brings forward the debates about multiple secularism in Asian societies
- Describes Chinese Buddhist philanthropy before and after 1949 outside the PRC
- Moves beyond the paradigm of secularization
Part of the book series: Religion and Society in Asia Pacific (RSAP)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Secularity and Buddhist Philanthropy
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Chinese Buddhist Philanthropy Beyond the PRC
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book presents the welfare regime of societies of Chinese heritage as a liminal space where religious and state authorities compete with each other for legitimacy. It offers a path-breaking perspective on relations between religion and state in East Asia, presenting how the governments of industrial societies try to harness the human resources of religious associations to assist in the delivery of social services. The book provides background to the intermingling of Buddhism and the state prior to 1949; and the continuation of that intertwinement in Taiwan and in other societies where live many people of Chinese heritage since then. The main contribution of this work is its detailed account of Buddhist philanthropy as viewed from the perspectives of the state, civil society, and Buddhists. This book will appeal to academics in social sciences and humanities and broader audiences interested by the social role of religions, charity, and NGOs, in social policy implementation. It explores why governments turn to Buddhist followers and their leaders and presents a detailed view of Buddhist philanthropy. This book contributes to our understanding of secularity in non-Western societies, as influenced by religions other than Christianity.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
André Laliberté is Professor of comparative politics at the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He has co-edited “Buddhism in China after Mao” with Ji Zhe and Gareth Fisher and “The Study of Religion in China” with Stefania Travagnin. In 2019, he was Senior Research Fellow for the Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe "Multiple Secularities - Beyond the West, Beyond Modernities" in Leipzig.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Chinese Religions and Welfare Regimes Beyond the PRC
Book Subtitle: Legacies of Empire and Multiple Secularities
Authors: André Laliberté
Series Title: Religion and Society in Asia Pacific
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9828-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-9827-9Published: 10 April 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-9830-9Published: 11 April 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-9828-6Published: 09 April 2022
Series ISSN: 2730-793X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-7948
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 228
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Work and Community Development, Comparative Social Policy, World History, Global and Transnational History, Politics and Religion