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Religion and charity: the social life of goodness in Chinese societies

Weller, Robert P.; Huang, C. Julia; Wu, Keping; Fan, Lizhu

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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

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Religion and charity: the social life of goodness in Chinese societies

Weller, Robert Paul

'China: From Mao to Post-Mao''Taiwan: From Colonialism to Authoritarian State to Democracy'; 'Malaysia: From Ethnic Enclave to Ghetto Escape'; 'Conclusion'; '3 Political Merit-Making'; 'The Interfering State Hypothesis and the State Failure Hypothesis'; 'China'; 'Taiwan'; 'Malaysia'; 'Conclusion'; '4 A (Chinese) Good Person'; 'Heritage'; 'Globalization'; 'A New Subjectivity'; 'Civic Selving'; '5 Gifts, Groups, and Goodness'; 'Gifts and Groups'; 'The Qualities and Limits of Social Capital'; 'Local Temples and Social Capital'; 'Lukang's Temples'

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