{"product_id":"philanthropy-in-the-worlds-traditions-hardcover","title":"Philanthropy in the World's Traditions - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWarren F. Ilchman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eStanley N. Katz\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eEdward L. Queen II\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The cross-cultural understandings this book provides can do much to help us determine the distinctive shape and form American religious philanthropy might take in the future.\" --Christian Century\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The provocative information challenges the assumptions that philanthropy is a primarily Western or Christian tradition, and it clarifies the need for additional study.\" --Choice\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWARREN F. ILCHMAN is Director of the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy. STANLEY N. KATZ is senior fellow in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and past president of the American Council of Learned Societies. EDWARD L. QUEEN II is director of the Religion and Philanthropy Project at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy.\u003cbr\u003eContributors (a very preliminary set of bios) Leona Anderson is professor of religious studies at the University of Regina.\u003cbr\u003eSaid Arjomand is professor of sociology at SUNY Stony Brook.\u003cbr\u003eG.D. Bond is professor of religion at Northwestern University.\u003cbr\u003eSteven Feierman is professor of history and sociology of science and of history at the University of Pennsylvania.\u003cbr\u003eJohn A. Grim is professor of religious studies at Bucknell University.\u003cbr\u003eAnanda W.P. Guruge is senior special advisor to UNESCO's Culture of Peace Program.\u003cbr\u003eWarren F. Ilchman is executive director of the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy and professor of political science and philanthropic studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. He is author or editor of fourteen books, the most recent of which is entitled Capacity for Change? The Nonprofit World in the Age of Devolution.\u003cbr\u003eMark Juergensmeyer is professor of sociology at University of California at Santa Barbara.\u003cbr\u003eStanley N. Katz is senior fellow in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and past president of the American Council of Learned Societies.\u003cbr\u003eLeslie S. Kawamura is professor of religious studies at the University of Calgary.\u003cbr\u003eGregory C. Kozlowski is professor of history at DePaul University.\u003cbr\u003eLeilah Landim is a researcher at the Institute for the Study of Religion (ISER).\u003cbr\u003eAdele Lindenmeyr is professor of history and Russian studies at Villanova University.\u003cbr\u003eDarrin M. McMahon is professor of history at Yale University.\u003cbr\u003eDerek J. Penslar is professor of history, Jewish studies, middle east studies, and philanthropy at Indiana University.\u003cbr\u003eAmanda Porterfield is director of women's studies and professor of religious studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.\u003cbr\u003eEdward L. Queen, II is director of the Religion and Philanthropy project at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.\u003cbr\u003eMiroslav Ruzica is professor of Social Work and philanthropic studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.\u003cbr\u003eVivienne B. Shue is professor of government at Cornell University.\u003cbr\u003eAndrés A. Thompson is program director at the W.K. Kellog Foundation.\u003cbr\u003eMary Evelyn Tucker is professor of religious studies at Bucknell University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 9.6 x 6.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754087711008,"sku":"9780253333926","price":81.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6b4b0cf61bec1f56db882c446c51cf33.webp?v=1780033136","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/philanthropy-in-the-worlds-traditions-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}