Philanthropy in the World's Traditions

Book Overview

"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

"The provocative information challenges the assumptions that philanthropy is a primarily Western or Christian tradition, and it clarifies the need for additional study." --Choice

An investigation of how cultures outside the Western tradition...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025333392X
• ISBN13: 9780253333926
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher