Philanthropy in the World's Traditions

WARREN 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.Contributors (a very preliminary set of bios) Leona Anderson is professor of religious studies at the University of Regina.Said Arjomand is professor of sociology at SUNY Stony Brook.G.D. Bond is professor of religion at Northwestern University.Steven Feierman is professor of history and sociology of science and of history at the University of Pennsylvania.John A. Grim is professor of religious studies at Bucknell University.Ananda W.P. Guruge is senior special advisor to UNESCO's Culture of Peace Program.Warren 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.Mark Juergensmeyer is professor of sociology at University of California at Santa Barbara.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.Leslie S. Kawamura is professor of religious studies at the University of Calgary.Gregory C. Kozlowski is professor of history at DePaul University.Leilah Landim is a researcher at the Institute for the Study of Religion (ISER).Adele Lindenmeyr is professor of history and Russian studies at Villanova University.Darrin M. McMahon is professor of history at Yale University.Derek J. Penslar is professor of history, Jewish studies, middle east studies, and philanthropy at Indiana University.Amanda Porterfield is director of women's studies and professor of religious studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.Edward L. Queen, II is director of the Religion and Philanthropy project at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.Miroslav Ruzica is professor of Social Work and philanthropic studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.Vivienne B. Shue is professor of government at Cornell University.Andrés A. Thompson is program director at the W.K. Kellog Foundation.Mary Evelyn Tucker is professor of religious studies at Bucknell University.

• Introduction. Warren Ilchman, Stanley Katz, and Edward L. Queen, IIPart One: Non-Literate/Aboriginal Traditions1. Reciprocity and Assistance in Precolonial AfricaSteven Feierman2. A Comparative Study in Native American PhilanthropyJohn A. GrimPart Two: Historical/Textual Roots3. Contextualizing Philanthropy in South Asia: A Textual Analysis of Sanskrit SourcesLeona Anderson4. Generosity and Service in Theravada BuddhismAnanda W.P. Guruge and G.D. Bond5. The Mahayana Buddhist Foundation for Philanthropic PracticeLeslie S. KawamuraPart Three: Philanthropy in Context6. Philanthropy, the Law, and Public Policy in the Islamic World before the Modern EraSaid Arjomand7. Reflections on Chinese Philanthropy Based on the Case of Famine Relief in Shan-yin County, Shao-hsing, 1640-1642Joanna F. Handlin Smith8. A View of Philanthropy in Japan: Confucian Ethics and EducationMary Evelyn TuckerPart Four: Philanthropy and Social Change9. The Origins of Modern Jewish PhilanthropyDerek J. Penslar10. Mount Holyoke Missionaries and Non-Western Women: The Motivations and Consequences of Nineteenth Century American Missionary PhilanthropyAmanda Porterfield11. Orthodox Christianity, the Nation-State, and Philanthropy: Focus on the Serbian Orthodox ChurchMiroslav RuzicaPart Five: New Shoots, Old Roots12. Hindu Philanthropy and Civil SocietyMark Juergensmeyer and Darrin M. McMahon 13. Religious Authority, Reform, and Philanthropy in the Contemporary Muslim WorldGregory C. Kozlowski14. From Repression to Revival: Philanthropy in Twentieth-Century RussiaAdele Lindenmeyr15. State Power and the Philanthropic Impulse in China TodayVivienne B. Shue16. Civil Society and Philanthropy in Latin America: From Religious Charity to the Search for Citizenship Andrés A. Thompson and Leilah LandimContributorsIndex