Philanthropy in the World's Traditions

A study of global giving. "The provocative information challenges the assumptions that philanthropy is a primarily Western or Christian tradition." —Choice
This book is an 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, Ea...