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Natural disasters in Asian countries have brought global attention to the work of local Buddhist communities and groups. Here, the contributors examine local Buddhist communities and international Buddhist organizations engaged in a variety of relief work in countries including India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, China, and Japan.
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"Before this book was published, little was known about the role of Buddhism in international aid work and disaster relief. Now for the first time, the eight case-studies in this volume document Buddhist-led aid and emergency-relief initiatives in a variety of northern and southern Asian countries. Some describe indigenous responses to regional disasters, while others are concerned with the delivery of assistance by international donors and aid foundations. Collectively they provide evidence of how Buddhist monks and laity are increasingly adopting new and unfamiliar roles as they engage with human problems in today's globalized world. I recommend this timely and relevant volume to anyone interested in engaged Buddhism or the practical application of Buddhist teachings." - Damien Keown, Professor Emeritus of Buddhist Ethics, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
About the authors
Elizabeth J Harris, Liverpool Hope University, UK
Monica Lindberg Falk, Lund University, Sweden
Carine Jaquet, Research Institute on Contemporary Southeast Asia, France
Matthew Walton, Oxford University, UK
Ranjana Mukhopadhyaya, University of Delhi, India
Jung-Chang Wang, Aletheia University, Taiwan
Sik Faren, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Kory Goldberg, Champlain College in St-Lambert, Canada
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Buddhism, International Relief Work, and Civil Society
Editors: Hiroko Kawanami, Geoffrey Samuel
Series Title: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137380234
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-38022-7Published: 09 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-47916-0Published: 09 December 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-38023-4Published: 17 December 2013
Series ISSN: 2946-3475
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3483
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 224
Topics: Sociology of Religion, Philosophy of the Social Sciences, Social Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Regional and Cultural Studies, Anthropology