Philanthropy in the World's Traditions

Author:
Edition:
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 025333392X

Philanthropy in the World's Traditions (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies)

"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. Download Philanthropy in the World's Traditions (Philanthropic and Nonprofit Studies) from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. -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." -ChoiceAn 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. Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

Philanthropy in the World's Traditions Free

Philanthropy in the World's Traditions education books for free.

Related education books

The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World

By now a modern classic, The Gift is a brilliantly orchestrated defense of the value of creativity and of its importance in a culture increasingly governed by money and overrun with commodities. Widely available again after twenty-five years,

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (Random House Reader's Circle)

This compelling and inspiring book, now in a deluxe paperback edition, shows how one person can work wonders. In Mountains Beyond Mountains, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who loves the world

Not by Faith Alone: Social Services, Social Justice, and Faith-Based Organizations in the United States

This edited collection provides an in-depth ethnographic study of faith-based development organizations in the United States, shining a much needed critical light onto these organizations and their role in the United States by exploring the varied wa

The Call of Service: A Witness to Idealism

In this book, Coles explores the concept of idealism and why it necessary to the individual and society.