Chinese Religions and Welfare Regimes Beyond the PRC: Legacies of Empire and Multiple Secularities (Hardcover)

Part I. Secularity and Buddhist Philanthropy.- 1. Multiple Chinese Secularities.- 2. Welfare, Religious, and the Liminality of Philanthropy.- 3. Welfare Regimes in Chinese Societies.- 4. Buddhism and Welfare in Comparative Perspective.- Part II. Chinese Buddhist Philanthropy Beyond the PRC.- 5. The state, religious, and welfare in ancient and imperial times.- 6. Welfare insecurity and religious during the Republican period.- 7. The state and religious Philanthropy in Taiwan since 1949.- 8. Welfare and Chinese religions in Post-Colonial contexts.- 9. The variety of Chinese welfare regimes and Buddhism.- 10. Multiple Chinese Secularities.