'love Transcends Borders' or 'blood is Thicker than Water'? The Charity Work of the Compassion Relief Foundation in the People's Republic of China

Laliberté, André

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“…See also the special issue of the European Journal of East Asian Studies special issue on transnationalism in Chinese religions . The issue also contains two articles on Buddhism, focusing on the Compassion Relief Foundation based in Taiwan , Laliberte 2003. While both use the concept of transnationalism neither employs the concept of networks to embed the transnational processes in social relations.…”

Section: Chinese Globalization Through Transnational Networkmentioning

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The Globalization of Chinese Buddhism: Clergy and Devotee Networks in the Twentieth Century

Ashiwa¹,

Wank²

2005

International Journal of Asian Studies

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The article examines the globalization of China's Buddhism. Such new modern values as science and progress, along with competition from Christianity stimulated a modern reform of Buddhism in China in the early twentieth century that was then carried abroad through emigration and other transnational movement. This paper examines the ongoing interactions among Buddhists across difference nation-state spaces that have constituted the spread of this Buddhism. We show how transnational networks of clergy and devotees are constituted through affiliations of kinship, loyalty and region. These, in turn, faciliate allocations of personnel, money, and legitimacy that have not only institutionalized Buddhism in Southeast Asian and North American overseas Chinese communities but also supported its revival in late twentieth century China.

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The Globalization of Chinese Buddhism: Clergy and Devotee Networks in the Twentieth Century

Ashiwa¹,

Wank²

2005

International Journal of Asian Studies

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“…To provide informed responses to these questions, we interviewed and observed people who hold leadership positions in the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation in Taiwan. Tzu Chi is the largest nongovernmental charity organization in The Republic of China (Taiwan) in terms of funds spent to help people in need (Laliberté, 2003) with millions of trained volunteers and numerous paid employees in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas (see Brummans & Hwang, 2010; Huang, 2009; O’Neill, 2010). Moreover, its charismatic leader and founder, Master Cheng Yen, is one of the most prominent dharma masters on the island and has received both national and international awards for her humanitarian efforts (e.g., she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993).…”

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Mindful Authoring through Invocation

Brummans

Hwang

Cheong

2013

Management Communication Quarterly

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This article examines how those who hold leadership positions in an internationally renowned Taiwanese Buddhist humanitarian organization establish themselves as legitimate authors of their organization by invoking a spiritual leader in their daily interactions and use this invocation to author their organization with a shared sense of compassion and wisdom. In so doing, this article extends the literature on mindful organizing and offers practical insights into the cultivation of mindfulness in an organizational setting. In particular, this study underscores the importance of understanding how a spiritual organization is communicatively constituted by voicing a revered figure into everyday situations, illustrating the profound connections between voice, invocation, and vocation.

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“…His Politics of Buddhist Organizations in Taiwan, 1989Taiwan, -2003Taiwan, (2004 is an indispensible foundation for understanding the ambiguous influence that Taiwan's large middle-class Buddhist associations have had on Taiwan's politics. He has also written important essays, including the one in this special issue, on the influence of Buddhist charities in relations between Taiwan and mainland China (Laliberté 2008(Laliberté , 2003. Major works on specific developments within Taiwanese Buddhism are Julia Huang's Charisma and Compassion: Cheng Yen and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Movement (2009) and Stefania Travagin's articles on Buddhist nuns (2004,2005,2007).…”

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Religious Renaissance in China Today

Madsen

2011

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs

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Since the beginning of the Reform Era in 1979, there has been a rapid growth and development of religious belief and practice in China. A substantial new scholarly literature has been generated in the attempt to document and understand this. This essay identifies the most important contributions to that literature and discusses areas of agreement and controversy across the literature. Along with new data, new paradigms have developed to frame research on Chinese religions. The paradigm derived from C. K. Yang's classic work in the 1960s came from structural functionalism, which served to unite research in the humanities and social sciences. However, structural functionalism has been abandoned by the new generation of scholars. In the humanities, the most popular paradigm derives from Michel Foucault, but there are also scholars who use neo-Durkheimian and neo-Weberian paradigms. In the social sciences, the dominant paradigms tend to focus on state-society relations. None of these paradigms fully captures the complexity of the transformations happening in China. We recommend greater dialogue between the humanities and social sciences in search of more adequate theoretical frameworks for understanding Chinese religions today.

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'love Transcends Borders' or 'blood is Thicker than Water'? The Charity Work of the Compassion Relief Foundation in the People's Republic of China

Cited by 13 publications

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The Globalization of Chinese Buddhism: Clergy and Devotee Networks in the Twentieth Century

The Globalization of Chinese Buddhism: Clergy and Devotee Networks in the Twentieth Century

Mindful Authoring through Invocation

Religious Renaissance in China Today

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