by C Julia Huang (Author)
The Venerable Cheng-yen is an unassuming Taiwanese Buddhist nun who leads a worldwide social welfare movement, Tzu Chi, with five million devotees in over thirty countries. This book offers an ethnography that examines the movement's organization, and its relationship with NGOs and humanitarian organizations.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 354
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 02 Dec 2008
ISBN 10: 0674031334
ISBN 13: 9780674031333