The Practice of Altruism: Caring and Religion in Global PerspectiveCambridge Scholars Press, 2006 - 209 pages The study of altruism and altruistic behavior has caught the attention of social scientists especially in recent years. What motivates individuals to cultivate attitudes and actions that promote the wellbeing of others at the expense of, or at the risk of negative consequences for their own? In our contemporary global society marked by conflict and violence among different sectors of the population in various regions of the world, and wherein religion can be a factor that exacerbates such conflict and violence, harnessing the power of religion towards directions of reconciliation, creativity, and altruistic action, remains a crucial task for humankind. This volume addresses a question especially relevant in our day: do people who profess religious commitment or affiliation in a particular religious community tend to nurture altruistic kinds of attitude and action more than others? Social scientists present results of their empirical studies on Japanese society, as well as on North American, European, Indian, and Thai societies, to focus on this issue and offer insightful reflections on the relationship between religion and society. |
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... labourers . Kamagasaki is a yoseba , which in modern Japanese means a place where day labourers gather and contractors come to pick the workforce they want . With a few periodic exceptions it has always been a buyers ' market . The ...
... labourers worked in the docks of Osaka . They were often under duress to work at a certain place , contractors cheated them of their money , and work accidents or deaths were never the employer's problem . In defence , some day labourers ...
... labourers during the New Year of 1974 ( Strohm 1988 : 125ff . ) . Seasonal unemployment characterises Kamagasaki , as mentioned above , and New Year is such a period . Kamagasaki is the biggest day labourers ' area in Japan , and like ...
Contents
Altruism in New Religions in Japan | 12 |
Kamagasaki Ecumenical Network | 43 |
Japanese Buddhist Responses to Terrorism | 60 |
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The Practice of Altruism: Caring and Religion in Global Perspective Ruben Lf Habito,Keishin Inaba No preview available - 2008 |