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Near light we shine : Buddhist charity in urban Vietnam / Sara Ann Swenson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swenson, Sara Ann, author.
- Series:
- AAR academy series.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- AAR academy series
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City--Charities.
- Buddhism.
- Buddhism and social problems--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City.
- Buddhism and social problems.
- Social service--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Social service.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- Buddhists in Vietnam are meeting humanitarian needs by popularizing charity. Vietnam's rapid urbanization has intensified social service demands while straining public infrastructure. In response, charity volunteers are building roads, subsidizing medicine, and giving away food. 'Near Light We Shine' draws on two years of ethnographic research conducted in Ho Chi Minh City to analyse why and how people join these grassroots movements.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 10, 2025).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-781188-4
- 0-19-781187-6
- 0-19-781189-2
- 9780197811870
- OCLC:
- 1552080703
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