Edward L. Queen

Philanthropy in the World's Traditions

Introduction. Warren Ilchman, Stanley Katz, and Edward L. Queen, II Part One: Non-Literate/Aboriginal Traditions 1. Reciprocity and Assistance in Precolonial Africa Steven Feierman 2. A Comparative Study in Native American Philanthropy John A. Grim Part Two: Historical/Textual Roots 3. Contextualizing Philanthropy in South Asia: A Textual Analysis of Sanskrit Sources Leona Anderson 4. Generosity and Service in Theravada Buddhism Ananda W.P. Guruge and G.D. Bond 5. The Mahayana Buddhist Foundation for Philanthropic Practice Leslie S. Kawamura Part Three: Philanthropy in Context 6. Philanthropy, the Law, and Public Policy in the Islamic World before the Modern Era Said Arjomand 7. Reflections on Chinese Philanthropy Based on the Case of Famine Relief in Shan-yin County, Shao-hsing, 1640-1642 Joanna F. Handlin Smith 8. A View of Philanthropy in Japan: Confucian Ethics and Education Mary Evelyn Tucker Part Four: Philanthropy and Social Change 9. The Origins of Modern Jewish Philanthropy Derek J. Penslar 10. Mount Holyoke Missionaries and Non-Western Women: The Motivations and Consequences of Nineteenth Century American Missionary Philanthropy Amanda Porterfield 11. Orthodox Christianity, the Nation-State, and Philanthropy: Focus on the Serbian Orthodox Church Miroslav Ruzica Part Five: New Shoots, Old Roots 12. Hindu Philanthropy and Civil Society Mark Juergensmeyer and Darrin M. McMahon 13. Religious Authority, Reform, and Philanthropy in the Contemporary Muslim World Gregory C. Kozlowski 14. From Repression to Revival: Philanthropy in Twentieth-Century Russia Adele Lindenmeyr 15. State Power and the Philanthropic Impulse in China Today Vivienne B. Shue 16. Civil Society and Philanthropy in Latin America: From Religious Charity to the Search for Citizenship Andres A. Thompson and Leilah Landim Contributors Index

How Values Shape and Are Shaped by Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations The Current State of the Field

To advance understanding of the relationship between values and organizations, this review synthesizes classic and recent organizational and sociological research, including this symposium’s articles on voluntary associations. We argue that all organizations reflect, enact, and propagate values. Organizations draw on culture, which offers a tool kit of possible actions supported by institutional logics that delineate appropriate activities and goals. Through institutional work, organizations can secure acceptance for unfamiliar practices and their associated values, often under the logic of democracy. Values may be discerned in any organization’s goals, practices, and forms, including “value-free” bureaucracies and collectivist organizations with participatory practices. We offer suggestions for enhancing understanding of how collectivities advance particular values within their groups or society.

An integrated approach to addressing addiction and depression in college students.

The authors present an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to address the problem of increasing student mental health issues on college campuses. The model uses addiction and depression as lenses into the problem and links residence life and academic and community internship experiences. The project has a positive impact on student attitudes and actions and strengthens and broadens the campus network required to ensure optimal student mental health.

How Values Shape and Are Shaped by Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations

To advance understanding of the relationship between values and organizations, this review synthesizes classic and recent organizational and sociological research, including this symposium’s articles on voluntary associations. We argue that all organizations reflect, enact, and propagate values. Organizations draw on culture, which offers a tool kit of possible actions supported by institutional logics that delineate appropriate activities and goals. Through institutional work, organizations can secure acceptance for unfamiliar practices and their associated values, often under the logic of democracy. Values may be discerned in any organization’s goals, practices, and forms, including “value-free” bureaucracies and collectivist organizations with participatory practices. We offer suggestions for enhancing understanding of how collectivities advance particular values within their groups or society.

Questioning Assumptions Beneath Conflict Transformation

This essay argues that ongoing reflection of conflict transformation methods is essential. Key to such reflection is an interrogation of the assumptions that underlie the work of research and practice. Edward Queen questions assumptions about conflict itself, human beings, the purposes of transformation, and notions of time. The final portion of the essay calls for conflict transformation researchers and practitioners to practice self-critical awareness regarding their attentiveness to certain conflicts and not others. All of this work is required as a task of practical wisdom, the ongoing reflection and interrogation of what we do and why.

The “Values, Culture, and Democracy in Voluntary and Advocacy Organizations” Symposium: How Values Shape and Are Shaped by Organizations

To advance understanding of the relationship between values and organizations, this review synthesizes classic and recent organizational and sociological research, including this symposium’s articles on voluntary associations. We argue that all organizations reflect, enact, and propagate values. Organizations draw on culture, which offers a tool kit of possible actions supported by institutional logics that delineate appropriate activities and goals. Through institutional work, organizations can secure acceptance for unfamiliar practices and their associated values, often under the logic of democracy. Values may be discerned in any organization’s goals, practices, and forms, including “value-free” bureaucracies and collectivist organizations with participatory practices. We offer suggestions for enhancing understanding of how collectivities advance particular values within their groups or society.