Korean Buddhist International Aid Work: A Critical Comparison of the Join Together Society and the Global Community Association (Good Hands)

This paper critically scrutinizes the history and activities of South Korea’s two largest Buddhist international aid organizations, namely, the Join Together Society, founded in 1991 by Venerable Pomnyun, leader of Korea’s independent Jungto Society order of lay Buddhists, and the Global Community A...

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Authors: Park, Cheonghwan (Author) ; Kim, Kyungrae (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 9
Further subjects:B Joint Together Society
B Wolju
B Pomnyun
B Global Community Association
B Good Hands
B Buddhist NGO
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