Charisma and Compassion

Cheng Yen and the Buddhist Tzu Chi Movement

C. Julia Huang

    • Note on Romantization
    • Introduction
    1. From Filial Daughter to Embodied Bodhisattva
    2. Fluid Organization and Shapeless Bureaucracy
    3. Circulation and Transformation
    4. Weeping and Musical Corpreality
    5. Local Personhood
    6. A Genealogy of NGOness
    7. On a Global Stage
    8. Tales from Malacca
    • Conclusion
    • Appendixes
    • Notes
    • Works Cited
    • Acknowledgements
    • Index
  • Cover: Charisma and Compassion
  • A photo of the author

Photo by Yu-Chia Chang/Linli Studio

C. Julia Huang is Associate Professor of Anthropology, National Tsing Hua University.