The Forgotten Bonds

A Coevolutionary Framework on the Diffusion of Tzu Chi in Four Southeast Asian Countries

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3758372
AutoresChengpang Lee (0000-0003-1240-7388, National University of Singapore, Singapore, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume64
Fascículo10
Páginas1471-1484
Data de publicação2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764220947776
OpenAlexW3048331103
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas23

The literature on the diffusion of new religion is strongly influenced by the voluntaristic paradigm that highlights the agency of individual migrants. This article examines and compares the diffusion process and outcome of Tzu Chi (Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Association) in four Southeast Asian countries-Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, and the Philippines-to illustrate the complex relationship between migration, diffusion, critical events, and local conditions. Using a comparative research design and original materials, this article proposes a coevolutionary framework inspired by organization studies on the emergence of novelty. This article argues that the different diffusion processes and diffusion outcomes in the four cases are best explained through looking at network genesis mechanisms. This research contributes to the current studies on the diffusion of religion and scholarly interests in the global Tzu Chi movement

Agency (philosophy) · Buddhism · Compassion · Diffusion · Economics · Epistemology · Ethnology · Geography · Novelty · Political science · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Southeast asia · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies