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    The stakes of religious fundraising: economic transition and religious resurgence in Irish Catholicism and Tibetan Buddhism


    Caple, Jane and Roddy, Sarah (2023) The stakes of religious fundraising: economic transition and religious resurgence in Irish Catholicism and Tibetan Buddhism. Journal of Cultural Economy, 16 (5). pp. 698-715. ISSN 1753-0350

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    Abstract

    What impacts does the transition from a land-based to predominantly cash-based economy have on the fundraising strategies of religious institutions? What new opportunities does it present and what moral debates and dilemmas does it prompt? What is at stake? This article explores these questions through examples from two very different contexts: the Irish Catholic Church in the nineteenth century and Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in late twentieth century to early twenty-first century Amdo (northeast Tibet). In both cases, political and religious oppression, poverty, and crisis presaged periods of both religious resurgence and significant economic shift that had profound effects on religious funding models, as well as the debates they generated. By bringing these cases into dialogue, this article identifies common themes and patterns beyond the specificities of religious tradition and cultural milieu that usually frame analyses of religion and economy. Building on these insights, we suggest a framework for conceptualising religious fundraising that explains why it is often a site of contestation where ideas about religion and economy are (re)produced and played out, without assuming that religion and economy are separate ontological categories.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Tibetan Buddhist; Irish Catholic; fundraising; economic transition; religious-economic thinking; moral economy;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Arts,Celtic Studies and Philosophy > History
    Item ID: 19749
    Identification Number: 10.1080/17530350.2022.2098514
    Depositing User: Dr Sarah Roddy
    Date Deposited: 28 Apr 2025 12:18
    Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Cultural Economy
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19749
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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