Transformative Diaconia in China: The Amity Foundation as a Case Study

The last decade has seen keen interest among governments, businesses, academe, and the nonprofit sector in the role religions can play in the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030. In China, until the outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, there were conferences and debates about...

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Main Author: Cariño, Theresa Chong (Author)
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 8
Further subjects:B FBOs
B Advocacy
B religion and development
B transformative diaconia
B Sustainable Development
B changing mindsets
B women’s empowerment
B christian social practice
B UN SDGs 2030
B participatory democracy
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