In The Paradox of Generosity, Christian Smith and Hilary Davidson offer vital insight into how American adults conceive of and demonstrate generosity. Focusing

American charitable giving veers from the hyperbolically generous to the hyperbolically stingy. On some days, no one has a quarter to spare; in times of disaste

WHERE GOD IS THE GIVER AND GIVING DEPENDS ON WHAT GOD PUTS UNTO YOUR HANDS. Given the choice, every one of us wants to be more generous, but fear holds us back.

Hegel's often-echoed verdict on the apolitical character of philosophy in the Hellenistic age is challenged in this collection of essays, originally presented a