Adaptation to Third-Party Payments: Statistical Analysis of Digital Donations Made to Donglin Monastery

This paper explores the adaptations Buddhism has made to digital payment methods in the context of the Chinese mainland. To provide the audience with a relatively comprehensive understanding of the general context in which the new method of donation is applied, this paper first introduces the develo...

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Published inReligions (Basel, Switzerland ) Vol. 15; no. 7; p. 797
Main Author Liu, Qi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2024
Subjects
Adaptation
Ancient languages
Buddhism
Buddhism and technology
Buddhists
Chinese Buddhism
Chinese history
Cosmology
digital donations
Donations
Land reform
Methods
online religion
Religion
Sanskrit
Statistical analysis
third-party payment
virtual religious groups
China
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Summary:This paper explores the adaptations Buddhism has made to digital payment methods in the context of the Chinese mainland. To provide the audience with a relatively comprehensive understanding of the general context in which the new method of donation is applied, this paper first introduces the development and digital landscape of the internet and third-party payments in the Chinese mainland. Then, statistical analysis is used to make large-scale claims by analyzing 1328 donation records made to Donglin Monastery in Mount Lu with the statistical software SPSS to determine whether the digital donation method is linked to the purpose of donations, or the amount of money being donated, and to what extent it substitutes for traditional donation methods.
ISSN:2077-1444
2077-1444
DOI:10.3390/rel15070797