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Caring for the Poor - Islamic and Christian Benevolence in a Liberal World (Hardcover) Loot Price: R5,084
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Caring for the Poor - Islamic and Christian Benevolence in a Liberal World (Hardcover): Cihan Tugal

Caring for the Poor - Islamic and Christian Benevolence in a Liberal World (Hardcover)

Cihan Tugal

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Based on several years of fieldwork in Egypt and Turkey, Caring for the Poor tells the stories of charity providers and volunteers. The book also places their stories within the overall development of Islamic ethics. Muslim charity, Tugal argues, has interacted with Christian and secular Western ethics over the centuries, which themselves have a conflict-ridden and still evolving history. The overall arch that connects all of these distinct elements is (a combined and uneven) liberalization. Liberalization tends to transform care into a cold, calculating, and individualizing set of practices. Caring for the Poor meticulously documents this insidious process in Egypt and Turkey, while also drawing attention to its limits and contradictions (by using the American case to highlight the contested nature of liberalization even in its world leader). However, as historians have shown, charitable actors have intervened in decisive ways in the rise and demise of social formations. Tugal raises the possibility, especially through his study of two controversial Turkish organizations, that Islamic charity might appropriate elements of liberalism to shift the world in a post-liberal direction.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: June 2017
First published: 2017
Authors: Cihan Tugal
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-04103-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Charities & voluntary services
Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
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LSN: 1-138-04103-3
Barcode: 9781138041035

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