The Request and the Gift in Religious and Humanitarian Endeavors (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)

This collection revisits classical anthropological treatments of the gift by documenting how people may be valued both through the requests they make and through what they give. Many humanitarian practitioners, the authors propose, regard giving to those in need as the epitome of moral action but are liable to view those people's requests for charity as merely utilitarian. Yet in many religious discourses, prayers and requests for alms are highly valued as moral acts, obligatory for establishing relationships with the divine. Framing the moral qualities of asking and giving in conjunction with each other, the contributors explore the generation of trust and mistrust, the politics of charity and accountability, and tensions between universalism and particularism in religious philanthropy.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
Release date:	July 2017
First published:	2017
Editors:	Frederick Klaits
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	183
Edition:	1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-54243-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN:	3-319-54243-5
Barcode:	9783319542430

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