Charity in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Julia R. Lieberman, Michal Jan Rozbicki.
• Editors: Lieberman, Julia Rebollo; Rozbicki, Michał
• Contents: Introduction, <span style="font-style:italic;">Julia R. Lieberman and Michal Jan Rozbicki ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part I: Charity: Some Theoretical Issues ; Chapter 1: Is Charity a Two-Faceted Janus? “Othering” Gifts vs. Translating Giving and the Intercultural Uses of Human Rights, <span style="font-style:italic;">Mario Ricca ; Chapter 2: Whose Caritas? Which Receptivity? Roman Catholics in Dialogue across Traditions, <span style="font-style:italic;">Gregory R. Beabout ; Chapter 3: Interreligious and Intercultural Transfers of the Tradition of Philanthropy, <span style="font-style:italic;">Thomas Adam ; Chapter 4: Sadaqa as a Sign of Sincerity: Secular and Spiritual Aspects of Charity in Islam, <span style="font-style:italic;">Fatih Harpci ; Chapter 5: From Welfare to Rights in the Jewish Tradition, <span style="font-style:italic;">Melinda Jones ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part II: The Practice of Charity in Judaism, Christianity. and Islam ; Chapter 6: New Practices of Sedaca: Charity in London’s Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community during the Eighteenth Century, <span style="font-style:italic;">Julia R. Lieberman ; Chapter 7: From Charity to Philanthropy among the Jewish Elite: Emancipation, Modernization, Ethnicity, and Nationalism, <span style="font-style:italic;"> Haim Sperber and Riki Galia ; Chapter 8: Catholic Reform, the Council of Trent, and the Transformation of Italian Charity, 1500–1800, <span style="font-style:italic;">Philip R. Gavitt ; Chapter 9: The Perfect Storm: Social Services and Abuse in North American Catholic Maternity Homes, <span style="font-style:italic;">Elizabeth Patricia Rigotti ; Chapter 10: The Heart of a Heartless World: Relations of Power in Faith-based Responses to the Iraqi and Syrian Refugee Crises, <span style="font-style:italic;">Tahir Zaman ; Chapter 11: The Practice of Zakāt in Northern Nigeria and the Building of Social Relationships, <span style="font-style:italic;">Dauda Abubakar ; Chapter 12: Jewish and Muslim Charity in the Ottoman Empire: The Fluidity of Religious Boundaries, <span style="font-style:italic;">Yaron Ayalon
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 205.677; Charity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Charity -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Charity -- Religious aspects -- Islam
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498560863
• Related ISBNs: 9781498560856
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