Giving to God (eBook)

Islamic Charity in Revolutionary Times

Amira Mittermaier (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
248 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-97205-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Giving to Godexamines the everyday practices of Islamic giving in post-revolutionary Egypt. From foods prepared in Sufi soup kitchens, to meals distributed bypious volunteers in slums, to almsgiving, these acts are ultimately about giving to God by giving to the poor. Surprisingly, many who practice such giving say that they do not care about the poor, instead framing their actions within a unique non-compassionate ethics of giving. At first, this form of giving may appear deeply selfish, but further consideration reveals that it avoids many of the problems associated with the idea of';charity.'Using the Egyptian uprising in 2011 and its call for social justice as a backdrop, this beautifully crafted ethnography suggests that';giving a man a fish'might ultimately be more revolutionary than';teaching a man to fish.'

Inhalt

Illustrations
Note on Transliteration
Acknowledgments

Introduction

during the revolution
1 • Revolutions Don’t Stop Charity

giving
2 • Divine Minimum Wage
3 • Caravan to Paradise
receiving
4 • Performances of Poverty
5 • All Thanks Belong to God

after the revolution
6 • Tomorrow Is Better

Postscript
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.2.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: 2011 • acts of charity • Almsgiving • call for social justice • Charity • deeply selfish • egyptian history • egyptian uprising • ethnography • Food • give a man a fish • giving to god • giving to the poor • Islam • meal distribution • Middle Eastern History • non compassionate ethics • pious volunteers • post revolutionary egypt • sufi soup kitchen
• ISBN-10: 0-520-97205-8 / 0520972058
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-97205-6 / 9780520972056