Exploring Islamic Social Work
Between Community and the Common Good
This open access book addresses, for the first time, Islamic social work as an emerging concept at the interface of Islamic thought and social sciences. Applying a multidisciplinary approach it explores, on the one hand, the discourse that provides religious legitimisation to social work activities and, on the other hand, case studies of practical fields of Islamic social work including educational programmes, family counselling, and resettlement of prisoners. Although in many cases, these activities are oriented towards Muslim clients, more often than not they go beyond the boundaries of Muslim communities to benefit society as a whole. Musl…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Schmid, Hansjörg (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-3-030-95882-4
- EAN: 9783030958824
- Produktnummer: 38981977
- Verlag: Springer International Publishing
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 296 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.6 cm 452 g
- Auflage: 1st ed. 2022
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Reihenbandnummer: 9
- Gewicht: 452
Über den Autor
Hansjörg Schmid is director of the Swiss Center for Islam and Society and professor for interreligious ethics at the University of Fribourg, he was the founder and coordinator of the Theological Forum Christianity - Islam, his research is focused on interreligious social ethics and on Muslims in European societies with a focus on chaplaincy and social work.Amir Sheikzadegan, PhD in Sociology from the University of Zurich, is a senior researcher both at the Department of Social Work, Social Policy and Global Development of the University of Fribourg. Topics of his research include Islam between tradition and modernity, political Islam, narrative identity, civic engagement, spiritual care, and qualitative social research.
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