Poverty and Charity in Middle Eastern Contexts
Addresses the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies have confronted poverty and the poor.Offering insights and analysis in a field that has only recently come into existence, this book explores the ideals and institutions through which Middle Eastern societies-from the rise of Islam in the seventh century C.E. to the present day-have confronted poverty and the poor. By introducing new sources and presenting familiar ones with new questions, the contributors examine ideas about poverty and the poor, ideals and practices of charity, and state and private initiatives of poor relief over this extensive time span. They avo…
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Weitere Autoren: Ener, Mine (Hrsg.) / Singer, Amy (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7914-8676-4
- EAN: 9780791486764
- Produktnummer: 35072261
- Verlag: State University of New York Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 358 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'909 KB
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