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Charity in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Traditions

von: Julia R. Lieberman, Michal Jan Rozbicki, Thomas Adam, Dauda Abubakar, Yaron Ayalon, Gregory R. Beabout, Philip R. Gavitt, Fatih Harpci, Melinda Jones, Mario Ricca, Elizabeth Patricia Rigotti, Haim Sperber, Riki Galia, Tahir Zaman
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Verlag:	Lexington Books
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	25.07.2017
ISBN/EAN:	9781498560863
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	274

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Titelbeschreibung

This collection of essays by a team of international scholars addresses the topic of Charity through the lenses of the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The contributors look for common paradigms in the ways the three faiths address the needs of the poor and the needy in their respective societies, and reflect on the interrelatedness of such practices among the three religions. They ask how the three traditions deal with the distribution of wealth, in the recognition that not all members of a given society have equal access to it, and in the relationship of charity to the inheritance systems and family structures. They reveal systemic patterns that are similar--norms, virtue, theological validations, exclusionary rules, private responsibility to society--issues that have implications for intercultural and interfaith understanding. Conversely, the essays inquire how the three faiths differ in their understanding of poverty, wealth, and justifications for charity.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

This collection compares and contrasts the historical practice of charity among the three Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The international group of contributors analyzes such topics as virtue, poverty, wealth, and justifications for charity with an aim toward intercultural understanding.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, Julia R. Lieberman and Michal Jan Rozbicki
 
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, Mario Ricca
 
Chapter 2: Whose Caritas? Which Receptivity? Roman Catholics in Dialogue across Traditions, Gregory R. Beabout
 
Chapter 3: Interreligious and Intercultural Transfers of the Tradition of Philanthropy, Thomas Adam
 
Chapter 4: Sadaqa as a Sign of Sincerity: Secular and Spiritual Aspects of Charity in Islam, Fatih Harpci
 
Chapter 5: From Welfare to Rights in the Jewish Tradition, Melinda Jones
 
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, Julia R. Lieberman
 
Chapter 7: From Charity to Philanthropy among the Jewish Elite: Emancipation, Modernization, Ethnicity, and Nationalism, Haim Sperber and Riki Galia
 
Chapter 8: Catholic Reform, the Council of Trent, and the Transformation of Italian Charity, 1500–1800, Philip R. Gavitt
 
Chapter 9: The Perfect Storm: Social Services and Abuse in North American Catholic Maternity Homes, 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, Tahir Zaman
 
Chapter 11: The Practice of Zakāt in Northern Nigeria and the Building of Social Relationships, Dauda Abubakar
 
Chapter 12: Jewish and Muslim Charity in the Ottoman Empire: The Fluidity of Religious Boundaries, Yaron Ayalon

Autorenportrait

Julia R. Lieberman is professor of Spanish and intercultural studies at Saint Louis University.
 
 
Michal Jan Rozbicki is professor of history and director of the Center for Intercultural Studies at Saint Louis University.