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Poverty and Charity in Middle Eastern Contexts

Poverty and Charity in Middle Eastern Contexts

Bonner, Michael
Ener, Mine
Singer, Amy

Paperback

Series: Suny the Social and Economic History of the Middle East

General Middle Eastern HistoryGeneral SociologyPoverty & Social Work

ISBN10: 0791457389
ISBN13: 9780791457382
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: Jul 17 2003
Pages: 358
Weight: 1.07
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.40 Depth: 8.96
Language: English

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 avoid easy generalizations about Islam and the Middle East as they seek to set the ideals and practices in comparative perspective.

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