ENGLISH

Poverty and Charity in Middle Eastern Contexts

By Michael Bonner , Amy Singer , Mine Ener

Book information

Publisher
State University of New York Press
Year
2003
ISBN
0791457370, 9780791457375, 9781417531318
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4320776 bytes)
Series
SUNY Series in the Social and Economic History of the Middle East
Pages
352\358
Topic
History
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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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