Islamic Charities and Islamic Humanism in Troubled Times

by Jonathan Benthall

This book is the fruit of twenty years' reflection on Islamic charities, both practically and as a key to understand the crisis in contemporary Islam. On the one hand Islam is undervalued as a moral and political force whose admirable qualities are epitomised in its strong tradition of charitable giving. On the other hand, it suffers from a crisis of authority that cannot be blamed entirely on the history of colonialism and stigmatisation to which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784993085
• ISBN13: 9781784993085
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"