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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964219403321

Autore

Atia Mona

Titolo

Building a house in Heaven : pious neoliberalism and Islamic charity in Egypt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Place of publication not identified], : University of Minnesota Press, 2013

ISBN

1-4529-3982-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 pages)

Disciplina

306.6/970962

Soggetti

Charities - Economic aspects - Egypt

Islam - Charities - Egypt

Islam - Religious aspects - Egypt

Neoliberalism - Egypt

Islam

Social institutions

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Social Welfare & Social Work - General

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. The Economy of Charity -- 2. Managing Poverty and Islam -- 3. A Space and Time for Giving -- 4. Privatizing Islam -- 5. Business with Allah -- 6. Islamic "Life Makers" and Faith-Based Development -- Conclusion -- Appendix: A Geographer's Ethnography of Islamic Economic Practices -- Notes -- Glossary of Arabic Terms -- A -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- M -- N -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Z -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

In Building a House in Heaven, Mona Atia makes the connection between Islam and capitalism to examine the surprising relations between charity and the economy, the state, and religion in the transition from Mubarak-era Egypt. She draws on interviews with key



players, exploring the geography of Islamic charities through multiple neighborhoods, ideologies, sources of funding, projects, and wide social networks.