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050	0	0	_aBP170.25 _b.M58 2019
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100	1		_aMittermaier, Amira, _d1974- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aGiving to God : _bIslamic charity in revolutionary times /
264		1	_aOakland, California : _bUniversity of California Press, _c[2019]
264		4	_c©2019
300			_axiv, 233 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
365			_bRs. 2578.70
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [211]-220) and index.
505	0		_aRevolutions don't stop charity -- Divine minimum wage -- Caravan to paradise -- Performances of poverty -- All thanks belong to god -- Tomorrow is better.
520			_a"During the 2011 uprising, hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets to call for social justice. Three years later, President el-Sisi promoted economic growth, mega projects, hard work, and citizens' sacrifices. What many of the activists and el-Sisi have in common, despite their radically different visions, is an objection to charity and handouts--to 'giving a man a fish.' Set against this drastically shifting historical backdrop, this book describes an alternative vision of justice: an Islamic ethics of giving that is enacted in Cairo's alleys, mosque courtyards, saint shrines, and slums. It tells the story of a range of pious Muslims--housewives, Sufi devotees, and Salafi volunteers--who, day after day, hand out meals to the poor, and it tells the story of people at the receiving end--beggars, single-parent families, and dervishes. This form of giving is not grounded in compassion, the desire to end poverty, or the hope for a better world, but rather it is understood as a duty and a way to interact with God. By initiating an unlikely conversation between such lived understandings of Islam and the revolutionary moment, this book invites a reimagining of justice and ethics beyond 'the human.' It ethnographically disrupts the entrenched claim that handouts are outdated, shortsighted, and damaging--that they inherently and necessarily stand in the way of social justice"--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aCharity _xReligious aspects _xIslam.
650		0	_aIslam _xCharities.
650		0	_aCharities _zEgypt.
650		0	_aArab Spring, 2010- _xSocial aspects.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aMittermaier, Amira, 1974- author. _tGiving to God _dOakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] _z9780520972056 _w(DLC) 2018045798
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