Religion and Poverty

ISBN-13: 9781032102337 / Miękka / 2024 / 176 str.

Shariq Ahmed Siddiqui

Opis

Focussing on Christianity and Islam in its examination of religion and poverty in the U.S.A and international contexts, this book is an essential resource for upper-level undergraduate or graduate courses focused on religion and poverty.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Response of Monotheistic Religions to the Problem of Poverty Susan Crawford Sullivan Shariq Ahmed Siddiqui Stephen Offutt  Chapter 2: Religion, Poverty, and Philanthropy in the United States Susan Crawford Sullivan Shariq Ahmed Siddiqui  Chapter 3: Poverty and Religion: Crossing Borders Stephen Offutt  Chapter 4: Christianity and Poverty in the Global South and East Stephen Offutt  Chapter 5: Islam, Poverty, and Philanthropy in the Global South Shariq Ahmed Siddiqui  Chapter 6: Conclusion Susan Crawford Sullivan Stephen Offutt Shariq Ahmed Siddiqui  Index

O autorze

Susan Crawford Sullivan is Professor of Sociology at the College of the Holy Cross, U.S.A. She is the author of Living Faith: Everyday Religion and Mothers in Poverty (2011) and the co-editor of A Vision for Justice: Engaging Catholic Social Teaching on the College Campus (2014).

Stephen Offutt is Associate Professor of Development Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary, U.S.A. He is the author of Blood Entanglements: Evangelicals and Gangs in El Salvador (2023) and New Centers of Global Evangelicalism in Latin America and Africa (2015).

Shariq Ahmed Siddiqui is Assistant Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Director of the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, U.S.A; co-editor in chief of the Journal on Muslim Philanthropy and Civil Society; and co-editor of Philanthropy in the Muslim World (2023).