Poverty and Wealth in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Intro -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Part I: Personifications of Poverty and Wealth -- Chapter 1: Reading Job 19:2-22: A Symbolic-Interactionist View of Poverty -- Introduction -- Symbolic Interactionism -- Understanding Job 19:2-22 -- The Theology of a Symbolic-Interactionist Reading -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 2: The Story of Qarun (Korah) in the Qur'an and Its Importance for Our Times -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Mughal Munificence: Care and Concern for the Poor in Islamic Hindustan from Tuladan to the Taj -- Introduction -- Tuladan -- Famine Relief -- Other Occasions of Charity -- Artistic and Architectural Expressions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Mary's Magnificat: The Anawim and Church on the Margins -- The Magnificat -- The Text: Exegesis -- The 'Anawim -- The Magnificat and the Church on the Margins -- Singing the Magnificat in a New Key -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part II: Doctrines About Poverty and Wealth -- Chapter 5: Socioeconomic and Gender Justice in the Qur'an: Modern Challenges -- Introduction -- The Islamic Value System: Integrating Legal and Moral Laws -- Building Blocks for Gender, Social Justice, and Socioeconomic Development -- Defining the Mission of Humanity on Earth -- The Qur'an and Gender Equity: Critical Analysis -- Family as Institution in Islam: Definitions and Meaning -- Debate on Islam and Culture: Qiwamma: Responsibility Versus Power -- Women Empowerment: Knowledge, Legal, and Economic Independence -- Contemporary Global Economic Challenges -- The Role of Muslims in Restoring Economic-Social Justice Globally -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Gospel Readings on Poverty and Affluence in Most Eastern and Western Churches -- Introduction -- The Byzantine Lectionary.

The Roman Missal Lectionary for Sundays and Solemnities -- The Revised Common Lectionary -- Gospel Selections -- The Gospel of Mark20 -- The Gospel of Matthew -- The Gospel of Luke -- The Gospel of John -- Commentary -- Gospel Lections in the Three Lectionaries -- Gospel Lections in the Catholic and Revised Common Lectionaries -- Overall Message -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 7: Orthodox Christianity and Islam on Economic Justice: Universal Ideals and Contextual Challenges in Russia -- Introduction -- Social Engagement and Philanthropy in Orthodox Christianity -- Scriptural Foundations of Islamic Economic Ethics and Justice -- Conclusion: Opportunities and Challenges for Orthodox-Muslim Economic Cooperation in Russia -- Pre-existing and Emerging Common Ground -- The Enduring Challenge of Universality -- Notes -- Part III: Spiritual Traditions About Poverty and Wealth -- Chapter 8: From Possessio to Paupertas: The Emergence of Religious Poverty as a Critical Spiritual Component of Medieval Christianity -- Introduction -- Religious Poverty in the First Feudal Age (950-1350 CE) -- The Dramatic Turn at the Dawn of the High Middle Ages (c. 1000-c. 1350) -- Spirituality and the New Prosperity -- The First Reaction: Withdrawal from the World of Prosperity -- The Second Reaction: A Reengagement with the New Urban World -- A Third Reaction: Individual and Collective Poverty Among the Laity -- Francis of Assisi, His Early Movement and the Franciscan Order After His Death15 -- Final Thoughts -- Notes -- Chapter 9: Poverty, Wealth, and the Doctrine of Al-Fana' in the Qur'an -- Introduction -- Pietism, Poverty and Wealth, and Social Justice in the Qur'an -- Private Ownership and Accumulation of Wealth -- Spending in the Path of God -- Piety and Social and Economic Justice -- Zakat and Social and Economic Justice -- Fana' al-'Ana (Annihilation of Egotism).

Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Prophetic Ethics as Monotheistic Spirituality -- Introduction -- Prophetic Ethics in the Bible -- God in History -- God as Father, God as Master -- Moral Concerns -- Prophet as Poet -- Against Idolatry, Against Riches -- Against Happiness -- Jesus as Messiah and the Sermon on the Mount -- The Sermon on the Mount -- Prophetic Ethics of the Qur'an -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 11: Christian Ethics: The "Non-Person" and the Insights of Liberation Theology for a Twenty-First Century World -- Introduction: Scripture and Critical Perception -- Critical Consciousness and Liberating Faith: Discovering Orthopraxis -- No Bottom, No Top -- Winnowing History in a Time of Cholera -- Structural Injustice, Structural Sin -- At the Mercy of International Greed -- Commodity Fetishism and Economic Disparity: The Present Danger -- Human Beings as the Imago Dei: The Foundation of Catholic Social Teaching -- Notes -- Chapter 12: A Spirituality for Rich and Poor: Contemporary Catholic Ideals for Economic Justice -- A Spirituality for Rich and Poor1 -- Contemporary Catholic Ideals for Economic Justice -- The Bible and Early Church -- Reason -- Catholic Ideals in Action -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part IV: Sharing Our Wealth -- Chapter 13: Geography-Based Giving in Jewish Tradition -- Introduction -- Charitable Giving in Rabbinic Sources -- Maimonides' Treatise on Charity -- Jewish Charitable Giving in the Modern Era -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 14: Poverty and Wealth in Islam's Sacred Texts -- Introduction -- Both Wealth and Poverty Test Our True Character -- Wealth Is Good -- But Wealth Is Not the Ultimate Goal: We Are Judged by Our Deeds Not Our Wealth -- Poverty Is a Test -- We Are Responsible for Our Wealth -- We Are Responsible for Sharing It -- By Paying Zakah(Zakat) -- By Assuring the Division of Our Inheritance.

By Providing Interest Free Loans -- By Establishing an Awqaf (Plural of Waqf) (Endowment) -- By Providing for One's Relatives -- We Are Responsible for Gaining Our Wealth in a Lawful Manner -- Gambling Is Illegal: Against God's Law -- Share Your Wealth with Others -- To Comply with God (the Owner of Wealth) Since We Are Only the Vicegerents of God -- To Establish Others' Independence and Not Their Dependence -- To Provide for Our Life After Death -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 15: Overflowing Riches: Generosity, Divine and Human -- Introduction -- Motivations for Almsgiving -- Gratitude as a Motivator -- A Motive Founded in Holy Scripture -- Overflowing Grace: A Motivation Both Theological and Practical -- Gratitude and Other Religions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Who Are Rich? Who Are Poor? -- What This Book Says to the Rich and the Poor -- Poverty and Wealth: Past, Present, and Future -- Helping Provide Basic Religious Needs -- Helping Provide the Necessities of Life -- What of the Future? -- Future Religious Beliefs? -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

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