Divine Money

Emanuel Schaeublin

Description

Zakat giving or mutual aid is a sacred practice in Islam. Where government and public safety nets fail, zakat serves as a form of social security in Muslim communities. In Divine Money, Emanuel Schaeublin shows how zakat institutions and direct zakat donations function in contemporary Palestine.
 
Based on his ethnographic fieldwork in the city of Nablus, Schaeublin traces zakat flows as they provide critical support to households living under military rule and security surveillance. In the neighborhoods of Nablus, the Islamic tradition shapes public life. Many enact simple gifts of money of food as an expression of God's generosity and justice. How do such invocations of the divine enable people to negotiate responsibilities and tensions arising from differences in wealth in Palestinian society? What is the role of zakat in confronting political repression and economic instability?

Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Anonymization
Introduction: An Anthropological Perspective on Zakat
1. Fieldwork under Military Rule: Subjecting Oneself to Lateral Disciplining
2. Zakat Institutions on Shifting Grounds
3. Concealing and Exposing Need: Shyness, Piety, and Dignity
4. The Piety of Giving: Modelling Direct Zakat Interactions
5. The Ethics of Giving and Market Transactions
6. The Other World and the Occupation
Notes
References
Index

Sujets

• justice
• Islamic Studies
• Social Science
• Charities
• Israel
• God
• Celtic Otherworld
• Charitable organization
• Nablus
• West Bank
• Middle East
• Anthropology
• Islam
• Naplouse

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 05 septembre 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780253066596
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 17 Mo

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