Building a House in Heaven: Pious Neoliberalism and Islamic Charity in Egypt by Mona Atia

Building a House in Heaven: Pious Neoliberalism and Islamic Charity in Egypt

Quadrant Book

Mona Atia

241 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Charity is an economic act. This premise underlies a societal transformation--the merging of religious and capitalist impulses that Mona Atia calls "pious neoliberalism." Though the phenomenon spans religious lines, Atia makes the connection betwe...

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