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Exploring Islamic Social Work

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  • Cham : Springer, 2022
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  • Muslims in Global Societies Series / Schmid, Hansjörg ; Sheikhzadegan, Amir. - : Springer International Publishing. - 2022
Family Counselling Muslims
Islam Social Work
Marginalization Muslims
Practical Theology Islam
Radicalization Prevention
Open Access
Resettlement Muslims Prison
Segregation Islam
Social Ethics Islam
Social Welfare Islam
Spirituality in Social Work
English This open access book addresses, for the first time, Islamic social work as an emerging concept at the interface of Islamic thought and social sciences. Applying a multidisciplinary approach it explores, on the one hand, the discourse that provides religious legitimisation to social work activities and, on the other hand, case studies of practical fields of Islamic social work including educational programmes, family counselling, and resettlement of prisoners. Although in many cases, these activities are oriented towards Muslim clients, more often than not they go beyond the boundaries of Muslim communities to benefit society as a whole. Muslim actors are also starting to professionalise their services and to negotiate the ways in which they can become fully recognised service-providers within the welfare state. At a more general level, the volume also shows that in contrast to the widespread processes of secularisation of social work and its separation from religious communities, new types of activities are now emerging, which bring back to the public arena both an increased sensitivity to the religious identities of the beneficiaries and the religious motivations of the benefactors. The edited volume will be of interest to researchers in Islamic Studies, Social and Political Sciences, Social Work, and Religious Studies.
This is an open access book.
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Rectorat
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Centre Suisse Islam et Société
Language
  • English
License
CC BY
Open access status
hybrid
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https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/320057
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