Prophecy, piety, and profits : a conceptual and comparative history of Islamic economic thought
By: Reda, Ayman
Series: Palgrave studies in Islamic banking, finance, and economics.Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2018.Description: xiii, 402 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781137568243Subject(s): Economics -- Religious aspects -- Islam | Wealth -- Religious aspectsDDC classification: 297.273 RE PR| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Islamic Collection | 297.273 RE PR (Browse shelf) | Available | may2018 | T0059599 |
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| 297.272 NA IS Islam and the secular state : negotiating the future of Shariʿa / | 297.272 NE WV The new voices of Islam : reforming politics and modernity : a reader | 297.273 DE VE Developments in Islamic finance : | 297.273 RE PR Prophecy, piety, and profits : | 297.283 AL CH Christianity and Islam : according to the Bible and the Quran | 297.283 BU CA The case for Islamo-Christian civilization | 297.283 ON MU Muslim-Christian interactions : |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book examines, in greater depth than the existing literature, the history of Islamic economic thought. It seeks to introduce Islamic views to debates surrounding critical economic concepts, such as scarcity, wealth, poverty, charity, usury, self-interest, rationality, and markets. It does so through a comparative analysis with the views of Judaic, Christian, and secular economic thought. ?Prophecy? is meant to signify the theoretical dimension of religion, while ?piety? represents its practical element; neither part is feasible without the other. Together, prophecy and piety inform the Islamic view of economic concepts and phenomena. This view seeks to adjust our approach to profits, both in this world and the next, and seeks to reexamine what is truly profitable and worthy of sacrifice.