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Prophecy, piety, and profits : a conceptual and comparative history of Islamic economic thought Ayman Reda

By: Series: Palgrave studies in Islamic banking, finance, and economicsPublication details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, c2018.Description: xiii, 402 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781137568243
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.273 RE PR
Summary: 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.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Islamic Collection 297.273 RE PR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available may2018 T0059599

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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.

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