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Role of Islamic Almsgiving in Social Cohesion: A Functionalist Perspective

NG-Journal of Social Development
This paper examines the connection between Islamic almsgiving, like Zakat and sadaqah, through the lens of classical sociological functionalist theory. It demonstrates how these two Islamic acts contribute to the stability and harmony of Muslim societies.
Sanatu Fusheini, V. Gedzi
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SPIRITUAL TOURISM AND GENEROSITY: THE INFLUENCE OF WALI SHRINES' PILGRIMAGE ON ALMSGIVING IN EAST JAVA, INDONESIA

Penamas
This article explores how Wali pilgrimage tourism influences the formation of pilgrims' attitudes toward charity in East Java. This study aims to understand how the spiritual experiences and cultural values associated with the Wali pilgrimage site can ...
Mahatva Yoga   +4 more
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Matthew's Charity: Righteousness, Almsgiving, and the Greek World

The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
:In this article, I examine the issue of charity in Matthew's Gospel, and specifically his directives on almsgiving as it is described in the Sermon on the Mount in 6:2–4.
Nathaniel P. Desrosiers
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Augustine's Homily on Almsgiving

Journal of Early Christian History, 2013
Only one of Augustine's homilies (Sermo 350b) has been entitled by the various editors of his more than five hundred homilies as being on almsgiving, even though it is a topic that occurs in quite a number of them. In fact, his ideas about almsgiving are more developed in some of them than in this particular sermon.
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Does Almsgiving Make Us Happier? A Study of Almsgiving (Shodaqoh-Philanthropy) and Self-Awareness on Individual Happiness

Asian Journal of Islamic Psychology
Everyone desires happiness. Happiness can be achieved through many things, one of which is carrying out positive activities, namely almsgiving (philanthropy). Almsgiving itself must be done with complete self-awareness.
Yasmin Salsabila Ramadhani   +1 more
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The Language of Dives and Lazarus: Preaching Generosity and Almsgiving in Renaissance Florence

I Tatti Studies, 2020
THIS ESSAY CONCERNS THE MORALITY of wealth and the range of meanings it had for people in Florence during the fifteenth century. While there were contemporary humanist discussions and reassessments of the value of wealth, such as those of Poggio ...
P. Howard
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Tradition of Almsgiving (Infak) from a Sociological Perspective

The International Journal of Education Management and Sociology
This study examined the tradition of infak (almsgiving) from a sociological perspective, analyzing the influence of social norms, cultural values, and social structures that shape its practice within Muslim communities. Infak was understood not only as a
Cut Luluk Maskuroh
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Almsgiving

The Life of the Spirit, 1945
[Vitoria’s commentary on the Summa includes an elaborate discussion of the duty of almsgiving (on II-II, 32, 5). It is in many ways of great interest, but is too long and sometimes too intricate to encourage detailed translation here. I give in brief paraphrase the main steps of the reasoning, neglect some bypaths of argument, and translate in full one
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Almsgiving versus Usury

2000
The Hebrews were the first people to condemn interest-bearing loans. The Old Testament forbids it in three different places:
Rosa-Maria Gelpi   +1 more
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