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Abstract This article examines Iran's welfare regime and pays close attention to the gendered and religious dimensions of Iranian social policies. Despite the formal recognition of social security coverage as a citizenship right, Iran’s welfare system remains uneven in its coverage.
Rezvan Ostadalidehaghi, Daniel Béland
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The gifstol : almsgiving and Christian lordship in the Exeter book / [PDF]
Adviser: Rhonda McDaniel.The poems in the Old English Exeter Book (Exeter, Cathedral Library, MS 3501) are purposely didactic tools, particularly of a catechetical nature, used to promote and reinforce ideal Christian Anglo-Saxon lordship.
Hamby, Holly
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Islamic Political Perspective on the Practice of Friday Almsgiving among Urban Waste Pickers in Palembang [PDF]
The practice of Friday almsgiving (ṣadaqah) among Indonesian Muslims reflects not merely an expression of individual spiritual devotion, but also embodies the dynamics of Islamic political thought concerning the distribution of social justice and the ...
Mikail, Kiki, Andi Guna, Leo
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Though Dutch poor relief has been appreciated by historians for the financial stability and generous assistance given to the poor, this paper examines the harsh reality to poor relief in the late eighteenth-century Netherlands.
Yoshiyuki Onishi
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Islamic Moral Economy: Bringing Back Substantive Morality to Humanise Islamic Finance
ABSTRACT The theoretical foundation of Islamic finance is constituted by the Islamic moral political economy, which aims to provide resource accessibility within the permissibility of Islam to all stakeholders. The complementarity and unitarity nature of the Islamic cognitive system essentialises the interest of all the stakeholders in economic and ...
Mehmet Asutay
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Combating trade‐related fraud: do the Financial Action Task Force recommendations bite?
Abstract We evaluate the efficacy of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations 2012, which set the global standard on combating money laundering and terrorist financing, by exploiting its staggered adoption in 16 East and South African countries.
Sami Bensassi, Arisyi F. Raz
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Crafting Ethics: The Dilemma of Almsgiving in Russian Orthodox Churches
International audienceWith the liberalization of religious practices after the fall of the Soviet regime in Russia, almsgiving to beggars in Russian Orthodox churches has become one of the most widespread forms of Orthodox charity.
Tocheva, Detelina
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The Concept of Almsgiving in the Quaestiones et responsionesof Anastasius Sinaita
Artykuł prezentuje zawartą w Quaestiones et responsiones myśl Anastazego Synaity odnoszącą się do jałmużny. Składa się z trzech części, które dotyczą: przyjmowania jałmużny, jej wielkości i częstotliwości, a także jej dawcy.
Gilski, Marek, Drzyżdżyk, Szymon
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To the modern reader Christianity’s ascendency appears to have been a forgone conclusionby the fourth century. However its survival was still dependent on the creation and embedding of a distinctly Christian identity within Roman society.
Nicole Moffatt (12310265)
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Paul, divestment, and salvific almsgiving
This dissertation pursues an answer to two interrelated questions: (i) to what extent did Paul believe Christ-followers should divest their possessions on behalf of the poor and (ii) what role, if any, did Paul believe almsgiving could play in the ...
Brown, Hunter
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