1st Edition

Religion and Poverty Monotheistic Responses Around the Globe

164 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

164 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

164 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book offers a timely and compelling look at religion and poverty, focusing primarily on the two largest world religions, Christianity and Islam, and considering religion and poverty in the United States and international contexts. Written by social scientists, the book incorporates relevant theology with a focus on how theology is lived in relation to issues of poverty. Topics include... Read more

1. Introduction: The Response of Monotheistic Religions to the Problem of Poverty

Susan Crawford Sullivan, Shariq Ahmed Siddiqui, and Stephen Offutt

2. Religion, Poverty, and Philanthropy in the United States

Susan Crawford Sullivan and Shariq Ahmed Siddiqui

3. Poverty and Religion Crossing Borders

Stephen Offutt

4. Christianity and Poverty in the Global South and East

Stephen Offutt

5. Islam, Poverty, and Philanthropy in the Global South

Shariq Ahmed Siddiqui

6. Conclusion

Susan Crawford Sullivan, Stephen Offutt, and Shariq Ahmed Siddiqui

Biography

Susan Crawford Sullivan is Professor of Sociology at the College of the Holy Cross, United States. She is the author of Living Faith: Everyday Religion and Mothers in Poverty (2011) and the co-editor of A Vision for Justice: Engaging Catholic Social Teaching on the College Campus (2014).

Stephen Offutt is Associate Professor of Development Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary, United States. He is the author of Blood Entanglements: Evangelicals and Gangs in El Salvador (2023) and New Centers of Global Evangelicalism in Latin America and Africa (2015).

Shariq Ahmed Siddiqui is Assistant Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Director of the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, United States; co-editor in chief of the Journal on Muslim Philanthropy and Civil Society; and co-editor of Philanthropy in the Muslim World (2023).