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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Mona Atia has given us a grand tour of the landscape of an increasingly Islamic oriented Egypt. She demonstrates how the state’s attempted control over popular practices of religion may have laid the ground for a subsequent religious revival.
Building a House in Heaven uncovers the contradictions of the Islamist-led human development project and shows how older established practices of Islamic charity merge with market-based approaches, resulting in a unique form of ‘pious neoliberalism’ that is increasingly shaping the future of Egypt." —Nezar AlSayyad, University of California, Berkeley
Table of ContentsContents
AcknowledgmentsA Note on Transliteration
Introduction1. The Economy of Charity2. State Interventions: Managing Poverty and Islam3. A Space and Time for Giving4. Privatizing Islam5. Business with Allah6. Islamic “Life Makers” and Faith-based DevelopmentConclusion
Appendix: A Geographer’s Ethnography of Islamic Economic PracticesNotesGlossary of Arabic TermsBibliographyIndex
