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"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


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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

Building a House in Heaven Pious Neoliberalism

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      Publisher University of Minnesota Press
      Published 1 November 2013
      ISBN-13 9780816689170
      978-0816689170
      ISBN-10 0816689172
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      Charities and philanthropy Social welfare, social policy and social services

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade 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 Contents

      Contents

      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

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