Prophecy, Piety, and Profits

A Conceptual and Comparative History of Islamic Economic Thought

Business & Finance, Economics, Economic History
Cover of the book Prophecy, Piety, and Profits by Ayman Reda, Palgrave Macmillan US
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Ayman Reda ISBN: 9781137568250
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US Publication: December 26, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Ayman Reda
ISBN: 9781137568250
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication: December 26, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

This book examines, in greater depth than the existing literature, the history of Islamic economic thought. It seeks to introduce Islamic views to debates surrounding critical economic concepts, such as scarcity, wealth, poverty, charity, usury, self-interest, rationality, and markets. It does so through a comparative analysis with the views of Judaic, Christian, and secular economic thought. “Prophecy” is meant to signify the theoretical dimension of religion, while “piety” represents its practical element; neither part is feasible without the other. Together, prophecy and piety inform the Islamic view of economic concepts and phenomena. This view seeks to adjust our approach to profits, both in this world and the next, and seeks to reexamine what is truly profitable and worthy of sacrifice.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

This book examines, in greater depth than the existing literature, the history of Islamic economic thought. It seeks to introduce Islamic views to debates surrounding critical economic concepts, such as scarcity, wealth, poverty, charity, usury, self-interest, rationality, and markets. It does so through a comparative analysis with the views of Judaic, Christian, and secular economic thought. “Prophecy” is meant to signify the theoretical dimension of religion, while “piety” represents its practical element; neither part is feasible without the other. Together, prophecy and piety inform the Islamic view of economic concepts and phenomena. This view seeks to adjust our approach to profits, both in this world and the next, and seeks to reexamine what is truly profitable and worthy of sacrifice.

More books from Palgrave Macmillan US

Cover of the book Building Confidence in East Asia by Ayman Reda
Cover of the book Performing Bodies in Pain by Ayman Reda
Cover of the book Outsourcing the Global War on Terrorism by Ayman Reda
Cover of the book Local History, Transnational Memory in the Romanian Holocaust by Ayman Reda
Cover of the book America in An Arab Mirror by Ayman Reda
Cover of the book Social Work for Sociologists by Ayman Reda
Cover of the book New Political Spaces in Latin American Natural Resource Governance by Ayman Reda
Cover of the book Sexuality and New Religious Movements by Ayman Reda
Cover of the book (Re)mapping the Latina/o Literary Landscape by Ayman Reda
Cover of the book Telling West Indian Lives by Ayman Reda
Cover of the book Taking Down Goliath by Ayman Reda
Cover of the book Womanism against Socially Constructed Matriarchal Images by Ayman Reda
Cover of the book The Palgrave Handbook of Asia Pacific Higher Education by Ayman Reda
Cover of the book Subsidiarity Governance by Ayman Reda
Cover of the book T.S. Eliot and the Fulfillment of Christian Poetics by Ayman Reda
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy