@article{1431398,
      recid = {1431398},
      author = {Schmid, Hansjörg, and Sheikhzadegan, Amir,},
      title = {Exploring Islamic social work : between community and the  common good /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xii, 284 pages).},
      abstract = {This open access book addresses, for the first time,  Islamic social work as an emerging concept at the interface  of Islamic thought and social sciences. Applying a  multidisciplinary approach it explores, on the one hand,  the discourse that provides religious legitimisation to  social work activities and, on the other hand, case studies  of practical fields of Islamic social work including  educational programmes, family counselling, and  resettlement of prisoners. Although in many cases, these  activities are oriented towards Muslim clients, more often  than not they go beyond the boundaries of Muslim  communities to benefit society as a whole. Muslim actors  are also starting to professionalise their services and to  negotiate the ways in which they can become fully  recognised service-providers within the welfare state. At a  more general level, the volume also shows that in contrast  to the widespread processes of secularisation of social  work and its separation from religious communities, new  types of activities are now emerging, which bring back to  the public arena both an increased sensitivity to the  religious identities of the beneficiaries and the religious  motivations of the benefactors. The edited volume will be  of interest to researchers in Islamic Studies, Social and  Political Sciences, Social Work, and Religious Studies.  This is an open access book.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1431398},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95880-0},
}