Welfare activities by new religious actors : Islamic organisations in Italy and Switzerland / Elisa Banfi.

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Welfare activities by new religious actors : Islamic organisations in Italy and Switzerland / Elisa Banfi.

9783319620961 (electronic book)
3319620967 (electronic book)
9783319620954
3319620959

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]

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10.1007/978-3-319-62096-1 doi

BP170.2 .B36 2018

306.6/97094

This book offers a comparative examination of Islamic welfare activities across urban areas in both Switzerland and Italy, in order to address general issues relating to the welfare engagement of Islamic organisations in Europe. Welfare Activities by New Religious Actors describes how Islamic organisations have been coordinated and structured in Geneva, Milan, Rome, and Zurich; four cities not yet analysed in the literature on Islamic welfare. It also explores the institutional opportunities and constraints that are able to influence forms of social religious activities at the local and international level, by bringing together two research fields that seldom speak to each other: social network analysis and political opportunity theory. This book will appeal to scholars of Sociology, Anthropology and Religious Studies dealing with the social and political inclusion of Muslims in Europe and the social activities of Islamic organisations in Western countries.

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