God's Property

Islam, Charity, and the Modern State

Nada Moumtaz

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English

University of California Press
10 August 2021

General & world history; Middle Eastern history; Religion & beliefs; History of religion; Islam; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: Islamic Humanities

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Up to the twentieth century, Islamic charitable endowments provided the material foundation of the Muslim world. In Lebanon, with the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the imposition of French colonial rule, many of these endowments reverted to private property circulating in the marketplace. In contemporary Beirut, however, charitable endowments have resurfaced as mosques, Islamic centers, and nonprofit organizations. A historical anthropology in dialogue with Islamic law, God's Property demonstrates how these endowments have been drawn into secular logics—no longer the property of God but of the Muslim community—and shaped by the modern state and modern understandings of charity and property. Although these transformations have produced new kinds of loyalties and new ways of being in society, Moumtaz’s ethnography reveals the furtive persistence of endowment practices that perpetuate older ways of thinking of one’s self and one’s responsibilities toward family and state.

By: Nada Moumtaz
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 3
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780520345874
ISBN 10: 0520345878
Series: Islamic Humanities
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 10 August 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nada Moumtaz is Assistant Professor in the Department for the Study of Religion and in the Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto.

Reviews for God's Property: Islam, Charity, and the Modern State

God's Property sheds an instructive light on the transformations that accompanied the emergence of these very regimes of accumulation that are pushing millions of Lebanese into poverty today. * The Middle East Journal * Highly readable yet complex. . . . This book is an important contribution to our understanding of Islam, philanthropy, law, and public policy through the lens of waqfs. * Journal of Church and State *