Muslim Volunteering in the West
Between Islamic Ethos and Citizenship
Editors: Peucker, Mario, Kayikci, Merve Reyhan (Eds.)
Free Preview- Offers fresh theoretical and empirical elaborations on various facets of Muslim volunteering as a religious duty and as a part of every-day community lifeShows how the Islamic faith adds new facets to the understanding of volunteering that are different, but reconcilable with the ‘active citizenship’ lens on civic engagement dominant in Western societiesExplores the ways in which Muslim communities’ practices take shape according to contextual shifts. Looking at how practices change, and how practictioners are in a constant critical engagement with religious texts, sources and interpretations.
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- About this book
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This edited volume explores various facets of Muslims’ civic engagement in Western post-secular societies, fundamentally challenging simplistic boundaries between Islamic ethical conduct and liberal-democratic norms and practice.
Bringing together scholars from sociology, anthropology, and Islamic theology, the collection offers sound theoretical and empirical elaborations on the complex ways in which Islamic piety, principles and norms interact with, and shape, Muslims’ everyday practice of volunteering as a performance of active citizenship in liberal societies.
The contributions cover diverse manifestations of Muslim volunteering in North America, Europe and Australia, from environmentalism to mental health volunteering, and critically examine the national and global socio-political context within which certain forms of Muslims’ civic engagement are viewed with skepticism and suspicion. It will be of use to students and scholars across sociology, political science, community studies and Islamic studies, with a focus on migrant integration, diaspora studies, and inter-ethnic relations.
- About the authors
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Mario Peucker is Research Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Industries and Liveable Cities at Victoria University, Australia.
Merve Reyhan Kayikci is Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Semitic Studies at the University of Granada, Spain.
- Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Muslim Volunteering in the West: An Introduction
Pages 1-19
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Theologization of Volunteerism: An Islamic Perspective
Pages 21-41
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Volunteering, Charitable Work, and Muslims: Divine Inspiration, Parallel Networks, and Facts on the Ground
Pages 43-67
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Why Do Muslims Engage in Intra-community Volunteering? Insights from a Multi-method Study in Australia
Pages 69-91
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Charity as Civic Participation for Dutch–Turkish Muslims
Pages 93-117
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Muslim Volunteering in the West
- Book Subtitle
- Between Islamic Ethos and Citizenship
- Editors
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- Mario Peucker
- Merve Reyhan Kayikci
- Series Title
- New Directions in Islam
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-26057-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-26057-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-26056-9
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XV, 216
- Number of Illustrations
- 2 b/w illustrations
- Topics
