ISLAM CIVIL SOCIETY AND SOCIAL WORK pdf download

Islam Civil Society And Social Work

ISLAM CIVIL SOCIETY AND SOCIAL WORK

Some Book Contents

• Discourse and Activity Regarding Marriage and Gender Relations 355
• Conclusion: Muslim Social Activism as a Phenomenon of Civil Society:
• Empowerment or Patronage? 393
• Notes 417
• Bibliography 463
• List of Abbreviations 481
• Glossary of Arab Words 482
• Curriculum Vitae 500
• Detailed contents
• Acknowledgements 14
• Introduction 19
• The Historical Background of the Civil Society Concept 19
• Determining the “Muslim” nature of NGOs 21
• Categorizing Jordanian Muslim NGOs 24
• The Structure of the Dissertation 33
• PART ONE: ISLAM AND CIVIL SOCIETY
• 1 The Concept of Civil Society 37
• Civil Society as a Distinct Domain 37
• The Normative Dimension of Civil Society 41
• Civil Society: Individualistic or Communitarian? 43
• 2 Islam/lslamism and Civil Society 45
• Islam as an Obstacle to Civil Society 45
• Islam as the Benefactor of Civil Society 47
• The Middle of the Roaders 49
• Civil Society as a Means rather than an End 50
• Distinguishing Moderates from Radicals 50
• Norms of Civil Behavior 52
• Islamic Activism and the Modernization of Society 53
• Islam and Civil Society: an Evaluation 56
• The Islamist Movement as a Manifestation of the Lifeworld 59
• Tradition and Modernity in the Muslim Arab Lifeworld 61
• Reflexivity and The Muslim Brotherhood Movement 63
• 3 Islamist Voluntary Welfare Associations:
• Patronage or Middleclass-based Civic Networks? 67
• Religious Revival as a New Source of Social Capital 67
• The Nature of Islamist Voluntary Welfare Associations 69
• NGOs and the State 72