Exploring Islamic Social Work : Between Community and the Common Good.

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Main Author: Schmid, Hansjörg.
Other Authors: Sheikhzadegan, Amir.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Muslims in Global Societies Series
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490 1 |a Muslims in Global Societies Series ;  |v v.9 
505 0 |a Exploring Islamic Social Work -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Increasing Spiritual Sensitivity and Faith-Based Service Provision: Pathways to Islamic Social Work -- Introduction -- A Growing Awareness of Spiritual and Religious Dimensions in Social Work -- The Role of Muslim Communities -- Islamic Social Work Provided by Faith-Based Organisations -- Islamic Social Work as Alternative Social Work -- Contributions to this Volume -- References -- Part I: Target Groups and Contexts of Islamic Social Work -- Helping Muslims or Contributing to Society? Insights into the Paradoxes of Islamic Social Work for the Excluded -- Introduction -- Islamic Social Work in Plural Societies -- Methodology -- Three Fields of Intervention: Prisons, Homelessness and 'Radicalisation' -- Engagement of Islamic Organisations in Prisons: Social Work and Religious Services -- Muslim Associations Providing Aid to the Homeless in Paris -- Intracultural Social Work to Tackle 'Radicalisation' among Young Muslims -- The Reasons behind the Focus on Muslims: Ideologies or Strategies? -- Overrepresentation of Muslims in Excluded Areas -- Prioritising Muslims for Strategic Reasons -- Conclusion -- References -- The Religious Community: A Space that Facilitates Successful Resettlement for Muslim Offenders -- Introduction -- State of the Research -- Resettlement and Reintegration -- Desistance from Crime and the Redemption Script -- The Role of Post-Release Relationships -- Methodology -- Autobiographic Narrative Interviews -- Sampling -- Data Collection -- Data Analysis and Coding -- Findings -- Role of the Religious Community in Helping with Desistance -- Redemption Narratives, New Social Relations and a Moral Community -- Giving Back to Society - Moving Away from Materialism -- Tangible Help with Employment and Housing -- Role of Religion for Persistent Offenders. 
505 8 |a Conclusion -- References -- Secularism, Social Work and Muslim Minorities in France -- The Christian Roots of Social Work -- Emergence of an "ostensibly halal way of life": The Pride of Muslim Youth -- La laïcité: Secularism as a Hostile Recourse against Islam -- Social Workers and the Islam of Assisted Persons -- Believers and Non-Believers -- Misunderstandings about the Islamic Veil: Resisting Aversion -- Religious Practices: From Clothing to Food -- Radicalisation: Disorder among Professionals -- Conclusion -- References -- Identity, Intersectionality and Children in Care: The Case of Muslim-Heritage 'Looked-After' Children in the UK -- Muslim-Heritage Children in Care -- Methodological Choices: Who Is a Muslim-Heritage Child in Care? -- Recognising the Diversity of British Muslim Communities -- 'Counting' Muslim-Heritage Children in Care -- More than Religion and Ethnicity: Further Aspects Complicating the Identity of Muslim-Heritage Children -- Implications for Social Work Practice -- Conclusions: Who Is a Muslim-Heritage Child? -- References -- Islamic Social Work within the Framework of the Welfare System: Observations from the German Case -- Introduction -- Genealogy and Value Orientation in the German Welfare System -- State Support - Between Integration and Religious Policy -- The Role of Established Welfare Providers -- Welfare Activities and Legitimation Discourses of Muslim Organisations -- Social Services Provided by Local Mosque Associations and Specialised Providers -- Legitimation Discourses of Muslim Umbrella Organisations -- Islamic Theological Justifications for Universal Welfare -- Conclusion: Perspectives for Islamic Social Work in a Plural Welfare System -- References -- Part II: Theological and Ethical Discourse on Islamic Social Work -- Islamic Social Ethics, Social Work and the Common Good: Learning from Western Contexts. 
505 8 |a Social Capital through Social Action -- A maqāṣid-Based Approach and Its Possible Limitations -- From a Parochialist View towards a Common and Shared Vision of Society -- Human Needs and Beyond -- Conclusion -- References -- The maqāṣid-cum-maṣlaḥa Approach as Theological Basis for Islamic Social Work: A Critical Analysis and an Alternative Proposal -- Introduction -- Maṣlaḥa as Theological Basis for Islamic Social Work? -- Classical Maṣlaḥa: A Brief Outline -- Contemporary Maqāṣid-cum-maṣlaḥa Approach -- Critique of the Maqāṣid-cum-maṣlaḥa Approach -- Al-maʿrūf and Human Needs as a Key Concept for Islamic Social Work -- Needs as a Basis for Islamic Social Work -- Al-maʿrūf in the Qurʼan -- Conclusion -- References -- Islamic Practical Theology: waqf and zakāt as Theological Foundations -- Introduction -- Religiosity in the Sense of Social Justice -- The Basic Principle of Ongoing Donation and the Theological Support of a Social Foundation - waqf -- Zakāt: The Needy's Claim to Solidarity? -- Muslim Welfare Is an Affirmation of Social Responsibility by the Muslim Community: A Conclusion -- References -- An 'Epistemic Weight' of Islamic Practical Theology in Contemporary Islamic Social Work -- Introduction -- A Brief Outline of Practical Theology -- Islamic Practical Theology: What's in the Name? -- Relationship between Islamic Social Work and Islamic Practical Theology -- Conclusion -- References -- Islam, Social Work and Common Good in the Muslim Minority Context of Europe: Rethinking Shariʿa as Relational Ethics -- Introduction: Context, Questions and Methodology of the Inquiry -- The Common Good in Culturally and Religiously Plural European Societies -- Relational Ethics and a Convergent View of the Common Good -- What Is Relational Ethics? -- Shariʿa as Relational Ethics -- The Danger of Reifying Shariʿa into a Body of Ahistorical Laws. 
505 8 |a Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Perspectives and Contributions to Alternative Social Work -- Anti-oppressive Practice in Social Work with Women Wearing Hijab -- Introduction -- Research Project -- Findings -- Exercising Choice -- Pressure from Families -- Community Pressure -- Discussion: Hijab, an Islamic Responsibility or a Woman's Choice? -- Implications for Social Work Practice -- References -- Social Work and Muslim Welfare: A Women's Grassroots Association -- Introduction -- Conceptual Reflections on Islamic Social Work -- The Muslim Women's Meeting and Training Centre -- Conclusion -- References -- The Role of tawba (Repentance) in Social Work with Muslim Clients -- Introduction -- The Concept of tawba in Islam -- Tawba as Spiritual Transformation -- Tawba and Social Work -- Tawba in Social Work Practice -- Conclusion -- References -- Islamic Principles, Inclusivity and Revitalisation in Conceptual Frameworks for Western Social Work -- Introduction -- Progressive International Agendas and Sociopolitical Obstacles -- Social Work Responses: Pedagogy and Practice -- Dehumanised 'Others' -- Social Work and Faith -- Reflecting on Islamic Concepts -- The Concept of ʼUmma -- The Principle of zakāt -- ʿIzza (Honour) -- Al-insān al-kāmil (The Complete Human) -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Quo Vadis, Islamic Social Work? Empirical Findings and Theoretical Reflections Converging towards an Alternative Approach -- Islamic Social Work as an Empirical Phenomenon -- Providing Theological and Ethical Legitimation for Islamic Social Work -- Islamic Social Work and the Common Good in Western Contexts -- Islamic Social Work as Alternative Social Work -- Islamic Social Work, between Emancipation and 'Identity Trap' -- References. 
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