Exploring Islamic Social Work : Between Community and the Common Good.
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| Language: | English |
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2022.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Muslims in Global Societies Series
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.