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  • The Medieval Debate on Money and Interest

    A Comparative Perspective on Ethics and Economics

    by Guido Tortorella Esposito, Stefano Figuera ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
    This book examines the medieval debate on the role of money and credit in the Islamic and Western Christian worlds.Starting from Aristotle's vision of the ethical and egalitarian use of wealth, fundamental to both Islamic and Christian thinkers, it highlights how the two visions of money and credit share a strong ethical-religious foundation. However, thinking on monetary and credit matters in the ... Read more

    $87.99 CAD

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  • The Long Divergence

    How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East

    by Timur Kuran ...
    How religious barriers stalled capitalism in the Middle EastIn the year 1000, the economy of the Middle East was at least as advanced as that of Europe. But by 1800, the region had fallen dramatically behind—in living standards, technology, and economic institutions. In short, the Middle East had failed to modernize economically as the West surged ahead. What caused this long divergence? And why ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Without Roots

    Europe, Relativism, Christianity, Islam

    by Joseph Ratzinger, Marcello Pera ...
    On May 12, 2004, Pope Benedict XVI - then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger-addressed the Italian Senate on the state of the West; the very same day, Joseph Pera, President of the Italian Senate, spoke before the Lateran College of the Papal University. Together they called upon the West to confront the spiritual, cultural, and political malaise that have afflicted it in the earliest years of the 21st ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Rulers, Religion, and Riches

    Why the West Got Rich and the Middle East Did Not

    by Jared Rubin ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
    For centuries following the spread of Islam, the Middle East was far ahead of Europe. Yet, the modern economy was born in Europe. Why was it not born in the Middle East? In this book Jared Rubin examines the role that Islam played in this reversal of fortunes. It argues that the religion itself is not to blame; the importance of religious legitimacy in Middle Eastern politics was the primary ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Of Virgins and Martyrs

    Women and Sexuality in Global Conflict

    by David Jacobson ...
    Series series Themes in Global Social Change
    Explores the role of women’s status, bodies, and sexuality in global conflicts.Women's bodies have become a battleground. Around the world, people argue about veiling, schooling for Afghan girls, and "SlutWalk" protests, all of which involve issues of women's sexuality and freedom. Globalization, with its emphasis on human rights and individuality, heats up these arguments. In Of Virgins and ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • Secularism Confronts Islam

    by Olivier Roy ...
    Translated by George Holoch ...
    The denunciation of fundamentalism in France, embodied in the law against the veil and the deportation of imams, has shifted into a systematic attack on all Muslims and Islam. This hostility is rooted in the belief that Islam cannot be integrated into French-and, consequently, secular and liberal-society. However, as Olivier Roy makes clear in this book, Muslim intellectuals have made it possible ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Future of Economics

    An Islamic Perspective

    by M. Umer Chapra ...
    This profound book is a powerful yet balanced critique of mainstream economics that makes a forceful plea for taking economics out of its secular and occident-centred cocoon. It presents an innovative and formidable case to re-link economics with moral and egalitarian concerns so as to harness the discipline in the service of humanity.M. Umer Chapra is ranked amongst the Top 50 Global Leaders in ... Read more

    $26.99 CAD

  • Islam Through Western Eyes

    From the Crusades to the War on Terrorism

    by Jonathan Lyons ...
    Despite the West's growing involvement in Muslim societies, conflicts, and cultures, its inability to understand or analyze the Islamic world threatens any prospect for East–West rapprochement. Impelled by one thousand years of anti-Muslim ideas and images, the West has failed to engage in any meaningful or productive way with the world of Islam. Formulated in the medieval halls of the Roman Curia ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • Faith and Secularisation in Religious Colleges and Universities

    by James Arthur ...
    This book is a detailed study of higher education institutions affiliated to particular religions. It considers the debates surrounding academic freedom, institutional governance, educational policy, mission and identity together with institutions’ relations with the state and their wider communities.A wide range of institutions are examined, including: Christian, Islamic and Jewish universities ... Read more

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  • If God Were a Human Rights Activist

    by Boaventura de Sousa Santos ...
    Series series Stanford Studies in Human Rights
    We live in a time when the most appalling social injustices and unjust human sufferings no longer seem to generate the moral indignation and the political will needed both to combat them effectively and to create a more just and fair society. If God Were a Human Rights Activist aims to strengthen the organization and the determination of all those who have not given up the struggle for a better ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Medieval Islamic Economic Thought

    Filling the Great Gap in European Economics

    by S.M. Ghazanfar ...
    Series series Routledge Islamic Studies Series
    This book is a collection of papers on the origins of economic thought discovered in the writings of some prominent Islamic scholars, during the five centuries prior to the Latin Scholastics, who include St. Thomas Aquinas. This period of time was labelled by Joseph Schumpeter as representing the 'great gap' in economic history. Unfortunately, this 'gap' is well embedded in most relevant ... Read more

    $117.99 CAD

  • The Sociology of Islam

    Knowledge, Power and Civility

    by Armando Salvatore ...
    The Sociology of Islam provides an accessible introduction to this emerging field of inquiry, teaching and debate. The study is located at the crucial intersection between a variety of disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities. It discusses the long-term dynamics of Islam as both a religion and as a social, political and cultural force.The volume focuses on ideas of knowledge, power ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD