Divine Money Kathleen deLaski Temple University Dr

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to the Calvinist Reformed movement in the present-day Protestant church

Drawing on unpublished correspondence and business documents

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demonstrating how a more politically-engaged scholarship can contribute to the struggle for social justice

Divine Money Kathleen deLaski Temple University DrMutual aid or zakat giving is a sacred practice in Islam. In Palestinian neighborhoods of the West Bank, where the Islamic tradition shapes public life, a simple gift of money or food to a person in need can invoke the presence of God. In Divine Money, Emanuel Schaeublin shows how zakat institutions and direct zakat donations provide critical support to households in financial distress. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in the ancient city of Nablus,