Poverty and Wealth in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Introduction
Part I: Personifications of Poverty and Wealth
Chapter 1: Reading Job 19:2-22: A Symbolic-Interactionist View of Poverty
Chapter 2: The Story of Qarun (Korah) in the Qur'an and Its Importance for our Times
Chapter 3: Mughal Munificence: Care and Concern for the Poor in Islamic Hindustan from Tuladan to the Taj
Chapter 4: Mary's Magnificat: the Anawim and Church on the Margins
Part II: Doctrines about Poverty and Wealth
Chapter 5: Socioeconomic and Gender Justice in the Qur'an: Modern Challenges
Chapter 6: Gospel Readings on Poverty and Affluence in Most Eastern and Western Churches
Chapter 7: Orthodox Christianity and Islam on Economic Justice: Universal Ideals and Contextual Challenges in Russia
Part III: Spiritual Traditions about Poverty and Wealth
Chapter 8: From Possessio to Paupertas: The Emergence of Religious Poverty as a Critical Spiritual Component of Medieval Christianity
Chapter 9: Poverty, Wealth and the Doctrine of Al-Fana' in the Qur'an
Chapter 10: Prophetic Ethics As Monotheistic Spirituality
Chapter 11: Christian Ethics: the "Non-Person" and the Insights of Liberation Theology for a Twentieth-First Century World
Chapter 12: A Spirituality for Rich and Poor: Contemporary Catholic Ideals for Economic Justice
Part IV: Sharing Our Wealth
Chapter 13: Geography-Based Giving in Jewish Tradition
Chapter 14: Poverty and Wealth in Islam's Sacred Texts
Chapter 15: Overflowing Riches: Generosity, Divine and Human
Conclusion

Nathan R. Kollar is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at St. John Fisher College, USA, retired Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Education, University of Rochester, USA, and Cofounder and Chair of the Board of the Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue at Nazareth College, USA. Muhammad Shafiq is Executive Director of the Brian and Jean Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue, and Professor of Islamic and Religious Studies at Nazareth College, USA. He holds the IIIT Chair in Interfaith Studies at Nazareth College.