Nada Moumtaz, "Gods Property: Islam, Charity, and the Modern State" (U California Press, 2021)
b'Nada Moumtaz\\u2019s\\xa0God\\u2019s Property: Islam, Charity, and the Modern State\\xa0(University of California Press, 2021)\\xa0is an ethnography anchored in deep study of the Muslim scholarly tradition, the urban landscape, and Lebanon across the Ottoman, Mandate, and post-independence periods. At the center of the book is the\\xa0waqf, often translated as \\u201cpious endowment.\\u201d An act and a practice exhibiting or embodying both change and stability since the nineteenth century, the\\xa0waqf\\xa0allows Moumtaz to reinterpret major categories in anthropology, Islamic legal studies, and history, including charity, family, the economy, the public and private, and the state. This is the\\xa0second\\xa0New Books Network interview devoted to this much-anticipated book, a careful, wide-ranging, and ambitious work poised to influence conversations in multiple disciplines.\\nInterviewers: Janna Aladdin and Julian Weideman.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law'