Charity - Concepts and Practices

Concepts and Practices

  • Charity (practice), the practice of benevolent giving and caring
  • Charity (virtue), the Christian theological concept of unlimited love and kindness
  • Principle of charity in philosophy and rhetoric
  • Tzedakah, a Hebrew concept, literally meaning righteousness (Genesis 18:19) but commonly used to signify charity, and giving to worthy causes or people in need
  • Zakah and Sadaqah, the Islamic concepts of mandatory and voluntary alms-giving, often translated as "charity"
  • Altruism
  • Alms

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