Contient notamment: Introduction: the secularization and sanctification of humanitarianism / Michael Barnett and Janice Gross Stein. - Faith in markets / Stephen Hopgood and Leslie Vinjamuri. - "Cultural proximity" and the conjuncture of islam with modern humanitarianism / Jonathan Benthall. - Religious obligation or altruistic giving ? : Muslims and charitable donations / Ajaz Ahmed Khan. - The role of spirituality in humanitarian crisis survival and recovery / Peter Walker... [et al.]. - Faith in the machine ? : humanitarianism in an age of bureaucratization / Michael Barnett. - Bridging the sacred and the profane in humanitarian life / Andrea Paras and Janice Gross Stein.