Tag: Generous

I was taught about philanthropy as a young child, in the form of giving to the church. My parents always put money in the collection plate when it came around, which kind of mystified me because I knew how little they had. (I learned what it meant to postdate a check from my mom.) The Bible often...

Generosity as the willingness to give Freely — Islam encourages this concept of generosity so much so that it is embedded in one of the Five pillars of Islam, the obligatory charity known as Zakat. In Arabic, the term Zakat literally means purification of the heart however; it is also ...

Whitelaw describes a scenario where you visit a museum for the first time and only have limited knowledge of the collection. The attendant at the front desk asks you to enter a query on a piece of paper, and then retrieves matching objects in sets of 10 at a time for you to view. This experience is ...