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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