ملخص إن هذه النزعة الروحية التي خلقها الله ـ تعالى ـ في بني البشر ضرورة نفسية ملحة ومطلب ديني، ونزعة فلسفية في الإنسان، ويتطرق البحث إلى جذور ومنابع هذه الحياة الروحية في التاريخ الإنساني بصفة عامة وفي التاريخ الإسلامي بصفة خاصة، ليقودنا للتأمل في التجربة الدينية في جزيرة العرب …
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Europos Dura was an ancient fortress city on the Euphrates River in modern Syria. Founded in 303 BCE as part of the growing, post-Alexandrian, Seleucid Empire, over the next 550 years, Europos fell from Macedonian, to Parthian, and then Roman control as it grew from a small fort…
Why do some Muslim leaders radicalize while others do not? Drawing on a study of radical mobilization in Indonesia, this dissertation argues that Muslim leaders radicalize when they find religious authority hard to gain and maintain. It makes two specific points: 1) radical mobi…
This study examines the notion of Monotheism in the Zoroastrian religion in the thought of al-Shahristani, by carefully analyzing the arguments he presents and comparing them to those of scholars and philosophers – both classical and contemporary – who studied the Zoroastrian, i…
Modern Arabic books on Comparative Religion say about Hinduism that the Hindus worship and revere cows considering them as deities. Most Arab writers mention it as an important characteristic of Hinduism. But is it the reality and real status of cows in Hinduism? Do Hindus reall…
Judaism, Islam and Trinitarian Christianity have common elements which can foster positive dialogue between the members of these faiths. One area of connection is through each faith's identify with the God of Abraham and their belief that God is a single deity. Another area of c…
Orientalist views are no longer only restricted to the cultural aspect of the Arab countries, but also began to raise some issues about Muslim women, such as the issues of equality between women and men in Islam and the differences between them in certain aspects of life. This s…
Understand the concept of the mandate of women in our time. Clarify what's meant of the overthrow of the mandate on women. To identify the evidence and provisions related to the mandate of women and the claim to drop them.
Despite the long-term secularization of North American societies, there remain people, native and immigrant, who are committed to the centrality of religion in their lives. Some members of religious communities, as a result, turn inward for help in resolving conflicts they face …
This research on wasatiyyah addresses Islamophobia, extremism and terrorism which happen all around the world. Extremism exists among all practitioners of cults and religions of the world, including Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and people of other beliefs. Howev…
Christianization is an familiar term to Muslims in Indonesia; most Muslims are aware of the Christianization program and its effect to their faith. Christianization missionaries target to implement Christianity in the daily lives of young aged as well as adolescent children, par…
This dissertation approaches the classic dichotomy of Christianity and Islam in the Mediterranean, and teases out nuances of their relationship during the early modern period. It presents four chapters on religious figures, miracles, holy war, and linguistic capital which demons…
This thesis explores the concept of Hindutva ideology implemented by the right-wing Hindu organization in India and examines how it affected the Hindu-Muslim relations in the country. By delving into the key texts penned by Hindutva ideologues V.D Savarkar and M.S Golwalkar, thi…
Though systems regulating purity and pollution are found in almost every culture and across historical time periods, and though the similarities among the purity systems of different cultures have been noticed, the field of comparative religion has failed to develop sophisticate…
The Many Faces of God was an interfaith education experience for lay Christians introducing them to the Christian theologies of the religions as well as to the basic beliefs and tenets of five world religions. The students in the course studied Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism…
The current study is a comparative research on the Daodejing (道德經) and Ecclesiastes with the aim of answering the question of the meaning of life. The focus of the study is on the two texts especially the content related to the two terms xu (emptiness 虛) and hebel (vanity) in th…
The term ‘religious pluralism’ has been emerged as a result of interconnection and intersection between various ideologies, cultures, and religious affiliations among humankind. It is a theological concept that celebrates plurality, diversity, and coexistence of religions in whi…
A common challenge of Buddhism and Pyrrhonism is to overcome dogmatic beliefs by avoiding rejecting or accepting a set of beliefs and optimizing the ability to search for truth. In this dissertation, I investigate these two approaches from different traditions. On the one hand, …
This study is an attempt to contribute to the existing efforts in finding appropriate methodological approaches for studying African religions. It utilizes al-Faruqi’s methodology of studying religion to study the Faith of Unity religion. It begins by offering an in-depth analys…