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Pre‐Manichaean Beliefs of the Uyghurs II: Other Religious Elements

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, Volume 47, Issue 4, Page 586-603, December 2023., 2023
The original beliefs of the Uyghurs, which have been overshadowed by their conversion to Manichaeism and Buddhism, have not been thoroughly studied until recently. However, Uyghur inscriptions as well as Chinese and Islamic sources provide us with some information regarding their beliefs. In the first part of this article series, the Uyghurs' belief in
Hayrettin İhsan Erkoç
wiley   +1 more source

Taming the nafs: Unbounded spirits and mental illness in militarized Pakistan

open access: yesEthos, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 401-415, December 2023., 2023
Abstract In Pakistan, jinn afflictions reveal the maddening effects of displacement, economic inequality, and household conflicts. In this article, I consider how healers treat conditions of the nafs (soul), specifically its impurity and corruption through material desires, as enhancing the susceptibility of clients to jinn affliction where healers ...
Sanaullah Khan
wiley   +1 more source

THE MALICIOUS GAME: Friendship, Foresight, and Philosophy at an Iraqi Teahouse in Jordan

open access: yesCultural Anthropology, Volume 38, Issue 4, Page 467-491, November 2023., 2023
ABSTRACT In the late‐night cafés of Amman, Jordan, Iraqi refugees have adopted a new game, called jaakaaroo, that they say is more “malicious” than familiar favorites like dominoes or backgammon. Meanwhile, they decry the cruelty, greed, and suspicion that have eroded social bonds in their home and host countries.
ZACHARY SHELDON
wiley   +1 more source

On Rooting Religious Studies: The Metaphysical Proposal of René Guénon

open access: yesThe Philosophical Forum, Volume 54, Issue 1-2, Page 3-26, Summer 2023., 2023
Abstract The present article problematizes current dominating approaches to method and theory in the study of religion by pointing to their inapplicability to theorists working outside secular worldviews. The first section of this article introduces decolonialist narratives by touching on important topics which are subsumed within larger discussions ...
Noah H. Taj
wiley   +1 more source

Metasurface‐Based Solar Absorption Prediction System Using Artificial Intelligence

open access: yesJournal of Mathematics, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
Solar energy is a significant, environment‐friendly source of renewable energy. The solar absorber transforms solar radiation into heat energy as an effective green energy source. Therefore, increasing its absorbing capacity can improve a solar absorber’s effectiveness.
Md. Mottahir Alam   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Implikasi Konsep Insan Kamil Ibnu Arabi terhadap Pendidikan Islam Berkemajuan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
This study aims to describe the implications of the concept of Insan Kamil Ibnu Arabi on Advanced Islamic Education. This research is a qualitative research with a literature study method.
faridi, faridi   +4 more
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The Line‐Haul Feeder Vehicle Routing Problem: A Classification and Review

open access: yesComplexity, Volume 2023, Issue 1, 2023., 2023
Today, goods transportation is considered to be one of the most important activities of national economics. Logistics and supply chain play an important role in the industry and services, considering the needs of the people, while there is an increase in the population.
Majid Yousefikhoshbakht   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Learning from the Wisdom of The Prophets: Spiritual Intelligence of Hūd and Muḥammad in Ibn Arabi’s View [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The wisdom of the prophets in Ibn ‘Arabi’s Fuṣūṣ al-Hikam is deeply concerned with discovering how the prophets who are taken up in each chapter exemplify different facets of the deeper spiritual process of the divine-human relation.
Herawati, Andi
core   +2 more sources

History and the Study of Religion. Prophecy, Imagination and Religion in the Granadan Lead Books, the Works of Jacobus Palaeologus and of Nicholas of Cusa*

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, Volume 46, Issue 4, Page 675-690, December 2022., 2022
This article challenges the observation that historians and the discipline of History have not been helpful in addressing some of the important challenges in the Study of Religion by concentrating on “the local” and on deconstruction rather than on construction and “the global.” By undertaking a cross‐cultural case study — Medieval and Early Modern ...
Gerard Wiegers
wiley   +1 more source

Flucht nach vorne (seeking refuge in the future): Trauma, agency, and the fantasy of onward flight among refugees in Berlin

open access: yesEthos, Volume 50, Issue 4, Page 480-495, December 2022., 2022
Abstract This article is based on fieldwork we each conducted with refugees in Berlin between 2016 and 2021. We were both puzzled by our interlocutors’ repeated professed desires to leave Germany, often when their lives here were improving. We wondered how they could possibly fantasize about repeating the experiences of their initial flight, which were
Ulrike Bialas, Jagat Sohail
wiley   +1 more source

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