What Has History to Do with Philosophy? Insights from the Medieval Contemplative Tradition [PDF]
, 2018 This paper highlights the corrective and complementary role that historically informed philosophy can play in contemporary discussions. What it takes for an experience to count as genuinely mystical has been the source of significant controversy; most ...
Van Dyke, Christina
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Problem of Evil in Taoism [PDF]
Religious Inquiries, 2016 This paper attempts to present the Taoist understanding of evil. In the Taoist tradition, especially in Tao Te Ching, evil is divided into two categories: causal evil and consequential evil.
Qorban Elmi, Mojtaba Zarvani
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A Study of Sufi Centers of Women from Third to Eighth Centuries AH [PDF]
زن در فرهنگ و هنر, 2021 The period between fourth and eighth centuries AH, a time when Sufism and its affiliated centers spread to all parts of the Islamic world, provided a suitable platform for women’s growth and activeness in this field.
akram arjah +2 more
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A Poet Builds a Nation: Hafez as a Catalyst in Emerson’s Process of Developing American Literature [PDF]
, 2014 Numerous studies have tried to elucidate the relationship between Emerson and Hafez. While most of these studies laid emphasis on influence of Hafez on Emerson and others on similarity and/or infatuation, they left untouched some vital historical aspects
Adineh Khojastehpour +1 more
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Meaning of the Metaphor of “Idol” in the Mystical Poems of Hafez and Imam Khomeini [PDF]
پژوهشنامه متین, 2022 One of the mystical metaphors in the poems of mystical poets is the comparisonof the word and meaning of idol with Almighty God. Several aspects can be foundIn this metaphor: First, an aesthetic look at the idol; an idol is an adorable beautythat ...
Adel Meghdadian +2 more
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Jean Paul Sartre: The Mystical Atheist [PDF]
, 2009 Within Jean Paul Sartre’s atheistic program, he objected to Christian mysticism as a delusory desire for substantive being. I suggest that a Christian mystic might reply to Sartre’s attack by claiming that Sartre indeed grasps something right about the ...
Gellman, Jerome
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Exploring Processes and Dynamics of Mystical Contemplative Meditation: Some Christian-Buddhist Parallels in Relation to Transpersonal Theory [PDF]
, 2015 This paper explores Christian contemplative meditation, focusing on the prayer of Recollection as it is developed especially by Evelyn Underhill and St. Teresa of Avila. It outlines the practice and explores possible theoretical and therapeutic dynamics,
Stoeber, Michael
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A Comparative Study of Al-Ghazālī’s and Ibn Barrajān’s Approaches to the Divine Names [PDF]
ادبیات عرفانیThis research presents a comparative analysis of two seminal works: Al-Ghazālī’s Maqṣad al-Asnā and Ibn Barrajān’s Sharḥ Asmā’ Allāh al-Ḥusnā. The central question addressed is how methodological differences – Al-Ghazālī’s approach of īḍāḥ (clarification)
Elham Rezvani moghadam
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The Divine Liturgy as Mystical Experience [PDF]
, 2015 Most characterizations of mystical experience emphasize its private, esoteric, and non-sensory nature. Such an understanding is far removed from the original meaning of the term mystikos.
Bradshaw, David
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Ibn Arabi's anthropology and its application to deal with the environmental crisis [PDF]
حکمت معاصرWith the expansion of capitalism and the proliferation of commodities, environmental degradation has intensified.The central question of this study is that although this issue has received limited attention in Islamic thought,certain aspects of it can be
mostafa ArabAmeri +2 more
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