Personal beginnings and institutional endings in spiritualism
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 396-411, December 2022., 2022 Abstract In the religious movement known as Spiritualism, a medium's task is to provide evidence that there is no such thing as death. Human existence is defined by Spiritualists in terms of continual spiritual progress rather than stark beginnings and endings, although converts do tell vivid stories of the moment they realised Spiritualism's truth ...
Matt Tomlinson
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Theories and Evidence of Extrinsic Motivational Crowding out in Charitable Giving: Towards an Islamic Theory [PDF]
مطالعات وقف و امور خیریه, 2023 IntroductionAccording to the standard economic theory, participation of individuals in charitable activities is low, because this participation is usually used to compensate for market failure, which is precisely due to the self-interest of the economic ...
Vahid Moghadam, Marjan Esmaili
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A FRAMEWORK OF SPIRITUALITY FOR THE FUTURE OF NATURALISM
Zygon®, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 308-334, June 2021., 2021 Abstract William James wrote that the life of religion “consists of the belief that there is an unseen order, and that our supreme good lies in harmoniously adjusting ourselves thereto.” Naturalism organizes our experiences of the universe within a science‐grounded philosophical and/or religious framework aligning it with what is supremely good for our
John Calvin Chatlos
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Analysis and Study of the Components of Suhrawardi's Theory of Knowledge With regard to Mulla Sadra's Critiques [PDF]
حکمت صدرایی, 2019 The problem of knowledge and topics surrounding it have been discussed sporadically in Suhrawardi's works, making it difficult to explain his final point.
zohre zarei, amir shirzad
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The Semantic Relation of Human and Nature via Mollasadra Transcendental Knowledge (The Role of Nature in Human Inspiration and Perfection) [PDF]
بازیابی دانش و نظامهای معنایی, 2023 IntroductionNature is a theophany of divinity and motion which human lives are considered on it. Human essence along with nature, could lead to a spiritual journey and also help manifest new science to a better green and clean world.
Jana Arabzadeh +4 more
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Sadr al-Din Shirazi and natural human rights [PDF]
حکمت معاصر, 2021 Introduction There have always been two viewpoints on the human rights in the history of Western philosophy: some philosophers adhere to Natural Law, while the others follow Positive Law. Among modern philosophers, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, and among
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A Comparative Study of the Theme of "the Justification of God’s Providence" in the Outlooks of Sa’di and Alexander Pope [PDF]
ادبیات تطبیقی, 2020 1. Introduction There are three distinct concepts discussed in world poetry which are the trinity of creation: God, Man, and the Universe. The mystics, including great poets, as well as classical philosophers and theosophists, have integrated the ...
Shadi Mohyeddin Ghomshei +1 more
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Religion and the cultural public sphere : The case of the Finnish liberal intelligentsia during the turmoil of the early twentieth century [PDF]
, 2018 The political public sphere is at one and the same time both public, and private and religion operates in both the public and the private spheres in the modern way of life.
Kortti, Jukka Petteri
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Book review: Arthur Versluis, Magic and mysticism: an introduction to Western esotericism [PDF]
, 2016 Professor Arthur Versluis’ introduction to Western Esotericism provides a clear account of the historical antecedents of contemporary Western Esotericism, interweaving strands and transmission, and scholars who have illuminated this fascinating field. He
Harrington, Melissa
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A Comparative Study between the Attributes of Jesus in Christian Theology and Muhammadan Reality in Islamic Theosophy [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical Investigations< p >In this paper, the attributes of Jesus as the second person of Trinity in Christianity and Muhammadan Reality in Islamic Theosophy were compared.
Hossein Atrak
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