This paper addresses Mark Silk’s theory of “unsecular media” through a case study of a visit the Dalai Lama made to the United States. Silk contends the themes (what he calls “topoi”) media use to cover religion are derived from Western faiths. Thus, according to Silk, when Western religious principles are used to write about Western religious practices, those practices are generally evaluated ...

Can a cultural memory and identity constructed around traumatic events in the historical past, interpreted as the result of pollution of the sacred center, give a group an evolutionary advantage under the right conditions? This article assesses this question by examining three different waves of religious entrepreneurship that drove the evolution of the ancient Israelite religion between the la...

alain badiou is one of the leading contemporary thinkers whose ideas in philosophy have seriously influenced theological discourse. his thought mainly relies on two pillars, ontology and theory of the event. based on these ideas, he tries to remove religious/spiritual elements of contemporary thought. with his novel mathematical ontology of multiple, he tries to categorize and criticize all the...

This article presents an overview of both the processes and the results of an international, interdisciplinary, and interreligious feminist study of "good sex" that resulted in a volume by the same name. We argue that religion (including its secular equivalent, i.e., global capitalism) remains a powerfully influential cultural force that shapes people's lives, in general, and sanctifies their b...

In life, muamalah activities are an interaction in maintaining the teachings contained Qur'an, Islam always teaches how to be responsible and do justice muamalah, especially recording managing finances assets. This study seeks explore thoughts of two Indonesian accounting figures, Sofyan Safri Harahap Iwan Triwuyono, applying records that accordance with Islamic principles by referring several ...

In this paper I compare Paul and Muhammad, placing them side-by-side in Jerusalem and Mecca, in the Diaspora and on the caravan routes, with the objective of providing a more complete picture to explain the rise of universalistic monotheism. In so doing, it is my intention to add to the studies that have been produced on the social origins of Christianity and Islam. The question I raise is the ...

The research discusses the development of an urban approach that acts as orienting paradigm for design in religious city. Here comes question about adopting metaphysical monism intellectual capable formulating a formal town so city is not affected by undesirable transformations. To highlight problem, which stated: (there no clear vision process building based on dominant forces), goal was deter...

in this paper, we have clarified the necessity and motivation about legal act of discerning minor. after this introduction, we have classified related subjects into two topics and here we have investigated each one of them. in first topics of concepts and definitions, discerning minor and legal acts have been investigated. for second topic, we have selected legal acts of discerning minor and ha...