Philosophizing Tasawwuf: The Postmodern Cult of Sufism

Reason, Rhythm, and Rituality. Reinterpreting Religious Cult from a Postmodern, Phenomenological Perspective

Contemporary philosophy of religion is often focused, at a theoretical level, on the epistemic value of religious doctrines, and at a practical level, on the possible impact of organized religion on secular society and politics. However, the cultic dimension of religion, such as prayer, religious service, ascetic practices, and other rituals, is considered as completely “irrational” and incompr...

Words of Ecstasy in Sufism

The cult of mediocrity.

Accessible online at: www.karger.com/pps In several European countries, research progress is hindered by insufficient funding, lack of competing opportunities and the control of special interest groups, which disregard scientific merit and clinical value [1]. In Europe, these groups tend to control the mechanisms of academic promotion and feel threatened by talented and independent researchers ...

Ghazals of Sultanvald and the worldview of the Malamatie cult

Sultan valad, the eldest son of Maulana Jalal al-Din, one of the poles of Rumi's way, whose poems are the manifestation of various mystical, theological and theological ideas. He, who has benefited from the Mystics of great figures such as Shams Tabrizi and Borhan Mohaghegh Tirmezi, has a great mastery of the worldview of mystics before him; In such a way that by creating works while explaining...

The cult of statistical significance

This article takes issue with a recent book by Ziliak and McCloskey (2008) of the same title. Ziliak and McCloskey argue that statistical significance testing is a barrier rather than a booster for empirical research in economics and should therefore be abandoned altogether. The present article argues that this is good advice in some research areas but not in others. Taking all issues which hav...