Faith and Fish

Practical faith and affirmative faith; an inquiry on the essence of fait

  The word faith, religiously considered, has different meanings. Its general application in the sense of living based on Divine religion absolutely and more general than the function of the parts of human body that makes the essence of faith. In a particular application, it means hearty affirmation called the head of faith by which is established the essence of faith. The application of faith...

A Study on Some Orientalists’ Views concerning the Virtue of Gratitude in the Quran and its Relation to the Moral Property of Faith

Gratitude is considered equivalent to faith in the Quran by Izutsu. Reinhart thinks that it is a moral requirement to be grateful because it contrasts with ingratitude (kufr) in the Quran. Whereas there are certain problems with their claims, grounds, and reasons, the contrast between gratitude and ingratitude in the Quran might suggest that there is a connection between gratitude and faith, an...

Faith, Hope and Doubt

Tabatabai’s Viewpoints about Islam and Faith

Islam and faith are two Quranic concepts about which various viewpoints have been presented. From Fakhr-e Razi’s viewpoint, faith means genuine acceptance and firm belief based on reason, acceptance of the prophet Muhammad along with whatever he has proposed and also verbal acknowledgement. From Allameh Tabatabai’s viewpoint it has different definitions some of which are related to basic factor...

Dearborn-Detroit Michigan: Ethnography of Faith and the U.S. Domestic and Foreign Policy Axis

The relationship between ethnic and faith communities in the United States and domestic forces relating to a converging and diverging social contract on the one hand, and US foreign, security and military policies in national, regional and global contexts on the other hand, constitutes the key focus of this paper and the ongoing research upon which it is based. Theories related to American ethn...