abstract “wisdom of islamic art” is relatively a full of application, prevalent and concurrently ambiguous combination, that, despite the studies conducted on it, still no clear meaning of it is at hand. due to the existence of this confusion in the meaning, sometimes the wisdom of islamic art, despite the distinction that exists, is considered equal to “philosophy of islamic art.” as the appli...

imam ali (peace be upon him) told that physicians must have pietism and don’t abstain from guidance, advice and diligence. islam religion recognizes medicine as an allowable and necessary profession.  prophet mohammad (pbuh) and imams (pbuh) tell that sage physician status in their science, art and tasks like jurisconsult scientist status. more than one thousand years ago, abubakr rabei ebne ah...

nature displays profound preference for certain specific ratios to design her life-forms. these are geometric relationships that are transcendent and originated from sacred geometry. the view that geometry had a ritual origin is a part of a wider view that civilization itself had a ritual origin, and therefore the history of utilization of sacred geometry by man goes back to many centuries ago....

Thirumular says in his "THIRUMANTHIRAM" the body is a sacred instrument to contain the soul and therefore must be nurtured well to safeguard the life. Thirumular is reported to have lived a long span of three thousand years according to tradition. The art of longevity and the attempts of immortalising the corporeal human body were the ultimate aims of Siddhars as understood from their numerous ...

The sacred values of a community are critical in understanding cultural conflict. When an attempt is made to trade a sacred value with a secular good, it evokes feelings of anger (tabootradeoff) but less so when that sacred value is traded off with another sacred value (tragic). Previous work has shown that participants who expressed sacred values for an issue were more resistant to taboo than ...

The emergence of the religious nones can create pedagogical challenges due to the multifarious and institutionally disaffiliated nature of this classification. Thus, this article supplies a potential pedagogical technique by revisiting Peter Berger’s sacred canopy metaphor. We submit that the religious nones can be understood functionally and structurally by employing “sacred metaphors” based o...

Sufism is a broad and diverse movement within the history of Islam. Anatolia, among other Muslim lands, has been home to many Sufi orders such as Alevi-Bektashi, Rufā’ī, Khalwatī, others. All mentioned order played significant roles during Ottoman Empire up modern era. It clear that facing Modern secular world view, at least epistemologically challenged all orders. Considering considerable shak...