Hojviri wrote his book Kashf al-Mahjub under the influence of sectarian and social developments and challenges in society and on the basis of his intellectual and religious backgrounds. Following an epistemological approach this article attempts to discuss his views on monotheism and some related issues, such as divine essence, attributes and vision. Moreover, epistemological analysis of Hojvir...

Ethnology of religion, a new branch religious studies, is only at the phase its formation present stage. Every nation, according to natural right, has native land, language and faith (spirituality, culture, tradition). This book: Lozko Halyna «Ethnology religion. Scientific articles» (Mykolaiv: Ilion, 2023. – 372 pages) contains current scientific articles on ethnology religion by Doctor Philos...

Background. The author analyzes the texts of Dune cycle in contexts contemporary historiography, which proposed universal methods that allow analyzing “oriental” images literature through prism constructing and deconstructing narratives form image Islam.
 Purpose. purpose article is an “orientalist” reinterpretation Islamic novels belonging to cycle, including original prequels presented b...

Just as Diemer reveals the importance of one man to Underground Railroad, Alicestyne Turley’s The Gospel Freedom: Black Evangelicals and Railroad (University Press Kentucky) how state, Kentucky, was an integral if overlooked part African Americans’ quest for emancipation in long-nineteenth century. Reviewer Richard Newman believes most important contribution is her contention that religious lea...

The extremely influential mystic, Muḥyī al-Dīn ibn ‘Arabī (d. 634/1240), believes that the most advanced gnostics are imbued with a special power turns their religious experience into reality. This is of himma—the existentiation elite derive from God’s absolute existentiation. Ibn and his followers assert this power, which exercised by through an intense unremitting concentration, actually shap...

The international community is facing the same global situation and conditions for crimes against humanity that have occurred in decades, namely radicalism movement terrorism. Indonesia, as largest country Southeast Asia, has experienced toughening of based on religion its basic reference. Moreover, terrorism Al Qaeda ISIS Group (Islamic State Iraq Syria) become mecca Indonesia. How can Indones...

Is it possible to distinguish between authentic religious faith in a miraculous cure and the psychiatric syndrome of denial in the face of serious illness? There are, of course, atheists who consider all religious beliefs delusional, and, therefore, would not accept the meaningfulness of the distinction. Many others, however, including some persons of faith, might still demur before undertaking...