the present article discusses about the us security policy after the incident of 11 september 2001, with reference to the middle east, in general and iran in particular. the author focuses the design of current us administration and its endeavor to capture some of the strategic places in the name of terrorism and as a savior of democracy such as in afghanistan and iraq, although those designs h...

meister eckhart is one of the christian mystics that christian orthodoxy and catholic church accused his thoughts in medieval ages and named him heretic. most important themes that disparate the theism of eckhart from his christian predecessors are belief to godhead beyond god, denial of possibility of knowing god, innovations about trinity, belief to apophatic theology and etc. he defended of ...

Abstract This article examines a ḥadīth text that illustrates the complicated interactions between Christian and Islamic sacred spaces in early period of rule Near East. In this narrative, Prophet Muḥammad gives group Arabs instructions for how to convert church into mosque, telling them use his ablution water cleansing repurposing space Muslim worship. Contextualizing narrative terms Muslim-Ch...

The doctrine of Christian Perfection is viewed by some as a wonderful and liberating doctrine, but by others it is seen as producing false expectations and guilt. John Wesley, the first major theologian to develop a theology of Christian Perfection, encountered misunderstandings and problems with this doctrine. He wrote and preached to correct the misunderstandings. Unfortunately, misunderstand...

Various models of personhood exist within Christianity. These often involve a particular understanding of the human soul. We believe that three common assumptions about the soul are incorrect and may lead to errors in Christian praxis. These assumptions are that the soul (1) is instantaneously created at the moment of fertilization, (2) is immaterial and pure and somehow better than the body, a...

islamic republic of iran enjoys close and amicable relations with small and christian republic of armenia. on the contrary, the ties between iran and seemingly significant shia republic of azerbaijan are frayed. while tehran’s close relationship with yerevan is widely attributed to geographical and economic isolation of armenia, iran-azerbaijan unfriendly relations have stemmed from suspicion a...

although islam does not sentence all the verdicts of mosques on temples, in many cases the temples of people of the book is respected as mosques and muslim praying in mosques is acceptable. the quran recommendation on honors and rituals of god including the temples of people of the book is due to hadiths and the shrines of the prophets and imams are also included. there are some evidences showi...