In this article I concentrate on three issues. First, Graham Oppy’s treatment of the relationship between the concept of infinity and Zeno’s paradoxes lay bare several porblems that must be dealt with if the concept of infinity is to do any intellectual work in philosophy of religion. Here I will expand on some insightful remarks by Oppy in an effort ot adequately respond to these problems. Sec...

In the following reflections on the understanding of truth in regard to Christian faith (or even in regard to religious faith, experience, and language in general), I advocate a relational interpretation of truth. Truth in that sense is understood not primarily as an intellectual assertion but as a qualification of a dynamic, existential, personal relation. Truth is the trustworthiness of that ...

for many religious people there is a problem of doubting various creedal statements contained in their religions. often propositional beliefs are looked upon as a necessary, though not sufficient, condition, for salvation. this causes great anxiety in doubters and raises the question of the importance of belief in religion and in life in general. it is a question that has been neglected in phil...

the sassanid rulers’ endeavor to establish an empire led to a substantial change in the previous ruling system and to the foundation of a new order. the founders of the empire enjoyed the legacy of parthian and other preceding rules. they were fully acquainted with the concept of sh?hansh?hi (‘king of kings’) which aroused in parthian and other preceding rules on the one hand, and with zoroastr...

Arapça metinlerinde bazı kelimeler, yer aldıkları cümlenin siyakına bağlı olarak türlü anlamlar ifade etmektedir. Bunlardan biri de şüphesiz ki din sözcüğüdür. Câhiliye devrinin ürünü olan şiirler, ait oldukları döneminin dini ve kültürel yönünü yansıtmada en önemli faktörler arasında alırlar. Diğer yandan metinlerinin gerek gramer lügat gerekse belagat fesahat açısından son derece zengin kayna...

BULLETIN FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGION 7 ity: A Fetschrift in Honor of E. Thomas Lawson, edited by Timothy Light and Brian C. Wilson, 27–43. Leiden: Brill. Fitzgerald, Tim. 2006. “Bruce Lincoln’s ‘Theses on Method’: Antithesis.” Method and Theory in the Study of Religion 18: 392–423. ———. 2010. “Religion and Violence: A Psychoanalytic Inquiry.” In Chasing Down Religion: In the Sights of History and...

privacy in the context of islamic law, the quran and sunnah reasons, is not mentioned. but this does not mean that the concept of privacy as one of the basic human rights in islamic law has not been considered. various aspects of privacy are presented in the sharia particular discourse. in this study in addition to concept of privacy and law in islamic law, law enforcement in islamic law and so...