reviewing the verses of holy quran, we find some verses in which the god al-mighty addresses the prophet muhammad (pbuh) reproachfully. the most important of these reproaches are as follows: request of forgiveness from allah, prohibiting of doubt, prohibiting of paganism, emphasis on the divine protection, blame on divine sanction and emphasis on the primacy of the fear of god to the fear of pe...

"Paganism not only holds a solution to our environmental crisis ... it can bring about a revolution in the way our culture makes sense of reality. For Paganism puts us back in touch with the body; by reconnecting our wordy analytical culture with the physical self, Paganism brings us back to the Earth" (Harris, 1995: 149). Stirring stuff, certainly, but does the rhetoric hold? Though I first sp...

talking about paganism (jāhiliyya) is in fact a discourse about a procedure that is not limited to a specific time, since paganism is a social mode (disposition), which can appear in any time and space and has its own characteristics, goals, and standards; a reality that the holy qur’ān, the sunna of the prophet (s.a.w.), as well as the researchers’ inquiries have emphasized. the holy qur’ān ha...

This paper aims to understand the experiences of practitioners Contemporary Paganism and relationships they have with their spiritual practices, as well investigate how interact nature perceive themselves a holistic belief. From in-depth interviews four (Neo) Paganism, it is possible analyze discourses on through two categories analysis: 1. Paganism: Worldview Holistic Practices, 2. Understandi...