scholarly journals Rūmī’s Antinomian Poetic Philosophy

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 159-199
Author(s):  
Asghar Seyed-Gohrab
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Growth ◽  
Islamic Culture ◽  
Religious Piety ◽  
Old Persian ◽  
Purity And Impurity

AbstractWestern reception of Rūmī in the last few decades is intriguing, as he is commonly considered a gentle Muslim, different from other sages that Islamic culture produced. Rūmī’s otherness is often based on his powerful and peerless poetry, deploying rich wine imagery, homoerotic love metaphors, and an emphasis on the superiority of the heart and spiritual growth, and dismissing the outward and orthodox tenets. This paper argues that Rūmī belongs to a millennium-old Persian Sufism, and these poetic tropes derive from a firm antinomian tradition, functioning as strong metaphors to express religious piety by transcending all temporal dualities such as unbelief and belief, the profane and the sacred, purity and impurity, and so forth.

Centrality of religion and spiritual growth following trauma

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexis Brightman ◽  
Valerie Gilbert ◽  
Arnie Cann
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Growth

Ethnicity, Ethnic Identification, and Posttraumatic Spiritual Growth

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Audrey K. Miller ◽  
David V. Nelson ◽  
Tamika L. Backstrom ◽  
Erika J. Canales ◽  
Tasha A. Menaker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Growth ◽  
Ethnic Identification

Rangda and the Goddess Durga in Bali

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-77
Author(s):  
Sarah Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Binary Opposition ◽  
Dynamic Relationship ◽  
The Witch ◽  
Purity And Impurity ◽  
Good And Evil ◽  
Negative Attributes ◽  
The Way

This article examines Rangda and her role as a chthonic and mythological figure in Bali, particularly the way in which Rangda’s identity has intertwined with that of the Hindu goddess Durga— slayer of buffalo demons and other creatures that cannot be bested by Shiva or other male Hindu gods. Images and stories about Durga in Bali are significantly different from those found in Hindu contexts in India. Although she retains the strong-willed independence and decision-making capabilities prominently associated with Durga in India, in Bali the goddess Durga is primarily associated with violent and negative attributes as well as looks and behaviours that are more usually associated with Kali in India. The reconstruction of Durga in Bali, in particular the integration of Durga with the figure of the witch Rangda, reflects the local importance of the dynamic relationship between good and bad, positive and negative forces in Bali. I suggest that Balinese representations of Rangda and Durga reveal a flux and transformation between good and evil, not simply one side of a balanced binary opposition. Transformation—here defined as the persistent movement between ritual purity and impurity—is a key element in the localization of the goddess Durga in Bali.

Founding Gods, Inventing Nations

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
William F. McCants
Keyword(s):  
Near East ◽  
Cultural Orientation ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Islamic Culture ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
The Social ◽  
Islamic Empire ◽  
First Time ◽  
Vast Range

From the dawn of writing in Sumer to the sunset of the Islamic empire, this book traces four thousand years of speculation on the origins of civilization. Investigating a vast range of primary sources, some of which are translated here for the first time, and focusing on the dynamic influence of the Greek, Roman, and Arab conquests of the Near East, the book looks at the ways the conquerors and those they conquered reshaped their myths of civilization's origins in response to the social and political consequences of empire. The Greek and Roman conquests brought with them a learned culture that competed with that of native elites. The conquering Arabs, in contrast, had no learned culture, which led to three hundred years of Muslim competition over the cultural orientation of Islam, a contest reflected in the culture myths of that time. What we know today as Islamic culture is the product of this contest, whose protagonists drew heavily on the lore of non-Arab and pagan antiquity. The book argues that authors in all three periods did not write about civilization's origins solely out of pure antiquarian interest—they also sought to address the social and political tensions of the day. The strategies they employed and the postcolonial dilemmas they confronted provide invaluable context for understanding how authors today use myth and history to locate themselves in the confusing aftermath of empire.

Purity and Impurity in Judaism. Taboo Foods and the Kashrut Laws

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 137-157
Author(s):  
Ella Stiniguță Laslo ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Purity And Impurity

DHUNDHUNAN: Asimilasi Budaya dan Pergeseran Nilai

1970 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agus Fakhrina
Keyword(s):  
Community Living ◽  
Islamic Culture ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Value Changes

Penelitian ini mengeksplorasi asimilasi budaya dan pergeseran nilai tradisi dhundunan yang biasa dilaksanakan pada masyarakat muslim Jawa yang hidup di Karangjompo, Tirto, Pekalongan. Untuk sampai pada tujuan penelitian tersebut, observasi dan wawancara mendalam dilakukan terhadap beberapa informan kunci. Dalam penelitian ini ditemukan bahwa terdapat asimilasi budaya Islam dan Jawa dimana doa-doa yang dilakukan dalam upacara tersebut dilakukan secara Islami seperti permohonan keselamatan kepada Allah Swt. dengan wasilah pembacaan shalawat barzanji. Namun seiring dengan waktu makna-makna yang terdapat dalam simbol-simbol uborampe dalam upacara tersebut telah banyak dilupakan oleh mereka, bahkan mereka pun dalam melaksanakan upacara tersebut hanya sekedar formalitas dengan tanpa dimaknai secara mendalam, dimana nilai-nilai magis sudah tidak dirasakan. This research explores the assimilation of Islamic culture in Javanese culture in dhundhunan ceremony that is performed in Javanese moslem community living in Karangjompo, Tirto, Pekalongan, Central Java and the value changes in that ceremony. To achieve the aim of this research, observation and interview were done. It was found that there were some assimilations and value changes in that ceremony, i.e. prayers that were performed in that ceremony adopted Islamic culture like asking God for safety by reciting shalawat barzanji. Meaning of the symbols uborampe in that ceremony has been forgotten by them. They perform that ceremony only formally without caring about the meaning and feeling the magic values.

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