Poświęcić niepewność – prolegomena do badań nad kinem postsekularnym

This article undertakes the issue of defining film phenomena which put forward questions of a primary religious nature (about the meaning of life, source of evil, life after death, the existence of Absolute, etc.) in a way that is independent from major religious traditions. The author posits that describing this phenomenon in the case of European film culture is done best by employing the philosophical thought of postsecularism. Utilizing Mieke Bal’s method of cultural analysis, the author takes as an example the term “sacrifice” to point to the existence of different models by which religious topics are undertaken by the cinema. This leads to a preliminary typology of the phenomenon which differentiates between ‘apologetic’ and ‘critical’ films and, furthermore, between films that refer to particular religious traditions and those expressing a postsecular perspective.

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8. The afterlife

Philosophy of Religion: A Very Short Introduction ◽

10.1093/actrade/9780198754961.003.0008 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 104-116

Author(s):

Tim Bayne

Keyword(s):

Religious Belief ◽

Religious Thought ◽

Substance Dualism ◽

Religious Traditions ◽

Life After Death ◽

History Of

Speculation on the nature of the afterlife is as old as recorded history. Although the doctrine of an afterlife is not found in all religious traditions, where it does, it is typically central to the religious belief and practice. But is the idea of an afterlife intelligible? ‘The afterlife’ considers substance dualism, a concept popular throughout the history of religious thought, but no longer favoured by contemporary philosophers of religion. It also discusses three resurrection models: the reassembly, body-snatchers, and falling elevator models. In addition to asking whether life after death is a possible state for creatures like us, it also asks whether we should even want to live forever.

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Esoteric Symbolism of the ‘Tree of Life’: A Cross-cultural Perspective

Journal of Human Values ◽

10.1177/0971685816689730 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 73-80

Author(s):

Relic Ratka

Keyword(s):

Cultural Analysis ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Tree Of Life ◽

Religious Experiences ◽

Cultural Perspective ◽

Religious Traditions ◽

Indigenous Cultures ◽

The World ◽

Ecstatic Experience

The article reviews about esoteric symbolism of the tree of life in shamanic cultures and oriental traditions including classical Hindu and Buddhist systems, together with various esoteric and indigenous traditions. The very idea of the tree of life, in indigenous cultures, which is often called the ‘world tree’ or ‘shamanic tree’, is connected with human illumination process in the form of mystical or ecstatic experience gained through the process of the self-realization. These various forms of mystico-religious experiences could be found in many religious traditions, considered to be cross-cultural phenomena. The author made an attempt to make a classification of chakras and energetic structure of the human body according to cross-cultural analysis of various cultures.

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Philosophy, Hellenicity, Law: Porphyry on Origen, Again

The Journal of Hellenic Studies ◽

10.1017/s0075426912000055 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 132 ◽

pp. 55-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Aaron P. Johnson

Keyword(s):

Cultural Interpretation ◽

Philosophical Thought ◽

Religious Traditions ◽

Reading Key

AbstractPorphyry's criticism of Origen (in c.Christ. fr. 39 Harnack) is usually interpreted as expressive of the ‘double apostasy’ accusation: Christians had not only abandoned their pagan religious traditions (‘Hellenism’) but also their new religious host, Judaism, whose texts they misappropriated for themselves. Reading key elements of the fragment within Porphyry's broader philosophical thought prompts suspicion of this cultural interpretation of the fragment, and instead points to a serious Platonic reaction to Christianity.

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Attitude to Life and Death in Adolescents with Oncological Disease

Clinical Psychology and Special Education ◽

10.17759/cpse.2019080403 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 39-57 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

V. Medvedeva ◽

R. Kadyrov

Keyword(s):

Secondary School ◽

Comparison Group ◽

Meaning Of Life ◽

Fear Of Death ◽

Rehabilitation Treatment ◽

Oncological Disease ◽

Life And Death ◽

Life After Death ◽

Projective Technique ◽

Life Problems

The article discusses the attitude towards life and death in adolescents with cancer. The behavioral, cognitive and emotional components of the attitude to life and death in adolescents with cancer are described. Surveyed 83 teenagers. The main group - adolescents with cancer in remission (41 people), the average age of adolescents was 14 ± 1.1 years. The time spent in the department of rehabilitation treatment ranged from 7 to 21 days. The comparison group - pupils of Secondary School №7 (42 people), the average age of adolescents was 14 ± 1.1 years. Psychodiagnostic methods were used: 1) Death Attitude Profile-Revised Questionnaire; 2) Questionnaire with elements of an associative experiment, specially designed for the study; 3) Drawing projective technique “Drawing life and death”, R.V. Kadyrov. In the course of the study, the influence of the characteristics of attitudes towards life and death on the process of rehabilitation treatment and rehabilitation was revealed. Differences in attitudes towards life and death in adolescents also identified. In adolescents with cancer, the fear of death is more pronounced, the concept of life after death has more religious ideas than in the comparison group, and death perceived as a way to avoid life problems. They are less responsible about their future, the concept of the meaning of life is abstract or not formed.

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KONSEP KOMARUDDIN HIDAYAT TENTANG TERAPI KETAKUTAN TERHADAP KEMATIAN

Jurnal Studia Insania ◽

10.18592/jsi.v1i2.1083 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 117

Author(s):

Mega Herdina

Keyword(s):

Meaning Of Life ◽

Human Beings ◽

Important Thing ◽

Happy Life ◽

Life After Death ◽

Popular Book

It is normal that human beings fear death, even though everybody knows that, one day, he or she will die. Death is scary because one does not know wat will happen after death. A person who feels happy in this life will also fear death because he/she will leave the happy life. Komaruddin Hidayat, in his popular book, Psikologi Kematian, tries to discuss this problem. He suggests that in order to face death calmly, one has to know what death is, and what will happen to him/her in the life after death. He also maintains that, abstention from worldly pleasures may help one to be ready to face death. Above all, for him, the most important thing to do is to find the meaning of life.

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Leven na de dood: het Nieuwe Testament als toetssteen voor enkele contemporaine opvattingen

Theologia Reformata ◽

10.21827/tr.64.4.356-369 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 64 (4) ◽

pp. 356-369

Author(s):

T.E. Van Spanje

Keyword(s):

Biblical Authority ◽

Philosophical Thought ◽

Life After Death ◽

Early Judaism ◽

Modern Thought ◽

History Of Religions ◽

History Of ◽

Original Message ◽

The Difference

This article considers the question of the difference between NT documents and their contemporary religious and philosophical thought world on ‘life after death’. Consideration of only a few themes discloses that the NT differs widely from Hellenistic views, and that it is closely connected to some views in early Judaism as far as these stand in continuity with the OT. The NT view on ‘life after death’ stands far more on its own than the History of Religions School suggests. Modern thought on the ‘afterlife’ reveals that the NT is still relevant; theological methods should not blur its original message, nor biblical authority (OT and NT) be minimized.

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