SYMBOLS, STORIES, AND PRACTICES: New Empirical Directions in the Study of Religious Meaning

2001 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Don Sherman Grant
Keyword(s):  
Religious Meaning

Near-Death Experiences and the Religious Metacultures of Western Modernity

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Schlieter
Keyword(s):  
Moral Significance ◽  
Western Modernity ◽  
Religious Meaning ◽  
Near Death Experiences ◽  
Being Religious

Building on earlier conceptions of “metacultures,” this chapter defines four metacultures that are important for Western near-death discourse: Christian, Gnostic–Esoteric, and the Spiritualist–Occult, being religious in outlook; the fourth, however, the Naturalist metaculture, is of a nonreligious nature. The three former metacultures assign religious meaning to the content of near-death experiences, affirming by and large the soul’s survival of death. The chapter argues that this meaning has (a) ontological, (b) epistemic, (c) intersubjective or communicative, and (d) moral significance. Naturalist metaculture is defined as offering pharmacological, neurological, or psychological explanations of near-death experiences, usually declaring their content to be hallucinatory.

Moses and Popular Culture

2020 ◽  
pp. 30-45
Author(s):  
Linda S. Schearing
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
Video Games ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
American Culture ◽  
Cultural Artifact ◽  
Religious Meaning

The story of Moses occurs in a plethora of popular culture mediums (fiction, songs, films, television, video games, comics, digital internet sources, etc.). This essay examines three themes in which Moses as a cultural artifact plays a crucial role in contemporary popular culture: visualizing Moses (Moses in film), learning from Moses (Moses as metaphor or analogy), and laughing at or with Moses (Moses in humor). Such a survey shows graphically the elasticity of Moses as a multivalent cultural artifact that has both influenced and continues to influence American culture. Indeed, while some extract religious meaning from the Moses story, others see parallels between Moses’ struggles and their own.

Awe of God, Congregational Embeddedness, and Religious Meaning in Life

2014 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neal Krause ◽  
R. David Hayward
Keyword(s):  
Meaning In Life ◽  
Religious Meaning

scholarly journals The Religious Meaning in Waiting for Godot

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Jing Wang
Keyword(s):  
Theater Of The Absurd ◽  
Waiting For Godot ◽  
Religious Meaning

Waiting for Godot is one of the classic works of theater of the absurd. The play seems absurd but with a deep religious meaning. This text tries to explore the theme in four parts of God and man, breaking the agreement, repentance and imprecation and waiting for salvation. 

Animals in Religion

2014 ◽  
pp. 570-590
Author(s):  
Stephen R. L. Clark
Keyword(s):  
Human Beings ◽  
The Real ◽  
Real Presence ◽  
Religious Meaning

Both “animals” and “religion” are contentious concepts, with many possible meanings and associations. This chapter takes animals to be eukaryotes distinct from protists, plants and fungi, and “religion” as the attempt to “live a dream.” I describe four principal ways of dreaming animals: triumphalist humanism (for which only “human” beings are of any interest); traditional notions of good husbandry (which requires “human” beings to care for the non-human, within limits set by human interests); notions of metempsychosis and transformation (where “human” and “non-human” are constantly shifting characters); and awakening to the real presence of others, and so—paradoxically—evacuating them of merely “religious” meaning.

scholarly journals PUJIAN SETELAH ADZAN UNTUK PERKEMBANGAN KECERDASAN SPIRITUAL ANAK

At-Tuhfah ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-65
Author(s):  
Tutik Tutik ◽  
Ulfa Ulfa ◽  
Mohammad Tsaqibul Fikri
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Spiritual Intelligence ◽  
Attributes Of God ◽  
Religious Meaning ◽  
Call To Prayer

Praise readings after the call to prayer as one method to be used as a guide for children in stimulating spiritual intelligence. This method is effective if used for early childhood. With praise, children can memorize the obligatory nature of God, prayer, and prayers. In it, there is a moral message so that the reading of praise can inspire children to be applied in everyday life. Praise readings have a high religious meaning in which there are meanings of monotheism, tawakal, istigfar, and worship to the Prophet. Praise also contains remembrance, exhortation, and advice. Living up to its meaning, it is very beneficial and has a role for children's spiritual intelligence. This research took place in the Madin Ula Al Huda Institute, Sumbertlaseh Village, Dander District, Bojonegoro Regency. This paper describes the spiritual intelligence of children in the Madin Ula Al Huda institution Sumbertlaseh Village, Dander District, Bojonegoro Regency. It can be concluded that praise can lead children to get to know the Attributes of God, to be prepared, pray so that it makes it easier for children to memorize them. This effort to instill spiritual intelligence through praise in Madin Ula Al Huda Sumbertlaseh Village is categorized as effective so that children can apply these habits not only in madrasas and children are motivated to implement those in the praise.

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