scholarly journals Watt’s View on Muslim Heritage in The Study of Other Religions: A Critical Analysis

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wan Mohd Fazrul Azdi Wan Razali ◽  
Mohd Rosmizi Abd Rahman ◽  
Jaffary Awang
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Methodological Flaw ◽  
Self Sufficiency

This paper examines a writing of the late William Montgomery Watt’s (1909-2006) monumental work entitled Muslim-Christian Encounters: Perceptions and Misperceptions that is related to the legacy of study of religions. The authors emphasize on Watt’s important claim that due to Muslims’ tradition of Islamic self-sufficiency or showing no interest in studying doctrines of other religions, has led to the dearth of literatures in the field. This study employed a qualitative methodology in which the textual analysis approach was applied on Watt’s writing. The findings indicate that there are seven examples provided by Watt to strengthen his notion of Islamic self-sufficiency, each of whom has methodological flaw and opens room for criticism and improvement.  

scholarly journals جهود عرفان عبد الحميد في دراسة الأديان: النصرانية أنموذجا Contributions of ‘Irfān ‘Abd al-Ḥamīd in comparative study of religion: Christianity as a case study

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
سيكو توري Sekou Toure ◽  
وان محمد عزام بن وان محمد أمين Wan Mohd Azam Mohd Amin ◽  
عوض الخلف (Awad Al-Khalaf)
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Comparative Religion ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Great Contribution ◽  
Muslim Scholars

Abstract Muslim scholars have done great contribution to the field of Comparative Religion in Islamic heritage. In contemporary era numbers of Muslim experts appear in the field of studying religions, names such as Aḥmad Shalabī, Abū Zahrah, al-A‘ẓamī, al Fārūqī and ‘Irfān ‘Abd al- Ḥamīd Fattāḥ are among them. This paper aims at shading light to the efforts, methods and contributions of al-marḥūm Faṭṭāḥ’s in his work of studying Christianity and other religions. A qualitative methodology in which the critical textual analysis approach has been used in studying materials related to Faṭṭāḥ. Findings indicate that Faṭṭāḥ presented Christian faith in consistence with the historical development of Christianity..  

The impact of corporate bankruptcy on strategic management: using a textual analysis approach to analyze executives’ opinions

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphael Nagel ◽  
Carmen Aviles
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
The Impact

Purpose In the past decade, the development of the global economy, the change in organizational structures and the maturing of new technologies have led to considerable changes in business structures. Emergency situations, such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic, have led many companies to declare bankruptcy. In this context, the present study aims to analyze strategic opinions of company executives in a declaration of bankruptcy. Design/methodology/approach To this end, an innovative approach is applied to strategic management and business. First, the authors conducted 14 interviews with executives, and the interview data were transcribed. Second, using textual analysis and data mining techniques, the transcripts were analyzed to understand the importance of indicators identified as relevant in companies in a declaration of bankruptcy. Findings This resulted in identification of 10 relevant indicators perceived by executives to avoid or anticipate a state of bankruptcy, including innovation, business adaptability, room for improvement in production processes, time to react to situations of alarm, layoffs, support from public institutions, suppliers, international and national regulations, impact on the industry, credits and debts. Originality/value The paper concludes with a discussion of important theoretical and practical implications of these findings for the industry. Also, strategic management decision-making strategies are presented as a result of the innovative textual analysis approach used.

scholarly journals A Legitimate End to Illegitimate Beginning: A Critical Analysis of Mariam’s Character in A Thousand Splendid Suns

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Samina Akhtar ◽  
Muhammad Rauf ◽  
Saima Ikram ◽  
Gulrukh Raees
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Personal Identity ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Battered Woman ◽  
Feminist Literary Criticism ◽  
Close Textual Analysis ◽  
Societal Attitude

This paper is an attempt to portray the plight of Mariam that she undergoes due to her illegitimate social status. The study focuses on the critical societal attitude towards the illegitimate unfortunate women. Mariam begins her life with a “harami” status; continues her struggle for personal identity, suffer and endures as a battered woman and leave this world as a woman of consequences by digging herself out of the lower social status that society attached to her. The study analyzes Mariam’s endurance, struggles and resistance in her strenuous journey to attain legitimate ending. The researcher used feminist literary criticism to interpret the text as a research methodology and adopted close textual analysis of the text by Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns.

scholarly journals Recapturing the Meaning of Akhlāq Islāmiyyah: An Analysis of the Article “Akhlak” in the Encyclopedia of Islam

2018 ◽  
pp. 21-39
Author(s):  
Amilah binti Awang Abd Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Comparative Method ◽  
Ethical Thought ◽  
Practical Ethics ◽  
Key Words Ethics ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
History Of

Abstract This paper will analytically study the Islamic meaning of akhlaq as portrayed by two Western writers in the article entitled “Akhlak” published in the Encyclopedia of Islam. The author highlights the contribution of Western scholars especially Walzer and Gibb to the understanding of history of the development of Islamic thought and disciplines. By employing the qualitative methodology, the author uses textual analysis and comparative method on the writings of both thinkers and others.  Findings indicate that there are several weaknesses in the writing that include limiting the scope of akhlaq to practical ethics of selected virtues, the lacking of clear detachment between akhlaq and ethical thought, and others.  Key words: Ethics, Akhlaq, Philosophy, Islam, Encyclopedia of Islam.

Shia: Its History and Development in Indonesia

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 147
Author(s):  
Moh Hasyim
Keyword(s):  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Islamic Revolution ◽  
Religious Ideology ◽  
Know How ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Living Together ◽  
History Of ◽  
Muslim Intellectuals

<p><em>Shia</em><em>h becomes a new problem in Indonesia after hundreds years of living together. Currently, treatment to Shiah tends to violate the principles of religious freedom. Therefore, it is necessary to know, how the history of the emergence of Shiah and its development in Indonesia? This is a library research using a critical analysis approach. This study found that the Syiah is a religious ideology which refers to the views of Saidina Ali (the fourth khalifat) and his descendants. This teaching emerged since the beginning of the khulafaurasidin. Shiah has developed dozens of religiousstreams due to disagreement and differences on the idea of Imamah. There are four stages of Shiah development in Indonesia, namely: Firstly, along with the arrival of Islam in Indonesia; Secondly, after the Islamic revolution in Iran; Thirdly, through Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals who studied in Iran, and Finally,  during the open era there was an establishment of as association Jamaah Ahlul Bai’t Indonesia.</em></p>

The methodological identity of shadowing in social science research

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabelle Bartkowiak‐Theron ◽  
Jennifer Robyn Sappey
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Research Participant ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Technique ◽  
Current Context ◽  
Interviewing Techniques

PurposeThe research technique of shadowing is the most in‐depth type of systematic, direct observation in situ of behaviours within a particular organisational or social setting, and yet, it crucially lacks documentation and critical analysis. The origins of the under‐documenting, coupled with the mutation of the scientific method of shadowing through its adoption by many industries as a means of on‐the‐job training, have led to a misunderstanding of shadowing as a scientific technique. This is problematic at several levels for academics deeply involved in qualitative methodology. The purpose of this paper is to address, in part, this gap in the literature.Design/methodology/approachBy defining shadowing, considering the reasons why shadowing has had little critique from social science scholars and then exploring the problems of it as a research technique, particularly within the current context of ethics regimes, the authors wish to proactively help to avoid unintentional yet delicate fieldwork situations, in which misunderstanding may happen due to the lay use of “shadowing” as a passive (non‐obtrusive) observation.FindingsThe authors argue that the research practice of shadowing implies specific systematic techniques and extensive self‐discipline by the researcher. It also caters for a need in data collection that oversteps traditional observation‐and‐interviewing techniques, by adding a new hermeneutical layer to the information gathered. It becomes an essential tool in the evaluation of public policy initiatives and programmes and in the understanding of not only the mechanics, but of the motivations behind actions and behaviours.Originality/valueThis paper addresses part of a gap in the literature and paves the way for more critical analysis of the dynamics that emerge during the shadowing of a research participant.

A Commonsense Knowledge-Enabled Textual Analysis Approach for Financial Market Surveillance

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Li ◽  
Kun Chen ◽  
Sherry X. Sun ◽  
Terrance Fung ◽  
Huaiqing Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Financial Market ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Commonsense Knowledge ◽  
Market Surveillance

A historical, textual analysis approach to feature location

2017 ◽  
Vol 88 ◽  
pp. 110-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muslim Chochlov ◽  
Michael English ◽  
Jim Buckley
Keyword(s):  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Feature Location

scholarly journals Janice Rodway’s Ideal Romance in Hero (Chirstian Grey) and Heroine (Anastasia Steel): An Analysis of Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L James

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Kinanti Resmi Hayati ◽  
Fikry Zahria Emeraldien
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Popular Literature ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Genre Analysis ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Analysis Theory ◽  
The Ideal ◽  
Fifty Shades Of Grey

Christian Grey and Anastasia Steel are the main character in trilogy of Fifty Shade by E.L James. This novel is one of the best popular literatures in 21st century. This study focuses on analyzing both main characters by using ideal romance by Janice roadway which is portrayed in first trilogy of Fifty Shades. There are some terms in ideal romance; two of them are the ideal of hero and the ideal of heroin. This study focuses to look deeper into character of Christian grey as the hero and Anastasia steel as the heroin.  This study also discusses about their sexual behavior and relation as part of romance popular literature today. This study is using textual analysis approach and genre analysis theory to analyze the problem. Whether Christian Grey and Anastasia Steel has all the ideal categories of hero and heroine which is based on Roadway’s ideal romance. However, there are some pro and cons in the result of discussing about the main characters depicted in Fifty Shades of Grey.

scholarly journals Foreignization in English-Kurdish Translations Produced by the Voice of America

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Sabir Rasul
Keyword(s):  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Target Audience ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Voice Of America ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Peculiar Characteristic ◽  
The Voice

This paper explores English-Kurdish translations produced by the Kurdish section of the Voice of America (VOA). It is hypothesized that such translations are marked by unnaturalness and foreignness both in terms of linguistic and cultural aspects. This feature seems to be a peculiar characteristic that sets the VOA Kurdish apart from other media outlets producing Kurdish translations. Applying Venuti’s (1995/2008) theory of foreignization and domestication and taking a translation-oriented textual analysis approach, the paper sets out to qualitatively examine a set of 15 English journalistic texts translated into Kurdish by the VOA Kurdish. The study encompasses both linguistic and cultural matrices to identify unnatural or foreignized translation occurrences, which are expected to be otherwise rendered naturally in other media outlets. The results of the study show that Kurdish translations produced by the VOA are peculiarly outlandish and orientated towards foreignization. For journalistic translations to be comprehensible by the target audience, media players ought to present their outputs, translation or otherwise, as naturally as possible. Therefore, the paper recommends that the VOA Kurdish change its tendency from foreignization to domestication.

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