Category: Religion, Spirituality
Overcoming the “East vs. West” : Reflections on Leo Tolstoy’s Christian Ethics from the Perspective of C.S. Lewis’s Christian Apologetics
This paper aims to reflect on Leo Tolstoy's pathbreaking Christian ethics from the perspective of C.S. Lewis's more path-dependent Christian …
Philosophizing Exegesis: The Sketch of the Emergence and Development of Tafsīr Maqāṣidī
In the course of Muslim scholarship, the experiment to transplant philosophy into fiqh (jurisprudence) is successful with the birth of …
Reshaping Church Offering and Sense of Religious Belonging After COVID-19: A Case Study Among Liberal Mennonites in the USA
This paper examines how liberal Mennonites attempted to reshape their sense of religious belonging as they move into new contexts …
Exploring and Analysing the Achievements of Religious Patriarchs From the Historical Guiguzi
During the Warring States period in China, there emerged a strategist, Guiguzi. It is said that he had over a …
Comparative Study of Minjung Theology and Kierkegaardian Philosophy: Toward Emotion of Han and Hope
South Korea has had the stigma of having the highest suicide rate among OECD countries for 20 years. The suicide …
Cosmogony – A Philosophical Odyssey: Juxtaposition of the Cultural Legend of the Shukla and Krishna Yajur Veda With Their Upanishadic Literary Genre
Despite the abundance of investigations on Upanishads, there is a need for more research on their cosmogonical ideas in the …
Introduction, Establishment, and Transformation: An Initial Exploration of the Cultural Shifts and Influence of I-Kuan-Tao in Malaysian Chinese Community
Yi-Kuan-Tao has been developing in Malaysia for nearly 60 years. It was initially introduced from mainland China and later from …
A Study of the Significance of Folk Religious Beliefs in the Ancestral Indoctrination in Penghu, Taiwan
The Penghu Islands are situated in the middle of the Taiwan Strait and are characterized by unique climate and geographic …
Conceptual Analysis of Personal God Portrayed in Rabindranath Tagore’s Song and Poetry
The worshipping of personal God is a traditional religious practice in India since medieval period. The devotees use poetry, song …
Eclipse Symbolism in Hampi’s Sculptural Heritage: A Multidisciplinary Approach
This research paper delves into Hampi's enigmatic eclipse sculptures, using a multidisciplinary approach to uncover the celestial narratives embedded in …
Religious-Digital Activism in the Time of COVID-19: A Discourse Analysis of the #ChurchInAction
In a predominantly Christian nation like the Philippines where the critique of the long-standing religious-normative ideals and traditions has expanded …
The Human Traumas in Fazal Sheikh’s Photography
Trauma is the physical injury, the human wound, or the emotional shock and pain caused by an extremely upsetting experience. …
Complexity of Islamic Knowledge (Re)Production
With the proliferation of publicly engaged religiosities, most Islamic centres and institutions advanced women sections where women actively participate in …
The Moral Justice of Members of the LGBTQ+ in the Light of Three Theological Virtues: Faith, Hope, and Charity in the Philippine Society
The research analyzed the moral justice of members of the LGBTQ+ in the light of three Theological Virtues: Faith, Hope, …
A Study of Visual Symbolic Perception in Shamanic Rituals
Shamanism is a primal shape that transcends ordinary consciousness as a cross-cultural phenomenon. From the universal analysis of Shamanism. During …
Whose Festival? Ritual Reconstruction and the Shaping of “Sense of Place”: The Mazu Meets the Mary
On October 20, 2018, in Wanluan Township, Pingtung, Taiwan. A religious activity named "When the Holy Mother (Mazu) From the …
The Japanese Fox: A Rice Guardian or a Female Demon
Fox is often portrayed as a crafty, cunning or wicked animal in both Eastern and Western cultures. Tales and legends …
A Register Analysis of Written Messages From the Papacy and the Universal House of Justice
This study investigates selected features of the Catholic and Bahá’í registers through an analysis of written messages from the Papacy …