Three Byzantine religious foundations turned into mosques: a photographic, historical and bibliographical context The church of St. Theodosia or monastery of Christ
by Maria Vaiou „No. 277“ weiterlesen
No. 276
The Tenderness of Shiva
Existential experiences of the Tamil divine singer Manikkavasagar according to the collection of his holy songs Tiruvasagam[i]
By
Edmund Weber
In the Tiruvasagam[i], which are his songs in honour of Shiva, the Tamil singer Manikkavasagar (born about 800 A.D.) praises the miracle of his completely undeserved salvation from karmic illusion which he owes to his divine Father and Lord Shiva, the kind, friend and blessing-bringer.[ii] „No. 276“ weiterlesen
No. 275
John Calvin – a pioneer of the spirit of capitalism?
An Essay
by Edmund Weber
Abstract
The thesis John Calvin (1509-1564) was the religious initiator of modern capitalist mentality is inconsistent with his teaching; just the opposite is true. Calvin represented a very traditional i.e. non- or even ant-capitalist socio-economic position. There one does not find on his doctrine what could have fostered and prepared a so-called spirit of capitalism.
Keywords: John Calvin this-sided and other-sided predestination spirit of capitalism „No. 275“ weiterlesen
No. 274
Byzantium and the pre-Islamic Arabs:
a selection of religious, hagiographical and ecclesiastical sources
by Maria Vaiou
I dedicate this work to my father, Apostolos Vaiou, who died last year.
Hagiographies, martyrologies (Byzantine, Latin, Coptic, Syriac)
Acts of martyrs=G. Hoffmann, Auszüge aus den syrischen Akten persischer Märtyrer übersetzt und durch Untersuchungen zur historischen Topographie erläutert (Leipzig, 1880). „No. 274“ weiterlesen
No. 273
Die Geschichte des Wüstenarabers (A‛rābī) und seiner Frau:
Eine Maṯnawī-Geschichte über die seelische Reise und das Verhältnis von Vernunft und Seele
Von Dilek Güldütuna
Abstract
Die wesentliche Glaubenslehre des Islam ist das Bekenntnis der Einheit Gottes (Tawḥīd). Jalāluddīn Rūmī (g. 1273) erzählt in einer der längsten Geschichten seiner Maṯnawī die geistige Entwicklung des Menschen, bis er von Zwiespalt, Zweifel und Sorge befreit wird und so Tawḥīd, d.h. Einheit und Frieden in sich erreicht. Die Geschichte des Wüstenarabers (A‛rābī) und seiner Frau, welche in diesem Artikel behandelt wird, legt die Stufen der geistigen „No. 273“ weiterlesen
No. 272
A selected bibliography on Arab-Byzantine, Byzantine and Islamic coinage
By Maria Vaiou
- ‘Adawi, ‘Jerusalem, Umm Tuba’, ESI 126 (2014).
- V. Akopyan, F. Mosanef, ‘On the earliest coins struck at Ardabīl in the Islamic period’, JONS 203 (Spring 2010), 6-8.
- Album, ‘Seventh century–Part I: Islamic conquerors adapted local Byzantine coinage’, The Celator 2.4 (April 1988), pp. I, VI, XV, XVII; 2, no. 7 (July 1988).
_____, Checklist of Islamic coins, 3rd ed. (Santa Rosa, 2011). „No. 272“ weiterlesen
No. 271
Hessen Eyaletinde DİTİB´in sorumluluğunda inanca dayalı İslam Din Dersi okutulmasına son verilmesi ve sürece dair düşünceler
By Fuat Kurt & Dr. Hüseyin Kurt²
Geçtiğmiz günlerde Hessen Eyaleti Eğitim Bakanlığını, 2013-14 ders yılından itibaren DİTİB Hessen Eyalet Birliği´nin sorumluluğunda Hessen eyaletindeki okullarda okutulmakta olan Almanya anayasasının 7.3. maddesine uygun inanca dayalı İslam dindersinin okutulmasına tek taraflı son vermiştir. „No. 271“ weiterlesen
No. 270
Byzantium and the pre-Islamic Arabs:
a preliminary bibliography
By Maria Vaiou
I.‘Abbās, Ta’rīkh Bilād al-Shām min qabla l-Islām ḥattā bidāyat al-‘aṣr al-umawī, 600–661 (Amman, 1990).
Kh. Abd el-Badea Radwan Mahmoud, ‘Tanukhs in Syria and their relationship with the Roman empire between the third and seventh centuries’, in A. al-Helabi, et al., Arabia, Greece and Byzantium. Cultural contacts in ancient and medieval times. Proceedings of the International symposium on the historical relations between Arabia, the Greek and Byzantine world (5th c.BC‒10thc. AD), vol.ii (Riyadh, 2012). 404 „No. 270“ weiterlesen
No. 269
Denkschrift
zum historischen Entwicklungsprozess und zur Beendigung der Kooperation der Hessischen Landesregierung mit der DITIB den islamischen Religionsunterricht betreffend
Von Fuat Kurt[1] und Hüseyin Kurt[2]
Der bekenntnisorientierte Islamische Religionsunterricht nach Artikel 7.3 GG in der Verantwortung des DITIB Landesverbandes Hessen ist vom Hessischen Kultusministerium einseitig beendet worden.
Auch uns als Ko-Architekten dieses Unterrichts von islamischer Seite hat diese unerwartete Entwicklung außerordentlich betroffen gemacht. Was uns hierbei besonders nachdenklich macht, ist, dass bestimmte Personen und Organisationen, die im Prozess der Anerkennung des DITIB Landesverbandes als Religionsgemeinschaft und der Einführung des bekenntnisorientierten Islamischen Religionsunterrichts von Anfang an versucht haben, diesen „No. 269“ weiterlesen
No. 268
INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE: AN EXPLORATION
By Dharam Singh
I
The entire humankind wishes that peace prevails in the world, but, as a theologian[i] has said, peace can prevail in the world only if there is peace among religions. This argument implies that for peace to prevail there must be dialogue – greater and meaningful – among different religions and an investigation of their foundations. Dialogue among different religions of the „No. 268“ weiterlesen