Essays about: "Asceticism"

Found 4 essays containing the word Asceticism.

1. 1. Nikāḥ as precondition for paradise? Spiritual corporeality and al-Ghazālī’s theology of marriage in the Kitāb ādāb al-nikāḥ

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Mariette Frieda Anita Minnemann; [2021]
   Keywords : al-Ghazali marriage asceticism Medieval theology history of religion Islamic theology Soteriology cosmogony eschatology embodiment Sufism Sufi tasawwuf spiritual corporeality mysticism Ibn Arabi Islamic mysticism jihad body Ihya kitab nikah intercourse sex celibacy embodied resurrection din Medieval Islamic studies religious studies; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : With the 11th century text Kitāb ādāb al-nikāḥ, the “Book on the Proper Conduct of Marriage”, the Islamic thinker al-Ghazālī (1056 –1111/447–504) replies to a contemporaneous debate within Sufi asceticism with a theology of nikāḥ. The text is part of his opus magnum, the “Renaissance of the Knowledge of dīn”, which aims at a renewal of Muslim piety and provides practical guidance to the male audience addressed. READ MORE

3. 2. Rajyasri : Royal Splendour in the Vedas and the Epics

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

   Author : Kristoffer af Edholm; [2014]
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   Abstract : This thesis analyses the late-Vedic goddess Śrī and her non-personified precedent śrī ‘splendour, glory, excellence, fortune’. Śrī has not before been studied in the light of the Avestan royal splendour, xᵛarənah, and is often interpreted one-sidedly as a pre-Aryan goddess of prosperity. READ MORE

4. 3. Differences in the ascetic behaviour in the Sahih al-Bukhari and the synoptic gospels through the stories related to Muhammad and Jesus

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Rasuole Baleisaite; [2014]
   Keywords : Asceticism; synoptic gospels; hadith; gospel; Sahih al-Bukhari; Jesus; Muhammad; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : Asceticism is a widely discussed topic. The aim of the thesis is to compare two textual blocks – the Sahih al-Bukhari and the Synoptic Gospels - from two different religious traditions and deduce the most vivid particularities of the respective visions of asceticism, situating the findings in context of the related academic scholarship. READ MORE

5. 4. Autonomy, asceticism, agonism – Max Weber’s scientific objectivity as idea, practice and politics

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Adam Netzén; [2009-10-14T12:26:41Z]
   Keywords : autonomy; asceticism;

   Abstract : The primary function of objectivity-as-value-freedom is to safeguard the formal vision of the good life: Autonomously choosing one’s own ultimate values, calling, fate. The standards of objectivity and good science that Weber proposes are infused with existential, moral and political concerns and depend partly on their context of origin. READ MORE