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Showing 1 to 20 of 101 for “"The Prophet"”.
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Geotemporal Dreams (or, the Prophet)
Geotemporal Dreams (or, the Prophet) is an experiment in creating a concert work that ties in elements of theatre and surrealist storytelling, resulting in an evening-length piece for a quartet of flute, clarinet, percussion, and piano. This ensemble is extracted from the common so-called “Pierrot …
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The message of the prophet Haggai : a socio-political approach
In this dissertation my study of the Book of Haggai was done by means of historical-critical exegesis. By entering into the sociological and historical world of Haggai I have attempted to reconstruct the political and religious settings operative at that time in order to gain a deeper understanding …
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Profit and the Prophet: Culture and Politics of Islamic Entrepreneurs in Turkey
Theoretically, this study presents a critique of the received ideas on Islam and Islamism that have hitherto conceptualized them outside of and in contradiction with modernity and capitalism. By embedding modernity and capitalism, processes that are often considered within and through a-historical …
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Authoring Authority: The Apostle Paul and the Prophet Joseph Smith--A Critical Comparison of Texts and Power in the Generation of Religious Community
… 14.1</p> <p>"Authoring Authority" analyzes the ways texts function to generate social cohesion while at the same time advancing the power interests of their authors. The study is a comparative, critical, and interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary excavation of the religion-making efforts of the …
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Rus oryantalistlerin hadis ve siyer çalışmaları
In the Tsarist Russian Orientalism, the scientific level reached by the West was accepted as a basis, the studies made in the subject of the Prophet Mohammad sayings and the Rules of Muslim Conduct were made generally on the basis of western resources. Years 1850-1950s is a period in which studies …
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A cultural interpretation of Shāfiʻī's legal doctrine
This study examines the cultural implications of the methodology followed by Muhammed b Idris al-Shāfiʻī in the process of Islamic legalism. With reference to Clifford Geertz's model of religion as a cultural system, Shāfiʻī's methodology is presented as a process which expresses a certain cultural …
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HAMAS in Gaza: History, Doctrine, and Practice
… What Islamic sources justify such actions? The Islamic sources include and are not limited to the Qur’an and Ahadith. The Qur’an is the holy book for the Islamic faith and gives Muslims direction on how to live their lives. The Ahadith gives a narrative about the teachings and sayings of the …
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The source and authority of prophecy in the Old Testament period
Our thesis is that the prophet in the Old Testament period was an ordinary man with a specific ministry. His ministry was both to communicate the word of God to man and also to be consulted by man about the hidden things of life. We consider some of the many factors which went to constitute the …
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Agree to Disagree: How Ikhtilāf Enabled Muslim Scholars in the Early Islamic Period to Co-Exist
Since the time of the Prophet there has been an acknowledgement of a plurality of understanding among the Companions of the Prophet. Due to the inherent ambiguity found in certain sections of the Quran as well as variations regarding the practice of the Prophet ‘sunna’ differing opinions inevitably …
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Operation Untitled
Operation Untitled is a screenplay exploring the self-empowerment of the individual against the socio-political and religious forces that inform the hierarchy of a Catholic high school. The protagonist, Peter Charles who becomes known by the moniker “the Prophet,” is a hard-working student from a …
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The Political Activities of Jeremiah and the Pro-Babylonian Party
The ancient Israelite prophet is an intriguing character whose presence in the Old Testament is impossible to overlook. Prophetic literature alone comprises nearly one-third of the Old Testament, while many of the other books include in their contents accounts of various prophets and their …
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Investigating the conflict between freedom of religion and Freedom of expression under the South African constitution
This mini-thesis is based on the presumption that the Danish cartoons and the anti-Muslim clip posted on YouTube as forms of expression, ridiculed the religious beliefs and practices of Muslims which in turn affected the exercise of religious freedom as it violated the dignity of the bearers of the …
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The Prayer of Daniel: for flute (with alto flute), clarinet (with bass clarinet), violin, cello, doumbek, percussion, piano, bass-baritone voice, and men's chorus
The Prayer of Daniel is a chamber piece in the style of an oratorio for vocal bass-baritone soloist, flute doubling on alto flute, B flat clarinet doubling on bass clarinet, violin, cello, piano, percussion on vibraphone and marimba, doumbek (a middle eastern drum), and men's chorus (TTBB). The …
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A perspective on Islamic legal methodology in terms of objectives of law: (a comparative analysis with special reference to English equity and Istihsan)
This study examines the development of Islamic legal methodology in terms of the principles laid down by the Prophet and strictly followed by the companions. These principles manifest an underlying theme or objective for the development of Islamic legal methodology: the law must be interpreted in …
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A critical reading of Fazlur Rahman's Islamic methodology in history : the case of the living Sunnah
… with hadith as it is found primarily in the six canonical works of hadith. This change, Rahman argues, came about after Mohammad b. Idris al-Shafi'i articulated his bayan scheme, which in a nutshell means that the entirety of law resides in two texts the Qur'an and the Sunnah and that …
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A critical study of the Anti- Ḥadīth Ideology from a Qur’ānic perspective
The contemporary debate over the Ḥadīth of the prophet Muḥammad is taking a new and serious direction. After being a simple scholastic debate between those who questioned the authenticity and the authority of Ḥadīth and its status and the Ḥadīth supporters (classical Muslims or Traditional ones), …
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The concept of Al-Maslaha Wa Al-Nass with special reference to Kitab Al-Buyu in the book of Bulugh Al-Maram
This study examines the concept of al-Maslaha wa al-Nass (Public Interest and Islamic legal text) with special reference to Kitab al-Buyu (chapter on business transactions) in the book of Bulügh al-Maram. The analysis moves from the connection formed between al-Maslaha and al-Nass by Muslim jurists …
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"See and Read All These Words": the Concept of the Written in the Book of Jeremiah
<p>Unusually for the Hebrew Bible, the book of Jeremiah contains a high number of references to writers, writing, and the written word. Written during the exilic period, the book demonstrates a key moment in the ongoing integration of writing and the written word into ancient Israelite society. Yet …
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