The Cultural Domain of Religion from the View Point of Traditionalists and Iranian Contemporary Religious Intellectuals
Subject Areas : Christianityalireza farhang ghahfarokhi 1 , احسان Ghodratollahi 2
1 - دانشگاه ادیان و مذاهب
2 - دانشگاه کاشان
Keywords: Human margin, Cultural religion, Orthodoxy, Religious knowledge, Independent intelligence,
Abstract :
By “cultural domain of religion” we mean a religion which by passing through centuries and among nations and races has changed, mixed with different human cultures and become as what we meet it today. Religion and human affect each other and as the result of this affection there are many products, some endured till now and some had stopped and died. Denominations, schools and sects are parts of these products. These changes for a religion are the price of remaining in long time and expanding in the world. Is it possible to distinguish some borders for orthodoxy of a religion and its spiritual effectiveness during this cultural reciprocity? What is the boundaries and domain of human innovations in a religion? What are the proportions of independent intelligence, ethics and modern science with religion from the epistemological and hierarchical point of view? In this research we respond to such questions from two view points. First we speak about Traditionalist’s opinion who believe in a common tradition existing in depth of all religions. This stream of consciousness set out with R.Guenon in early 20th century and grew with systematized activities of F.Schuon. After that we will speak about contemporary Iranian contemporary religious intellectuals like A.Soroush, M. Malekian, M.Shabestari and M.Kadivar. Finally we will compare these two view points.
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