Reality Of Religion Research Articles

Religious reality in short stories with the theme of the COVID-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, short story literary works emerged with the theme of the pandemic. This short story raises the theme of the pandemic and, at the same time, provides an overview of the religious realities that occurred during the pandemic. The pandemic creates new problems at the level of the religious habits. This is a dilemma faced by the Indonesian people. The reality of religion during the pandemic can be seen in the rituals of worship and religious habits. This research aims to describe the reality of religion during the pandemic in short stories with the theme of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data source in this research is nine short stories with the theme of the COVID-19 pandemic published in online media (suaramerdeka.com, republika.com, and cerpenmu.com) in the period 2020-2021. The selection of the nine short stories was based on a purposive sampling technique with a focus on novice writers. The technique used in this research is note-taking, which involves the writer reading and recording the findings of religious realities in short stories with the theme of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results of this research show two aspects of religious reality in short stories with the theme of the COVID-19 pandemic, namely worship rituals and religious habits. The reality of religion in worship rituals in short stories with the theme of the COVID-19 pandemic is to invite people to use religion to resolve the pandemic without worsening conditions. Meanwhile, the reality of religious diversity in religious habits shows the phenomenon of people still trying to realize religious habits during Eid by paying attention to the health protocols that apply amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Viper on the Hearth's Unfinished Business: Anti-Mormonism and Mormon Studies

<i>Viper on the Hearth</i>'s Unfinished Business: Anti-Mormonism and Mormon Studies

Analysis of The Efficiency and Effectiveness of Regional Financial Management in the Regional Revenue Management Agency of Asahan Regency

One of the important in regional autonomy and decentralisastion is a problem regional financial management and budget, for that efficiencyand effectiveness of financial management required to finance the government work, development, and social service community. This research to analyze do income and regional spending in Badan Pengelola Pendapatan Daerah Kabupaten Asahan has been implemented efficiency and effectively. The method of analysis that used is descriptive analysis. The results of the study based on guidelines assessment and financial performance in Badan Pengelola Pendapatan Daerah Kabupaten Asahan as whole, the average level of the effectiveness of regional financial management in Badan Pengelola Pedapatan Daerah Kabupaten Asahan during fiscal year 2017 up to 2021 expressed effective. It showed government pervormance in realizing local revenue based on potential real religion in 2017until 2021 is good. While overall, the average level of efficiency in the management of their financing ini Badan Pengelola Pendapatan Daerah Kabupaten Asahan during fiscal year 2017 up to 2021 it will be said inefficient because regional spending remained high if in comparison to the total regional income. Should Badan Pengelola Pendapatan Daerah Kabupaten Asahan optimize to collect local revenue and for local governments have a priority scale in the determination of budget spending

The Quaker Renaissance and Liberal Quakerism in Britain, 1895–1930: Seeking a Real Religion by Joanna Dales

The Quaker Renaissance and Liberal Quakerism in Britain, 1895–1930: Seeking a Real Religion by Joanna Dales

KEBENARAN ILMIAH DALAM HUKUM

According to Michael Williams, there are five theoretical formulations of truth: Correspondence Truth, Coherence Truth, Pragmatic Truth, Performative Truth, and Propositional Truth. In the history of Western philosophy, actual knowledge corresponds to reality, while in Eastern philosophy, proper knowledge is the knowledge that saves. There are three Institutes of Truth, namely: Science, Philosophy, and Religion, all of which have points of similarity on the one hand and issues of difference on the other. The topics of similarity include: Neither Science nor Philosophy nor Religion aim at least the same thing: Truth. With their respective characteristics, Science, philosophy, and Religion seek the truth about nature and include humans and God. The points of difference, including Both Science and Philosophy, both result from the same source, namely human reason, while Religion comes from divine revelation. Both Science and Philosophy begin with an attitude of doubt or disbelief. Religion begins with an attitude of trust and faith. Both the truth of Science, and the fact of Philosophy, are relative (relative). At the same time, the reality of Religion is absolute (absolute) because Religion is a revelation sent down by the One Who is True, Absolute, and Perfect.

People Doing Things: Residual Subject Realism in the Study of Religion

Abstract This article considers a common theoretical mood within the discipline of religious studies, one that is skeptical about the reality of religion but confident about the reality of people doing things. Analyzing this mood within the context of recent discussions surrounding realism, I argue that this mix of anti-realism with respect to religion and realism with respect to people doing things testifies to the lingering effects of a subject philosophy. Such residual subject-philosophical realism in turn suggests the uneven reception of structure philosophy, a way of thinking that rules out straightforward reference to the reality not only of religion but of people doing things as well. A more faithful reception of structure-philosophical insights suggests opportunities for re-theorizing the reality of religion.

Re-Visiting Site Visits through the Lens of Disability Studies

The site visit (also called “field trips,” “excursions,” even “field research”) is a well-known learning activity in religious studies classrooms. In this article, I will analyze site visits to reveal how ableism is embedded even in educational practices common to religion courses. First, I will provide a brief overview of disability studies, various models of disability, and the pervasive ableism that structures higher education. Next, I will describe the typical conceptions and components of a site visit, as illustrated by real religion syllabi, with consideration of the barriers that it may present for students who ‘deviate’ from the ‘norm.’ I will then introduce some principles of Universal Design and Universal Design for Learning, which may give readers ideas and tools for revising and expanding all of their assignments, including site visits. Finally, I will conclude with some (not definitive, admittedly, but specific) ideas for making site visits more inclusive.

Popular Initiative as an Instrument of Migration Policy in Switzerland

&lt;p&gt;The main aim of this article was to present the popular initiatives in Switzerland concerning migration. The initiatives were presented in chronological order and analysed from historical and current perspectives, starting from 1968 with the initiative “Anti-foreign empire” through 2018 with “For the moderated immigration (initiative of limitation)”. The article focuses mainly on initiatives held in the 21&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; century, as they were accepted by the people and led to changes of the Federal Constitution. The main research question is whether Swiss citizens may use popular initiative as an effective instrument influencing migration policy. The main hypothesis is that the popular initiative may be an effective instrument influencing migration policy. The author used the dogmatic method as the research method which refers to the analysis of the legislation and academic literature, based on library searches made in Switzerland. The article presents the main arguments of the initiator as well as the immigration situation, which was always a background for developing the idea. As the article focuses mostly on the initiative “Stop mass immigration” it presents in detail the arguments that encouraged people to vote in favour. Those arguments referred to e.g. real estate market, natural environment, labour market, social security, Swiss identity, culture and religion, criminality and asylum. The author also analysed the implementation of initiatives and attempts to answer the question whether the amendment of the Federal Constitution was effective.&lt;/p&gt;

Newman on Natural and Revealed Religion

This essay reflects on Newman’s famous analyses of natural and revealed religion and their relation in the tenth and final chapter of the Grammar of Assent. There are two lines of reflection, the first internalist, the second externalist. On the first front, the essay draws attention to how conscience plays a foundational role in Newman’s discussion of natural religion and how it helps to distinguish it from the “religion of civilization,” which Newman considers to be a rationalist substitute for the real religion. If natural religion is structurally grounded in conscience, it is historically illustrated in paganism and primitive religions to the extent to which these come to light in the modern age. Crucially, natural religion has significant content that is endorsed and recalibrated in revealed religion. It uncovers God as Judge and discloses humanity both to be under judgment and hoping for reconciliation through a mediator. The second and more externalist line of reflection draws attention to how Bishop Joseph Butler’s classic Analogy of Religion (1736) provides the basic frame for Newman’s reflection on natural and revealed religion and their relation.

Pemikiran Harun Yahya Dalam Nilai Nilai Moral Al-Qur’an ( Studi Analisis Nilai Nilai Pendidikan Akhlaq)

Abstract: Moral education is a sub / part of the subject of Religious Education,&#x0D; because the real religion is morality, so that the presence of the Prophet&#x0D; Muhammad to the face of the earth was in the step of completing the morals of&#x0D; men who at that time, girls were killed alive, against the truth of many who resist,&#x0D; as well as many other levels of munkar they do. Because religion is morals, it is&#x0D; not excessive to say that what is good according to morals is good also according&#x0D; to religion. Because so much the role of education of Morals in the formation&#x0D; keperibadian son of man then all Muslim philosophers agree that moral education&#x0D; is the soul of Islamic education, because the highest goal of Islamic education is&#x0D; to educate the soul and morals. The values of moral education in the book value&#x0D; of moral values of the Qur'an on Islamic education based on human life together&#x0D; with what He has created. The Qur'an tells people to be dignified, humble,&#x0D; trustworthy, kind, faithful, adult, and willing to listen to goodness. values of moral&#x0D; education contained in the book "the moral value of the Qur'an The work of&#x0D; Harun Yahya is: belief in the existence of God, Godly to Allah, belief in the fate of&#x0D; Allah, faith in God, Pray, Believe, Be patient, grateful, despair, mercast, humble&#x0D; to God, read the Qur'an, take refuge in God, humble, do not make fun of.

Reflections on the Evolution of the State of the Art

Reflections on the evolution of the state of the art in the study of religion, society, and politics in Latin America over the last five decades begin with a critical assessment of the conventional wisdom of fifty years ago, as conveyed in texts and in graduate education. Stress was placed on modernization and secularization (with religion depicted as static and destined to decline) on consensus as a foundation for social life, and on drawing clear lines between religion and politics. These concepts were of little use when confronted in the late 1960s with a reality of continuous change, conflict, and efforts from left and right to assert a public role for religion. Working concepts of religion and politics had to be broadened well beyond church and state. Conceptual space had to be found for religious pluralism as the emergence of Pentecostal and evangelical churches was putting an end to centuries of Catholic monopoly: Latin America was becoming religiously plural. The state of the art is now much improved. Current and future research could usefully focus attention on issues like sexuality, gender, and identity, spirituality and encounters with charismatic power, and the new realities of religion and violence. Mid-range theories that give prominence to change and to the relation among social levels, and mixed methodologies that highlight meaning and significance will be central to any future state of the art that can make sense of a reality marked by continuing waves of creative change.

New Representations of Religion and Belief in Schools

Discussions around the future of Religious Education (RE) in England have focused on the need to address the diversity of religion and belief in contemporary society. Issues of the representation of religion and belief in Religious Education are central to the future of the subject. This article draws on research into key stakeholders’ views and aspirations for RE to map an alternative representation of religion and belief to that found in existing approaches that universalise, sanitise and privatise religion. The data reveal a thirst for the study of a broader range and a more nuanced understanding of religion and belief. This incorporates a focus on religion and belief as identity as well as tradition, the study of the role of religion in global affairs as well as the controversies and challenges it can pose for individuals and the exploration of religion and belief as fluid and contested categories. What may be described as a contemporaneous and sociological turn, moves beyond the existing binaries of religious/secular, public/private, good/bad, fluid/static that shape much existing representation, towards a representation of the ‘real religion and belief landscape’ in all its complexity.

Ecodomical Attempts to Ideologically Transform the World into a Protective Realm for All Human Beings through Using the Concept of Goodness in Dealing with the Reality of Religion

Ecodomical Attempts to Ideologically Transform the World into a Protective Realm for All Human Beings through Using the Concept of Goodness in Dealing with the Reality of Religion

Overheard in passing

Writing ‘from the parish’, I seek to apply Edward Bailey’s definition of ‘implicit religion’: a person’s priorities, the moral commitments that ‘bring them to life’. Can clerical repartee about weather and about funerals prompt ‘disclosure situations’ – conversations that disclose a party’s private passions, their ‘implicitly religious’ proclivities? ‘Raw material’ for such exchanges includes weather lore and funeral reminiscences. Anecdotal evidence indicates that, among enthusiasts, weather and weather wisdom engender passions akin to ‘real religion’, implicit religion. Personalized funerals likewise manifest the fundamental priorities of the deceased, bereaved and clergy. Pastoral implications of ‘weather talk’ and ‘funeral talk’ are summarized.

Accepting the “Irreducible Reality of Religion”

Accepting the “Irreducible Reality of Religion”

The Reality of Religion in Hegel’s Idealist Metaphysics

AbstractIn this paper, I explore the question of the reality of God for Hegel. I first consider the contemporary interpretative debate on Hegel’s metaphysics and the implications of this debate for the Hegelian conception of God. I then advocate a ‘qualified revisionist’ approach to Hegel, and, as a further qualification to such an approach, I suggest an interpretation of the objective reality that Hegel attributes to God as mediated objectivity. I analyse how Hegel’s ‘mediated objectivity’ applies to religious representations, suggesting that a figural reading of the kind theorized by philologist Erich Auerbach should be adopted. Finally I reconstruct Hegel’s distinction between the image (Bild) of God, the concept (Begriff) of God, and the Idea (Idee) of God, and I argue that the answer to the question of the objective reality of God in Hegel’s philosophy of religion can be retrieved in the process according to which the concept turns into the Idea.

Harnessing the potential of pre-school pupils through religious education teaching and learning

The objective of the study is to explore the potential of pre-school pupils’ in the teaching and learning process (P and P) of religion education in preschool. The objective of preschool education is to develop the pupils’ potential comprehensively through integrating fun, creative and meaningful learning. Therefore, teachers should play a proactive role with the knowledge they have and possess the determination to achieve this goal. Religion education is one of the most important fields of education to be emphasized, so that pupils can understand and implement the real Religion teaching. This research is a pilot study with a qualitative approach in terms of the case study and observation as the main instrument. The data were based on the observation from interviews and document analysis. Sampling method had been used to select the participants who had a diploma of education from education institutions, participated and received training from the Ministry of Education (MOE) and had experiences in preschool teaching for >3 years. The results of the study revealed that there are roles in both teachers’ and pupils’ characters in the teaching and learning process (P and P) of religion education in preschool to develop the pupils’ potential. The main characteristics of the teachers were in the terms of their personal techniques and models while the pupils’ potentials that had been developed were in terms of their spiritual and socio-emotional values. The data from this study had produced the model of teacher’s characters in Harnessing the potential of pre-school pupils that can be used by the Ministry of Education Malaysia, private entities, teachers and parents in relation to children’s education in preschool.

Arhitektura kulture telesa v antični Grčiji

V Švici živeči arhitekt in uspešen poslovnež Janez Hacin pripoveduje v dokumentarnem filmu, posvečenem njegovi življenjski zgodbi, kako je nekega dne v svojem biroju na kolegovi mizi videl narisano neobičajno in nelogično arhitekturno rešitev. Na vprašanje, zakaj se je odločil za tako rešitev, mu je kolega odvrnil: »Zakaj pa ne?« Podobno je na Ljubljanski »Arhitekturi« pred nekaj leti proizvajalec gradbenih elementov vabil študente k iskanju novih idej za uporabo njegovih proizvodov z udarnim sloganom »razbij obstoječe«… Cvetki, nabrani na vrtičku arhitekturnega ustvarjanja, nehote razkrivata pomembni in hkrati simptomatični značajski potezi avantgardnih tokov sodobne umetnosti. Kažeta se v nonšalantnem spogledovanju z vsem, kar še ni bilo predmet umetniške tematizacije, iščoč hipnih atrakcij, ob hkratnem zmrdovanju nad temami brezčasne veljave na eni strani ter v razbrzdani relativizaciji samih temeljev istovetnosti umetnosti na drugi, ne meneč se za to, kaj bo pognalo na pogoriščih tega grotesknega zmagoslavja. Tako kot v preteklosti, ko je umetnost v plitvinah kriz, v katere je v stilni izvotljenosti že večkrat zašla, vedno našla v antiki svež navdih, ki se je razrasel v žlahtnost novega stilnega izraza, se tudi danes ob očitnih znamenjih neizogibnega bližajočega se »brodoloma« sodobnih umetniških praks zdi smiselno soočiti izzive sedanjosti z modrostjo »starih«. Med področji, kjer je vez med sodobnostjo in antičnim izročilom živa, skoraj neposredna, je nedvomno kultura telesa. Če se namreč naš čas lahko v čem primerja s časom antične Grčije, se lahko prav v svoji zagledanosti v telo. Reklamna in modna industrija sta preplavili naš vsakdan s podobami idealiziranih teles in v za potrošniške manipulacije vse bolj dojemljivemu posamezniku prebudili željo po podobnosti le-tem. Slednja se kaže v eksplozivnem množenju »fitness klubov«, vseh oblik osebne rekreacije, v množičnosti in raznolikosti športnih prireditev in medijski pozornosti, ki jih spremlja ter prerašča v obsesijo, če smemo sklepati po razcvetu, pa tudi vse bolj množični uporabi lepotne kirurgije. Skrb za telo že zdavnaj ni več zgolj korak k trajnejšemu oziroma trdnejšemu osebnemu zdravju, ampak vse bolj postaja cilj, za dosego katerega je marsikdo pripravljen žrtvovati vse, celo zdravje samo. In kaj ima s tem opraviti arhitektura?

RELASI AGAMA DAN SOSIAL MASYARAKAT SEBAGAI FENOMENA RELIGIUS

&lt;p&gt;Historically, all religions born, grew, and developed from the area of Eastern civilization (or rather Asian). There are two central points of eastern civilization that caused those religions, namely: 1) Middle East (and South Asia) in this area was appeared some religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism, and 2) East Asia was appeared some religions: Tao (ism), Confucianism (Konfusianism), and Shinto. From these central points was born and grew religion to be a part of the history of mankind. The real society is a religious phenomenon. This religiousness is revealed from the fact that people are always trying to worship extraordinary things such as: nature (sun, sea, fire, mountain, etc.), charismatic spiritual leaders, technology or Individual ”Supra-Inderawi" are identified the name of the Lord. A big confusion modernism that encourages people to looks for The Real God. The Real God who is worthy to worship and also missing The Real Religion, real religion which become the guides of life.&lt;/p&gt;Keywords: Religion, Society

A Delicate Balance: Religious Autonomy Rights and lgbti Rights in Australia

This article addresses a research gap by analysing the way the Australian legal system is balancing the right to religious autonomy of organisations and the right of lgbti individuals not to be discriminated against, and considers what ought to be the case. I argue that the Australian legal system recognises the value of religious freedom on the one hand, and on the other hand, does not place a high priority on protecting it as an existing human right. My findings reveal that the Australian legal system is not always defining the religion and society relationship in ways that reflect the lived reality of religion in society. The issue is compounded by the wording of religious exemptions under anti-discrimination law which is contested within faith communities. As a consequence, religious freedom can be unfairly restricted. I conclude with recommendations to improve the status quo.