A TASTE FOR THE INFINITE: WHAT PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY CAN TELL US ABOUT RELIGIOUS BELIEF

This article focuses on the specific Indian cinematic form of the Hindu devotional film genre to explore the relationship between cinema and religion. Using three important early films from the devotional oeuvre—Gopal Krishna, Sant Dnyaneshwar, and Sant Tukaram—as the primary referent, it tries to understand certain characteristic patterns in the narrative structures of these films, and the cultures of visuality and address, miraculous manifestation, and witnessing and self-transformation that they generate. These three films produced by Prabhat Studios between the years 1936 and 1940 and all directed by Vishnupant Damle and Syed Fattelal, drew upon the powerful anti-hierarchical traditions of Bhakti, devotional worship that circumvented Brahmanical forms. This article will argue that the devotional film crucially undertakes a work of transformation in the perspectives on property, and that in this engagement it particularly reviews the status of the household in its bid to generate a utopian model of unbounded community. The article will also consider the status of technologies of the miraculous that are among the central attractions of the genre, and afford a reflection on the relation between cinema technology, popular religious belief and desire, and film spectatorship.

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Factors that Contribute to Awareness of Halal Logistics among Muslims in the Klang Valley

ADVANCES IN BUSINESS RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ◽

10.24191/abrij.v3i1.10032 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Emi Normalina Omar ◽

Ahmad Adeel Ramli ◽

Harlina Suzana Jaafar ◽

Lailatul Faizah Abu Hassan ◽

Abdul Kadir Othman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Religious Belief ◽

Direct Contact ◽

Research Paper ◽

Service Component ◽

Muslim Countries ◽

Klang Valley ◽

Muslim Majority ◽

Terminal Operations

The demand for Halal products is increasing tremendously not only from Muslim countries but also non-Muslim countries. The component of Halal industry can be classified into three areas, namely services, food and non-food. Halal logistics is categorized into the service component. Halal logistics covers warehousing, transportation and terminal operations. There are three principles of Halal logistics; avoiding direct contact with haram, addressing the risk of contamination, and perception of the Muslim consumer. For non-Muslim countries, the first two principles apply.Malaysia is regarded as a Muslim majority country; therefore, there is a need to explore the level of awareness on Halal logistics. This research paper aims to explore the level of awareness of the Muslim in the Klang Valley, Selangor. Data were collected through convenient sampling from 250 respondents and analyzed by using SPSS.The findings indicate that religious belief is a significant predictor of Halal logistics awareness among Muslims

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INTERPRETATION OF THE RELIGIOUS FACTOR IN MODERN POLITICAL THEORIES

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSENSUS ◽

10.26739/2181-0788-2020-3-10 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 89-96

Author(s):

Sayyora Saidova ◽

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

North Africa ◽

Religious Belief ◽

Human Heart ◽

Religious Faith ◽

Religious Policy ◽

The People ◽

Political Theories ◽

Religious Factor ◽

Religious Aspect

In the Middle East, the processes for leadership among religious and democratic progress in North Africa require that the state pursue secular policy on a scientific and dialectical basis. Because religious beliefs have become so ingrained in secular life that it is difficult to separate them. Because in the traditions and customs of the people, in various ceremonies, there is a secular as well as a religious aspect. Even the former Soviet Constitution, based on atheism, could not separate them. Religious faith has lived in the human heart despite external prohibitions. National independence has given freedom to religious belief, which is now breathing freely in the barrel. The religious policy of our state strengthens and expands this process and guarantees it constitutionally.

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