scholarly journals THE PRIMARY FEATURES OF STEINER'S ANTHOPOSOPHY EXPRESSED IN DIE PFORTE 4A: The dramatic elements of Das Märchen provide a template for Die Pforte, but these are adapted for didactic purposes, with regard to Steiner's esoteric worldview 4B: Steiner's view of the spirituality portrayed in Die Pforte is quintessentially expressed by his interpretation of Goethe 4C: The concepts of reincarnation and karma are seen as compatible to Christianity, and are understood to have a rational basis 4D: Steiner's earlier holistic epistemology is based on a proto-type of the 'ether-body' postulate 4E: Steiner's holistic epistemological conviction that the limits to knowledge may be extended, is reflected in Die Pforte's portrayal of the efficacy of meditation 4F: A major element in Steiner's anthroposophy is an esoteric-mystical Christian perspective, in which a connection between conscience and the Second Coming - as understood by Steiner - has a discrete role 4G: The spiritual development process underlying Die Pforte is derived from the view of the human being as an interrelated septenary organism of body, ether body, a triune soul, self and a triune spirit

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Major Element ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Rational Basis ◽  
Christian Perspective ◽  
Holistic Epistemology ◽  
Second Coming

scholarly journals Animal Rights: A Philosophical Evaluation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (Issue 4) ◽  
pp. 119-124
Author(s):  
Innocent Sanga
Keyword(s):  
Animal Rights ◽  
Moral Status ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Philosophical Debate ◽  
Contemporary World ◽  
General Overview ◽  
Christian Perspective

Animal right is one of the most controversial issues in the contemporary world. A number of scholars have been discussing on whether the animals have rights like human beings or not. Through this debate, their opinions can be put into three groups; those who deny animal moral status, those who give some moral considerations to animals but deny them a fuller moral status, and those who extend rights to animals. This paper then gives a general overview on ‘Do Animals have Rights?’ It gives the meaning of the term “right” and explains whether the term right applies to animals too. It also portrays a drama whereby animals complain against sufferings imposed on them by human beings and a response given by a human being. It is also followed by philosophical debate on animal rights: pro and cons arguments. The Christian perspective is not left out. Finally, the paper ends with critical evaluations and conclusion. In evaluation of the debate on animal rights, the study found that, animals deserve to be treated well based on the argument that they have rights as animals. The main recommendation is that human beings should change their perception concerning animals by respecting animal.

SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT AS A NECESSARY CONDITION OF WAY OUT OF THE CRISIS FOR SOCIETY

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Svitlana Repetii
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Emotional Instability ◽  
Life Activity ◽  
Almost All

The crisis of the present day, which covered almost all types of life activities, contributes to the development of impoverishment, degradation, leads to an increase of criminality, generates fear, emotional instability in the society. Forced isolation, threat of loss of work and value orientations contribute to the emergence of mental illnesses. Each person is responsible for his actions, thoughts and feelings – for themselves and society. Spiritual development is interpreted as a conscious life activity, transformation of negative qualities, which is considered as a daily inner action. This kind of life activity contributes to the development of unconditioned love, which we interpret as perception of a human being in its entirety without condemnation and pretensions.

scholarly journals Buddhist Literature: A Cosmopolitan Philosophy

2020 ◽  
pp. 93-100
Author(s):  
Pradeep Kumar Giri
Keyword(s):  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Moral Life ◽  
Philosophical Tradition ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Buddhist Literature ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Close Family

This article argues that literature of Buddha's philosophy has cosmopolitan nature. Buddhists do not believe in a personal creator God. In this sense, Buddhism is more than a religion; it is not centered only on the relationship between humans and a high God. Buddhism is a philosophical tradition that believes and centers on personal spiritual development. It is a humanistic way of life which can be understood as motivated to lead a moral life; it is also conscious of one's thoughts and actions as well as in developing wisdom and compassion. Both Buddhism and cosmopolitanism assert the dignity of every human being; these ideals aim at improving the condition of life. Philanthropy, empathy, and compassion can be considered as synonyms for Buddhism and cosmopolitanism. Service to fellow human beings is at the center for a cosmopolitan. When humans ascend the material concerns like pleasure and material desire, they are free to fulfill responsibilities to fellow human beings so that they can go up and beyond the close family members to all human beings, which is the philosophy of both Buddhism and cosmopolitanism. In both the Buddhist and cosmopolitan philosophy there is basic consideration of humanity. Buddhist social thought offers something to cosmopolitan ethics that cosmopolitanism’s desire to enhance ‘human interconnectedness’ is truly helpful to minimize the human sufferings. In this article, my goal is to explore and show Buddhism as a cosmopolitan philosophy.

An Islamic Conceptual Framework of a Well-balanced Personality

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 65-88
Author(s):  
Nik Rosila Nik Yaakob
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Curriculum Content ◽  
Human Personality ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge

The aim of this article is to highlight a conceptual framework of a well-balanced personality in the light of an Islamic point of view. The article begins with an explanation on the nature of human beings as the underlying concept on which the entire assumption of human personality is based. Further discussion will focus on the types of personality ‒ that is, nafs al-ammārah, nafs al-muţmainnah, and nafs al-lawwāmah. In this regard, the spiritual development process is about thecontinuous effort of the animal soul to subordinate itself to the power of the rational soul.1 Meanwhile, the educational process ‒ in particular, its methods and the curriculum content ‒ is discussed as an element of intervention in developing good personality traits. The exposition of this article’s writing is derived from scholarly and original sources of knowledge ‒ that is, the Holy Qur’ān and the tradition of the Prophet (ṢAAS), as well as the writings of Muslim scholars to verify and elucidate some of the relevant matters.

A REVIEW OF SPIRITUAL TOURISM: A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR FUTURE RESEARCH

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-141
Author(s):  
Mutia Sobihah Abdul Halim ◽  
Ekrem Tatoglu ◽  
Shamsiah Banu Mohamad Hanefar
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Spiritual Intelligence ◽  
Spiritual Coping ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Spiritual Tourism ◽  
The World ◽  
Special Category

Purpose – The growth of non-materialistic impulses among people around the world has led to the emergence of a special category of tourism that can be termed ‘spiritual tourism’. This article presents an attempt to provide a conceptual model for spiritual tourism drawing from the literature on spirituality, religion, and tourism. Design/ Approach – As this study intends to build a bridge between spirituality and tourism, the authors reviewed various articles and adopted the Spiritual Intelligence Model devised by Hanefar, Sa’ari, and Siraj (2016) to build a conceptual model of spiritual tourism. Methodology – Content analysis was used to arrange more than forty dimensions of spiritual tourism from the chosen articles. These dimensions were coded and mapped against the Spiritual Intelligence Model. Findings – The emergent dimensions of spiritual tourism showed that tourism offers unique opportunities in guiding human being to gain spiritual development through religion and nonreligion tourism activities/experiences. Originality of the research – The authors developed a Conceptual Model of Spiritual Tourism with seven themes: Meaning/Purpose of life, Consciousness, Transcendence, Spiritual resources, Selfdetermination, Reflection – soul purification, and Spiritual coping (with obstacles). This model intends to serve as a systematic pathway to authors and other researchers for future research related to spiritual tourism.

scholarly journals PENDIDIKAN ANAK DALAM TRILOGI KEILMUAN PENDIDIKAN AGAMA ISLAM

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-164
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nur Asmawi
Keyword(s):  
Religious Education ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Mental Attitude ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Whole Person ◽  
History Of ◽  
Islamic Civilization

Religion (Islam) and education are two things which are interrelated. Through religion, humans are formed into whole people in accordance with the values of Islamic teachings. The development process is through education because through education, children will become more mature and more capable both in terms of intelligence and mental attitude. Religion is intended to form a complete human being by directing children to become people of faith and piety. The implementation of scientific trilogy of Islamic Religious Education is described in five aspects of Islamic Religious education, namely: aspects of the Koran-Hadith, aspects of aqidah/faith, aspects of morals, aspects of fiqhi/worship, and aspects of history/history of Islamic civilization. Aqeedah material emphasizes the formation of the belief that God is the origin and purpose of human life. Moral material is directed to prepare students to have Islamic morals and ethics as a whole person of Muslims and put into practice in their daily lives.

Le phénomène de la souffrance comme élément constitutif de la théophilosophie affirmative de Kierkegaard

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Słowikowski
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Important Conclusion ◽  
Completely Positive ◽  
Positive Dimension ◽  
Main Assumption ◽  
Negative Dialectic ◽  
Original Interpretation

AbstractThis paper analyzes the problem of suffering in Kierkegaard’s thought on the basis of two main parts of his work: pseudonymous writings and upbuilding discourses. The main assumption is that Kierkegaard presents the problem of suffering differently in these two parts: in the pseudonymous writings from the viewpoint of the negative dialectic of paradox, and in the upbuilding discourses in terms of the positive dialectic of upbuilding. Therefore, the problem of suffering is examined separately in both these parts: in the pseudonymous writings as the phenomenology of suffering and in the upbuilding discourses as the hermeneutics of suffering. The most important conclusion is that the experience of suffering in Christianity has a completely positive dimension, because it is radically opposed to the experience of evil. The Christian suffering is in this approach, according to the pattern of Jesus Christ, an effect of the spiritual development of a human being in God and a place of God’s revelation in human existence. This understanding of Christian suffering leads to the discovery of a perspective of affirmative theophilosophy as an original interpretation of the Christian ideal presented by Kierkegaard.

scholarly journals Transcendence in the Kinanthropology of Manuel Sérgio

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-130
Author(s):  
Alexandre Coutinho Lopes de Brito Palma
Keyword(s):  
Major Element ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Academic Life ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Theological Discourse ◽  
The Way ◽  
Human Kinetics

This article seeks to analyze the contribution of Portuguese philosopher Manuel Sérgio to Religious Studies. The author dedicated his long academic life to the study of sports, but with a peculiar humanistic perspective. Instead of focusing on performance, the author focuses on the Human being who moves. This is what he defines as “Kinanthropology”. Transcendence is a major element in this proposal. In this article, after presenting Sérgio’s fundamental anthropological framework and his understanding of “human kinetics”, three of his possible theoretical contributions to Religious Studies are explored: 1. in the way he sees the relation between transcendence and religion; 2. in the way he opens corporeity to transcendence; and 3. in the way he seems to rehabilitate motion as a topic for religious and theological discourse.

Spiritual Development and the Epistemology of Systems Theory

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bill Buker
Keyword(s):  
Systems Theory ◽  
Spiritual Development ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
Christian Spirituality ◽  
Third Order ◽  
Gregory Bateson ◽  
First Order ◽  
Christian Perspective ◽  
Order Change ◽  
Epistemological Shifts

Based on systems theory, especially the contributions of Gregory Bateson, the concepts of first-, second-, and third-order change will be presented as a potential framework for conceptualizing spiritual development. The relevance of these concepts to the spiritual process of 12-step recovery will be explored, followed by an application to Christian spirituality. It will be suggested that one way of understanding Jesus’ teachings is to view them as addressed to a culture mired in first-order strategies of change. In attempting to introduce a Kingdom based on radically different principles, Jesus made use of paradoxes, reframes, parables, and metaphors as techniques through which the second- and third-order change necessary for an experience of Kingdom life could be facilitated. Specifically, it is the epistemological shifts characteristic of second- and third-order change that are considered constitutive of spiritual development. If these epistemological changes reflect new ways of perceiving, based on the principles of the Kingdom of God as espoused by Jesus, then spiritual development from a Christian perspective could be said to have occurred.

scholarly journals THE INTERRELATION OF FORCED EVICTION AND THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-234
Author(s):  
Difa Ghiblartar Gastina ◽  
Irawati Handayani
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Development Process ◽  
National Level ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Holistic Development ◽  
Right To Development ◽  
The Right ◽  
Forced Eviction

AbstractDevelopment is one of the most common reasons to evict inhabitant forcibly. This happens because individuals or communities are placed as objects of development, causing the closure of participation space in development. In the perspective of human rights, development is claimed as a right, which every human being has the right to participate, contribute, and receive benefits for everything that results from development. This study aims to understand the perspective of the right to development towards forced evictions and the implementation od state obligation on the right to development at the national level. The study reveals that based on the principles in the right to development (such as holistic development;placement of humans as the central subject of development as well as participation in the development process) can protect individuals or communities from forced evictions. Futhermore, to ensure the fulfillment, state has key role to implement the right to development at the national level. Keywords: Forced Eviction, Human Rights, Right to Development. AbstrakPembangunan merupakan salah-satu alasan paling umum penyebab terjadinya penggusuran paksa. Hal ini dikarenakan individu atau masyarakat ditempatkan sebagai objek pembangunan yang menyebabkan tertutupnya ruang partisipatif dalam pembangunan tersebut. Dalam perspektif hak asasi manusia, pembangunan diklaim sebagai hak dimana setiap orang berhak untuk berpartisipasi, berkontribusi dan menerima manfaat hasil pembangunan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perspektif hak atas pembangunan terhadap penggusuran paksa, serta bagaimana kewajiban Negara dalam menerapkan hak tersebut ditingkat nasional. b Berdasarkan analisis terhadap prinsip-prinsip dalam hak atas pembangunana seperti pembangunan yang holistik; penempatan manusia sebagai subjek sentral dari pembangunan dan juga partisipasi dalam proses pembangunan dapat melindungi individu atau masyarakat dari penggusuran paksa. Untuk menjamin pemenuhannya, Negara dalam menerapkan hak atas pembangunan ditingkat nasional. Kata Kunci: Hak Asasi Manusia, Hak atas Pembangunan, Penggusuran Paksa.

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