Quest for Divinity
Quest for Divinity

Author: Mohamed A. Mahmoud

Publisher: Syracuse University Press

Published: 2015-02-01

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 0815631154

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A highly influential Sudanese reformist thinker, Mahmud Muhammad Taha is regarded as a product of a dual legacy rooted in mystical Islam on the one hand and in the tradition of modernity on the other. Publicly executed in 1985 folowing his conviction of apostasy, Taha offered distinctly original interpretations of the Qur’an and a radical theory of Islamic prayer. In Quest for Divinity, Mohamed Mahmoud presents an in-depth and balanced treatment of Taha’s controversial yet significant thought. The author’s ability to provide access to relevant literature in both Arabic and English offers readers a rare view of the considerable nuance in Taha’s thought. With rich detail Mahmoud explores Taha’s theories of human freedom and his social message, referred to as "the second message of Islam" with its emphasis on political, economic, and social equality. Taha’s embrace of modernity is further assessed relative to his position on science, law, and art-areas that have always attracted Muslim modernists. Quest for Divinity will attract attention to Taha’s compelling but little-known intellectual contribution as a seminal modern reformer of Islam. Such recognition is long overdue and will enrich the current debates on Islam and modernity.

Cultural and Theological Reflections on the Japanese Quest for Divinity
Cultural and Theological Reflections on the Japanese Quest for Divinity

Author: John J. Keane

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2016-11-07

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 900432240X

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In Cultural and Theological Reflections on the Japanese Quest for Divinity, John J. Keane offers an explanation of Japanese divinity (kami 神) using sociology, anthropology, linguistics, literature and history. He presents an overview of how the Japanese have sought to love and serve their kami - a quest that rivals the interest that the West gives to God. The principles of interreligious dialogue are applied to the meaning of kami and a plea is made for a dialogue that respectfully accepts differences between the cultures and the theologies of Eastern and Western thought. Important cultural themes are discussed as a part of this quest, such as the emperors of Japan and the Japanese Tea Ceremony. The work also challenges the understanding of kami as highlighted by Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Endo Shusaku.

God’s Quest
God’s Quest

Author: Lyman C.D. Kulathungam

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2019-12-09

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1532647565

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Why bother with God when he is viewed as a sacred superstition, a discarded non-entity, or a pretext for religious wars? Jews and Christians have doubted and discarded God at many times throughout the ages, and have also justified countless conflicts in his name. Their history, however, tells a different story. Here we observe the historical reality of God's relentless quest to relate with people, whether Jew or gentile. Despite significant differences between these communities, this is the DNA that binds them and places them in a paradigm different from the one articulated in The Quest: Christ Amidst the Quest, where people are seeking to be freed from their predicament. The Judeo-Christian narrative shows God's incessant quest orchestrated through various channels, such as scriptural revelation, miraculous interventions, covenantal commitments, divine presence in the tabernacle or the temple, God's sacrificial incarnation in Christ, and the advent of the anticipated Jewish Messiah. The narrative climaxes in a grand finale when humans and their habitat will be ushered into an age of peace and harmony. Journeying through such a narrative will provide assurance that God is walking with you amidst life's turmoil, and that the best is yet to be.

The Philosophical Quest for God
The Philosophical Quest for God

Author: Norbert Fischer

Publisher: LIT Verlag Münster

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 3825848566

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Philosophy is Love of wisdom. There is continual danger that the ports of the search will be taken as the final goal. The constitutive absoluteness of its goal points to an unknown absolute. This absolute creates a place for thinking about God. Thus the God-question plays its role in every philosophy, from antiquity to the present. The way begins with man as the entry-point of the question concerning transcendence. Then this question is shown to be directed toward God. The middle section is dedicated to the arguments concerning divine existence. After the arguments for the reasonableness of belief in God, we deal with the relationship of philosophical thought about God to living faith. Finally, the ways to a search for God carried out in trust, which certain thinkers have followed while recognizing its problems, is outlined.

The Quest for God in the Work of Borges
The Quest for God in the Work of Borges

Author: Annette U. Flynn

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2009-08-30

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 1847060536

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The first book to highlight the spiritual element in Borges' work - this work offers an insightful and scholarly interpretation of a fundamental facet of his writing.

Living Divinity
Living Divinity

Author: Shakuntala Balu

Publisher: Sai Towers Publishing

Published: 2005-10

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 8186822968

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A Beautiful And Soul-Stirring Experience, That Is What Shakuntala Balu'S Encounter With Living Divinity, Is All About. Much Acclaimed, This Is One Of The Earlier Ones On Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, Where The Author Documents In Her Inimitable Style The Enchanting Experiences Of Several Old Devotees Of The Divine Master.