Al-Ghazali on Religious Language
"Religious language" seeks to detect and explain the nature of the language used in the religious statements. This detection helps us to understand the main aim or the real meaning of religious beliefs stated in the form of the human language. Based on his own theological attitudes and mys...
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| author | Mohammad Tavakkolipoor Amir Abbas Alizamani Alireza Parsa Naser Mohamadi |
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| description | "Religious language" seeks to detect and explain the nature of the language used in the religious statements. This detection helps us to understand the main aim or the real meaning of religious beliefs stated in the form of the human language. Based on his own theological attitudes and mystical findings, Al-Ghazali has expressed different views on this issue, considering the different levels of public perception. Hence, he sometimes deems it to be necessary to avoid the allegorical interpretation. However, he sometimes remarks upon the necessity of rejecting the literal meaning and sometimes, by discussing the "spirit of meaning", which he propounded himself, without denying the literal meaning, he takes into consideration the real essence of meaning, regardless of the features of its instances. However, his thought on this issue, also involves equivocation, and his journey into the semantics of divine attributes ends with his belief that its core will not be understandable to anyone, and its meanings will not be grasped by human understanding. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-451aef744bc945ecad72466ebff0ebf52024-03-06T08:03:07ZfasImam Sadiq Universityپژوهشنامه فلسفه دین2228-65782228-65862016-10-01142254610.30497/prr.2017.19061906Al-Ghazali on Religious LanguageMohammad Tavakkolipoor0Amir Abbas Alizamani1Alireza Parsa2Naser Mohamadi3Instructor of Islamic teachings and PhD Student of Philosophy of Religion, Payame Noor University,Tehran, Iran.Associate Professor, Philosophy of Religion Department, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Tehran University, Tehran, IranAssociate Professor, Islamic Philosophy and Hikmah, Payame Noor University, Iran.Associate Professor, Islamic Philosophy and Hikmah, Payame Noor University, Iran"Religious language" seeks to detect and explain the nature of the language used in the religious statements. This detection helps us to understand the main aim or the real meaning of religious beliefs stated in the form of the human language. Based on his own theological attitudes and mystical findings, Al-Ghazali has expressed different views on this issue, considering the different levels of public perception. Hence, he sometimes deems it to be necessary to avoid the allegorical interpretation. However, he sometimes remarks upon the necessity of rejecting the literal meaning and sometimes, by discussing the "spirit of meaning", which he propounded himself, without denying the literal meaning, he takes into consideration the real essence of meaning, regardless of the features of its instances. However, his thought on this issue, also involves equivocation, and his journey into the semantics of divine attributes ends with his belief that its core will not be understandable to anyone, and its meanings will not be grasped by human understanding.https://prrj.isu.ac.ir/article_1906_6f85497a34e1116e50507445ffaaf6de.pdfassimilation without qualificationallegorical interpretationspirit of meaningequivocationineffability |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Tavakkolipoor Amir Abbas Alizamani Alireza Parsa Naser Mohamadi Al-Ghazali on Religious Language پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین assimilation without qualification allegorical interpretation spirit of meaning equivocation ineffability |
| title | Al-Ghazali on Religious Language |
| title_full | Al-Ghazali on Religious Language |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Al-Ghazali on Religious Language |
| title_short | Al-Ghazali on Religious Language |
| title_sort | al ghazali on religious language |
| topic | assimilation without qualification allegorical interpretation spirit of meaning equivocation ineffability |
| url | https://prrj.isu.ac.ir/article_1906_6f85497a34e1116e50507445ffaaf6de.pdf |
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