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1 online resource (349 p.) |
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Sophia Studies in Cross-Cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures ; v. 43 |
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Sophia studies in cross-cultural philosophy of traditions and cultures ; 43.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- A Journey Beyond Babel -- 1 Babel: From Plurality to Pluralism -- 2 Going Beyond Babel -- 3 Specificities -- 4 Structure and Content -- 4.1 Religious Limits of Language -- 4.2 Interreligious and Interlinguistic Encounters -- 4.3 Religious Identities in Translation -- 4.4 Scientific Codes and Religious Meanings -- 4.5 Formal Languages Dealing with Religious Concepts -- 5 Origin and Future Steps -- References -- Part I: Religious Limits of Language -- Divine Language -- 1 Divine Linguistic Competence -- 2 Divine Private Language |
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3 Divine Language of Thought -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Appendix -- References -- Language Without a Code: Islamic Geometry and Modernity -- 1 Between Theorization and Affect in Islamic Articulations of Geometric Meaning -- 2 Between Grammar and Ornament in European Articulations of Geometric Meaning -- 3 Between Rationalists and Spiritualists in Modern Abstraction -- 4 Between Gallery and God in Exhibitions of the 1970s -- 5 Between Shrines and Grids in the Art of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian (1922-2019) -- 6 Between Grids and Representation in the ̀Kitsch ́of M. C. Escher (1898-1972) |
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7 Geometry: Language Without a Code? -- References -- At the Foot of Babel: Disclosure and Concealment -- 1 Does Language Clarify or Confuse? -- 2 The Axial Beyond Becomes Intimate -- 3 Awareness of the Beyond -- 4 Transcendent Justice and the Universal Humanum -- 5 Speaking About the Ineffable Beyond -- 6 The Primacy of Scriptural Metaphors and Symbols -- 7 Theology as Rational Reflection on Symbolic Discourse -- 8 Theology as Freedom -- 9 Conclusion -- References -- Ineffability: Its Origins and Problems -- 1 The Problems of Ineffability -- 2 The Metaphysics of Ineffability |
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3 Revealed Language -- 4 The Theology of ̀̀Effability: ́́A God That Speaks -- 5 Philosophy in Aid of Theology -- 6 Interreligious Dialogue -- References -- Would We Speak If We Did Not Have to Die? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Speaking and Unavailability -- 3 Prayer as a Borderline Case of Language -- 4 The Linguistic Form of Prayer -- References -- Part II: Interreligious and Interlinguistic Encounters -- Interreligious Empathy and Linguistic Plurality -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Interreligious Empathy -- 3 Sympathy -- 4 Experience -- 5 Imagination -- 6 Conclusion -- Bibliography |
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A Sākta Theory on Religions in a Linguistic Pluralism -- 1 The Devī Mahātmyam -- 2 Rahasyam Trayam: The Three Secrets -- 3 Samai-Vyai: Concurring Unity-Diversity -- 4 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- On the Power of Imperfect Words: An Inquiry into the Revelatory Power of a Single Hindu Verse -- 1 An Understated Vision -- 2 Reading with the Tradition -- 3 Seeing Indirectly -- Bibliography -- Tiruviruttam -- Other References -- On the Oscillation Model and Its Logic -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Examples of Oscillation: Interreligious Meetings -- 3 Other Examples of Oscillation |
| Summary |
This volume is the first attempt to investigate explicitly how the multiplicity of religions and forms of spirituality interconnect with the pluralism of languages, including scientific codes, formal languages, and artistic expressions. In a journey beyond Babel, the volume explores how religious and linguistic pluralisms enter into polyphonic relations, how they co-evolve and grow together, and why they clash. This text provides the setting for a dialogue on a rich variety of religious languages and traditions, including Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Jainism, and Christianity. The chapters explore how these traditions can venture into new interreligious paths, how sacred meanings translate into vernacular speeches, how religious identities and scientific notions interacts, what role emotional expressions play in interfaith encounters, and the impact of Artificial Intelligence on beliefs. The book is authored by esteemed senior scholars, established researchers, and exceptional junior doctorate holders whose expertise spans across religious studies, the history of science, philosophy, fine arts, theology, linguistics, computer science, and legal studies. This volume contributes to interfaith studies and teaching, to sociology and philosophy of religion, and to the history and anthropology of religion and the sacred arts. It is intended to reach students, researchers, instructors, and professionals alike |
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4 Logical Systems Inspired by the Examples |
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Includes index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 14, 2023) |
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Religion -- Philosophy.
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Linguistics -- Philosophy
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Linguistics -- Philosophy.
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Religion -- Philosophy.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Vestrucci, Andrea, 1981-
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| ISBN |
9783031421273 |
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3031421272 |
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