THE SPIRITUAL PROFILE OF AN IMAM IN THE MODERN SOCIETY Cover Image

DUHOVNI PROFIL IMAMA U SUVREMENOM DRUŠTVU
THE SPIRITUAL PROFILE OF AN IMAM IN THE MODERN SOCIETY

Author(s): Esad Ćimić
Subject(s): Islam studies, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Rijaset Islamske zajednice u Bosni i Hercegovini
Keywords: Imam; Islam; Society;

Summary/Abstract: This article points out to a difference between a profession and a calling. A professionalism, with all its advantages (qualifications, quality of work, etc.), has its limitations since it's often characterized by plodding through a job, which lacks an important humanistic motivation. A person who stays within the limits of a profession is wary of everything that's out of his occupation. A calling, on the other hand, means inner excitement, enthusiasm, self-fulfillment, etc. Undoubtedly, the spiritual profile of an Imam in the modem society also includes this other dimension, but the accent is on a calling, which not only does not exclude profession, but, to the contrary, it comprises it.

  • Issue Year: 2003
  • Issue No: 16
  • Page Range: 28-36
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bosnian
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