The Structure of the Uniate Turau‑Pinsk Eparchy in the 17th and 18th Centuries

Author(s): Wojciech Walczak / Language(s): English

The author of the book examined the organizational structure of the Uniate Eparchy of Turov and Pinsk in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He based his works on extensive literature, and above all, on extensive source material. He based his conclusions on the material acquired in archives and libraries in Poland and abroad: Vilnius, St. Petersburg, Minsk, Kiev, Lviv, Vatican City, Rome, London and Stockholm. The paper has been divided by the author into 6 chapters and an introduction.

The Vatican's Challenges in the Balkans: Bolstering the Catholic Church in 2015 and Beyond

Author(s): Matteo Albertini,Chris Deliso / Language(s): English

Combining extensive on-the-ground research, top-secret intelligence and interviews with media reports and official Church data, The Vatican's Challenges in the Balkans is the first comprehensive analysis of the Holy See's current relationships and activities in Balkan countries at the levels of state, church and outreach to local populations.

Isaac, Iphigeneia, Ignatius. Martyrdom and Human Sacrifice

Author(s): Monika Pesthy-Simon / Language(s): English

What is the meaning of the martyr’s sacrifice? Is it true that the martyr imitates Christ? After the “one and eternal” sacrifice of Jesus why are from time to time new (and often quite numerous) sacrifices necessary? What is the underlying concept concerning the divinity? How do these ideas survive in present times?These are the kind of questions behind the inquiries in this monograph. The author investigates martyrdom as a (voluntary) human sacrifice and wishes to demonstrate how human sacrifice has been turned into martyrdom. The two emblematic figures of this transformation are Iphigeneia and Isaac. Pesthy argues that all the peoples in the environment in which Christianity came into being are characterized by a very ambiguous and hypocritical attitude toward human sacrifice: while in theory they condemn it as barbarian and belonging to bygone times, in concrete cases they accept, admire and practice it. The same attitude survives in Christianity in which martyrs replace the human sacrifice of olden days: they are real sacrifices, not symbolical ones. Our feelings about martyrs can be very different: we may admire their unbending courage and heroism or be irritated by their stubbornness, or even feel disgusted at the fanaticism with which they strove for death. But whatever our feelings may be, we must admit that a very strong motivation is needed to accept voluntarily or even seek death (and, in the majority of cases, a very painful death at that).

TUMAČENJE DRAGULJA POSLANIČKE MUDROSTI – I – SKIDANJE DUVAKA S NEVJESTA BOŽANSKIH OBJAVA NA UZVIŠENIM STOLICAMA MOZAIČKE MUDROSTI

Author(s): Abdulah-efendija Bošnjak / Language(s): Bosnian

Djelo Fusus al-hikam ili Dragulji poslaničke mudrosti muslimanskog sufijskog filozofa, teozofa i krajnje njegovanog sufijskog hijeratika Muhyiddina ibn ‘Arabija, porijeklom iz nekadašnjeg muslimanskog Andalusa, neprežaljenog i neponovljivog muslimanskog kraljevstva na jugu Europe, ne predstavlja samo neiscrpivi sadržinski locus za krunske teme sufijske književnosti i ezoterijske tradicije islama, uopće, nego simbolizira najraskošniju i do danas u potpunosti neapsolviranu metafiziku imaginacije utemeljenu na spoznaji i neposrednom duhovnom iskustvu mubashare ili imaginalne vizije popraćene glasom iz svijeta malakuta, svijeta žive stvaralačke imaginacije ili iz mundusa imaginalisa (‘alam al-amthal).

TUMAČENJE DRAGULJA POSLANIČKE MUDROSTI – II – SKIDANJE DUVAKA S NEVJESTA BOŽANSKIH OBJAVA NA UZVIŠENIM STOLICAMA MOZAIČKE MUDROSTI

Author(s): Abdulah-efendija Bošnjak / Language(s): Bosnian

Prije gotovo trinaest godina objavili smo naš prvi prijevod Ibn ‘Arabijevih ‘Dragulja poslaničke mudrosti’ (Fusūs Al-Hikam) koji bismo, sada, mogli označiti svojevrsnim interpretativnim prijevodom sa arapskog izvornika. Taj prijevod nije bio takav samo zato što je bio uvjetovan konkretnom akademskom zadaćom moga mentora profesora Vladimira Premeca koji je u ono vrijeme tražio da naporedo sa pisanjem doktorata prevedem i temeljno djelo autora čije mišljenje je bilo predmetom moje doktorske disertacije, već i stoga što je Ibn ‘Arabi sadržaj ovog svog djela djelimice ispisivao na pergameni, a djelimice zamišljao u vlastitom umu, tako da je moj tadašnji, prvi prijevod nužno pratio tumačenja njegovih najslavnijih učenika i komentatora u dijelovima sadržaja koje je nosio u umu, a nije ih izložio svjetlosti dana.

TUMAČENJE DRAGULJA POSLANIČKE MUDROSTI – III –

Author(s): Abdulah-efendija Bošnjak / Language(s): Bosnian

Pred našom kulturnom javnosti je, napokon, i treći, pretposljednji svezak velikog ‘Komentara’ Abdulah-efendije Boš- njaka na temeljno djelo sufijske literature Fusus Al-Hikam (Dragulji poslaničke mudrosti) sjajnog Andalužanina, europskog muslimana iz dvanaestog stoljeća, šejha Ibn ‘Arabija. Ovaj svezak sadrži osam cjelina ili osam logosa kao osam poslaničkih paradigmi kroz koje šejh Ibn ‘Arabi u svome zgusnutom tekstu razmatra različite dimenzije i najupečatljivije naglaske Božije Objave koja se otkriva kroz cijelu svetu povijest, kroz intime različitih poslaničkih likova i unutar različitih svetogeografskih toposa i svetojezičkih odora. Abdulah-efendija Bošnjak svojim tumačenjem ustopice prati Ibn ‘Arabijev tekst i razuđuje ga u blistavi interpretativni univerzum ideja koji se danas smješta u sami vrh najbriljantnijih komentara ikad izrečenih na temeljni sadržaj ovog Ibn ‘Arabijeva teksta.

Islamsko buđenje

Author(s): Ali Akbar Velayati / Language(s): Bosnian

Za izučavanje ideja savremene arapske političke misli kori- štena su tri metode. Prva od njih jesu radovi koji se metodološki zasnivaju na proučavanju različitih struja i tokova političke misli, gdje, recimo, spadaju djelo Hamida Enayata Tokovi arapskog političkog mišljenja (Sayr-e andiše-ye sisayi-ye ‘Arab) te knjiga Medžida Haddurija Političke struje u arapskom svijetu (Gerayešha-ye siyasi dar džahan-e ‘Arab). Druga metoda jeste izučavanje socioloških i politoloških kategorija, za što je izrazit primjer upravo knjiga Hamida Enayata Politička misao u islamskom svijetu (Andiše-ye siyasi dar džahan-e eslam). Naposljetku, neki su skloniji izučavanju pojedinih političkih mislilaca, i što se te metode tiče, kao važna djela treba istaći djelo Alberta Houranija Arapsko mišljenje u liberalnom dobu1 i Lideri reforme u savremenom dobu Ahmeda Emina.

Muhammed - čovjek Božiji

Author(s): Seyyed Hossein Nasr / Language(s): Bosnian

Ovo kratko istraživanje o životu blagoslovljenog Poslanika islama, a.s., nije ni nova historijska analiza niti, pak, neka čisto nabožna pripovijetka o zemaljskom toku posljednjeg Božijeg Vjerovjesnika. Već postoje brojna historijska istraživanja o njemu na europskim jezicima, koja nisu napisali samo zapadni učenjaci, nego i muslimani koji ili pišu na ovim jezicima ili su njihovi radovi prevedeni na te jezike, posebice na engleski. Postoje mnoga stručna istraživanja posvećena njemu kao državniku, vojnom zapovjedniku, političkom vođi itd. Štaviše, neke biografi je, koje se mogu osloviti nabožnom literaturom, dostupne su na engleskom jeziku, premda su rijetka djela koja ističu duhovni značaj blagoslovljenog Poslanika, a.s., i unutarnje značenje različitih razdoblja njegova života. Međutim, unatoč postojećim djelima, još uvijek postoji potreba za životopisima koji bi mogli uzeti u razmatranje duhovne dimenzije kao i mnogo činjeničnije i povijesnije elemente života osobe koja je promijenila ljudsku povijest.

Proceedings of the 8th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences

Author(s): / Language(s): English

This publication presents the Proceedings of the 8th International RAIS Conference on Social Sciences held at Georgetown University Hotel & Conference Center in Washington, DC, on March 26-27, 2018. The Conference was organized by Research Association for Interdisciplinary Studies.

ŠEJH HASAN KAIMIJA - Sin vremena -

Author(s): Mubina Moker / Language(s): Bosnian

Šejh Hasan Kaimija poznat kao Kaimi Baba jedan je od istaknutih bosanskih šejhova XVII st., koji je iza sebe ostavio hvalevrijedan poetski opus. Bio je osoba koja je duhovnošću obilježila svoje vrijeme. Premda vezan za tekiju Kaimija je bio dobro upoznat sa političkim prilikama i stanjem običnog čovjeka. Njegova duhovnost nije bila duhovnost odvojena od problema čovjeka i kao jedan učenjak-intelektualac smatrao je svojom dužnošću baviti se i ekonomsko-političkim pitanjima. Kaimi Babino protjerivanje iz Sarajeva u Zvornik nakon što je protestvovao pred vlastima zbog enormnog poskupljenja hljeba veoma zorno pokazuje njegovu društvenu angažiranost kao kaderijskoga šejha i pročelnika Hadži-Sinanove tekije.

Wprowadzenie do teologii katolickiej

Author(s): Jan Słomka / Language(s): Polish

This very Introduction to Catholic theology is separated into two distinctive parts. First of them constitutes a discussion of theology in the Catholic Church. Therein, the field of theology itself – substantially different from religious studies due to the prerequisite of belief – is presented. Next, the pillars of Catholic theology are comprehensively described: Tradition, represented by the Magisterium of the Catholic Church as well as its documents and Divine Revelation in the world.What is distinctively outstanding is the God’s revelation in Jesus Christ, hence Christianity is a religion of the person, namely, the person of Jesus Christ. It is Jesus alone who indicates the Holy Scripture as a revealed text. Therefore, the Holy Scripture remains only a resultant topic together with its divinely inspired character and rules of interpreting the Scripture valid in the Catholic Church. As an associated topic, the fundamentalism in reading the Bible is also addressed, wherein the author points out why such an interpretative mode is at odds with Catholic approach to the Bible and explains what exactly is the fallacy of fundamentalist understanding of the Scripture. The following section of the book is devoted to the role of authority in theology, and then, owing to special character of this relation, the close relation of theology and philosophy is presented. Part two entitled “Theology in the university” depicts the situation of theology as one of the academic fields practiced at modern universities. Particularly: sources and origins, aims, as well as the theological method and scholarly methods utilised while practising theology were discussed. Especially close attention was given to specificity of language used by theologians. Modern academia, not unlike the entire modern European culture, is heavily influenced by the Enlightenment heritage. What, therefore, necessitated the author’s analysis was Catholic theology’s attitude towards the Enlightenment breakthrough and, cursorily, towards the latter’s contemporary ramifications, that is, postmodernism. Amongst the crucial problems investigated by theologians of the modern era is the mutual relationship of theology and experimental sciences. Due to the so-called conflict between science and religion, stemming from the dissemination of the theory of evolution in the world of knowledge, theological references to earth sciences and human sciences gain their weightiness. The study is concluded with the discussion of major theological disciplines: fundamental, dogmatic, moral theology, spirituality theology, and practical theology. The said disciplines’ research areas are described, along with their methodological specificity and relations to philosophy and modern sciences.

Głoszenie słowa Bożego w środowisku zsekularyzowanym

Author(s): Leszek Szewczyk / Language(s): Polish

Preaching Gospel to people living in a specific historical context in the major task of the Church. Preaching the word of God adequately to the contemporary conditions requires knowledge of living conditions, existential and spiritual needs of contemporary listeners. Such a preaching derives its content from the Holy Scriptures and observation of the world in which the contemporary man lives and creates. Listeners should feel that it is them who are at stake in preaching, because they are able to find answers to their existential questions. The task of preachers is to establish a connection between the preached word of God and the contemporary world in which this word takes a specific shape. A preacher of the word of God can not fulfill his mission in isolation from the changes that take place in the world. A contemporary context of preaching the word of God is the phenomenon of secularization that contributes to the fact that many people abandon God and religion. In Poland, too, a growing number of addressees of preaching the word of God are indifferent and sometimes even unbelieving. Therefore preaching the word of God should increasingly take into account the need to evoke and develop faith and, as the consequence, encounter Christ. Such preaching should be opened to the needs of evangelization and reevangelisation in the environment of non-believers, pagans and lapsed Christians in need of conversion. The major purpose of this study is to describe a contemporary state of preaching the word of God and the degree of its adjustment to secularisation processes in progress and to show influence of Ecclesial structures on a factual shape of the preaching service. Based on considerations on preaching the word of God in the secularised environment it should be concluded that the initial purpose of the study was met. At every stage of the study a critical analysis of the current state of preaching was carried out together with the degree of its adjustment to the secularized environment as well as individuals no longer involved in faith and religion. At the beginning of the study the existing research and sociological, philosophical and theological literature concerning dominant trends in the contemporary culture and civilization were analyzed. Also, the emphasis was put on impact of secularisation processes on suppressing religiousness, especially ecclesial religiousness, as well as secularization factors in individual behavior and beliefs. Postmodernism, globalism and nihilismtrends that dominate the contemporary culture and civilisation and have a direct impact on listeners of the word of God. Polish religiousness is going through a peculiar metamorphosis. What can be observed is a transfer from inherited religiousness to religiousness by choice. At the same time listeners of the word God are not only believers, but also non-believers who came to listen to the word of God by accident. This is why preaching, although meant mainly for the faithful, should also have the character of preaching to „pagans”. In the homiletic theology, especially the West European one, a systematic shift from the former paradigm of secularization to the paradigm of evangelization can be observed. Also in Poland revival of preaching the word of God in the secularised environment should be inspired by assumptions and program if the new evangelization. The study includes a critical analysis of initiatives seeking to directly reach unbelievers and secularized believers. Precious inspiration in search for adequate content and form of preaching to secularized listeners can be found in documents of local Churches, especially documents of Conferences of Episcopates of Italy, France and Poland, an initiative of a dialogue with non-believers, foe example „the court of the gentiles” and „the court of dialogue” and a latter of pope Francis to a non-believer. The following part of the study points at a mission of preachers of the word of God in the secularised world. The teaching of the Church on the role and tasks of a priest as a preacher of the Word in the secularized environment was presented and changes in perception of a preacher in the environment was surveyed. Moreover, pastoral postulates were formulated concerning formation of current and future preachers who are getting ready to preach among those far from the faith and religion. Efficiency of preaching the word of God depends largely on a preacher’s personal testimony, knowledge of the preached message and problems experienced by listeners and skills related to use of the word. A priest in the secularized environment should be characterized by a friendship with Christ, prayer and a humble service with respect to the word of God. If he wishes to be a leader of the people of God and the man’s friend he has to master the skill of a careful „listening”. Many contemporary listeners of the word of God can not follow the fast pace of changing reality and do not understand the contemporary man sufficiently. Therefore many priests are tempted to separate from those who live outside an active and involved part of the community of the Church. A special task of a preacher in the environment of non-believers is evoking in their hear the desire to meet Christ. Preaching the word of God by the authority and in the name of the Church requires courage to defend integral teaching of the Church in spite of unfriendly condition and numerous dangers. A contemporary preacher has to have a clearly defined hierarchy of actions, in which priority should be given to measures that bring the man closer to God efficiently. A basis o formation of future and current preachers is acquisition of substantial philosophical and theological knowledge, knowledge of psychology and rhetoric and appropriate spiritual development. All this should contribute to an open dialogue with people of good will, cooperation with the lay faithful, sensitivity of problems of the faithful, spiritual support and advice in problem solving. The next part of the monograph concentrates on research into the major directions of changes in the content preaching the word of God in the secularized environment. The service of preaching consists of conveying the same and unchanging truths, for the Good News revealed to us by God remains ever the same, however living conditions of listeners and their existential problems change systematically. This is why in the secularized environment it is necessary to change emphasis put on certain content and from the treasury of God’s revelation choose content that should be especially emphasized and presented to listeners. The major content of preaching the word of God is the good news about Jesus Christ, the Lord and Saviour. This preaching is rooted in the Bible and observation of the world in which the contemporary man lives and creates. In the secularized environment, without giving up the above mentioned sources, a preacher should emphasise kerygmatic message and lead to faith that is a personal encounter with Jesus Christ and has a personal and dialogue-oriented character. Showing God and Jesus Christ - the only Saviour of the man should be linked with an attempt to give answers to human questions and desires. Also today kerygma is the major part of ecclesial preaching and is addressed to various listeners. It is necessary, however, to devise kerygma adjusted to individual needs and expectations of the contemporary man who is either a non-believer of a lapsed believer. If by kerygma in the strict sense we understand the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus combined with the call to conversion, and by a kerygma in a broader sense we understand everything that is taught by the Church, which is the words and deeds of Jesus confirmed in the Bible, then in preaching the word of God in Poland preaching kerygma in the strict sense should be interpenetrated by preaching kerigma in the broader sense. Non-believers and secularized believers should be preached most of all kerygma in the strict sense, for its purpose is the initial conversion and preparation for baptism and entering the community of the Church. An ordinary preaching of the Church taking place during homilies should remain a broad kerygma, whereas preaching kerygma in the strict sense, which is a call to a fundamental conversion to Christ, should be addressed to the secularized and take place in exceptional circumstances. These circumstances are the most important moments of Christian life, such as baptism, weddings, funeral and Easter and Christmas homilies. Preaching addressed to the secularized should refer to human experience, failures of human searches and solutions and point at a solution of problems through opening to the Christian revelation. Such preaching that refers to the anthropological method seeks to evoke the hunger for God. Major topics of the preaching addressed to the secularized can not omit such issues as a human person and his dignity, freedom renewed by the cross and resurrection of Christ, the sense of life, love, happiness, sickness and suffering. The content of preaching addressed to non-believers may be universal and all-human values among which three transcendentals, truth, goodness and beauty, are dominant. In the final part of the monograph a formal side of a preaching utterance addressed to the secularized environment was analyzed. Preaching the word of God requires searching for the most efficient form of reaching people at the margins of faith and the Church. In the face of progressive secularization preaching the word of God requires courage and enthusiasm as well as boldness in searching for a language capable of conveying a deepmeaning of beauty of the experience of love. This search should be accompanied by awareness that preaching is the word of God (theological sphere) and the word of man (anthropological sphere). Renewal of a form of communicating the Good News calls for reformulation of a language of expressing one’s faith in a way that would be adequate to a cultural awareness of an environment in which it is preached. Precise verbal formulas, dogmatic definitions and teaching faith through memorising truths from the Catechism is beyond the grasp of many contemporary people. Preaching the word of God in the secularised environment should refer to the richness of the Bible and have a simple form. A preacher should make his statements more contemporary, since for many listeners the gap between the language of preaching and the language that would use on daily basis is too big. Listening to opinions of listeners of the word of God far from God and the Church allows for introduction of a language that would be communicative for contemporary people, an existential language of faith. It is absolutely necessary in preaching the word of God in the secularized environment to use a language of suggestion, dialogue, respect and empathy. A prudent use of imagery in preaching can introduce listeners to the world that so far has been unknown to him. It is advisable to use persuasion and broad argumentation that refer to an intellectual, emotional and volitional sphere of listeners of the word of God. Moreover, one should avoid boarder attitudes, which is willingness to adjust to colloquial speech of listeners of the word of God on the one hand and a persistent use of a hermetic, obscure language of theology on the other. Such attitudes should be overcame by seeking to keep sacrum in preaching utterances. The research carried out proved further research into the state of preaching in Poland is necessary. Growing secularization processes have a significant impact on homiletic theology. Its task is to devise – in the light of the analysis of the current situation – rules and directives thanks to which the Ecclesial service of the word might conduct its mission efficiently. The need of a constant perfection of preaching results from requirements of priests in the contemporary world which is adjustment of pastoral methods to constantly changing living conditions of the community of the faithful. The process of programming preaching can not omit systematically growing secularized environment.

Biografia duchowa i antropologia chrześcijańska metropolity Antoniego Blooma (1914–2003)

Author(s): Aleksy Kucy / Language(s): Polish

In his monograph A Spiritual Biography and Christian Anthropology of the Metropolitan Bishop Anthony Bloom (1914–2003) the author presents the figure of the first head of Russian Orthodoxy in Great Britain.The book is not only a description of the life and views of the Metropolitan Anthony, but also an extremely interesting reflection on the fate of contemporary Orthodoxy and its confrontation with the modern times and the Western culture.This is a very interesting work that goes beyond the biography of the Orthodox hierarch, showing the historical background of the described events and discovering a new interpretative perspective of his thoughts. From the review by prof. dr hab. Urszula PawluczukThe University of Białystok

W zderzeniu z naturą – świętość Brata Alberta. Naturalne uwarunkowania życia duchowego świętego Alberta Chmielowskiego

Author(s): Krzysztof Matuszewski / Language(s): Polish

The work is a study of the role of natural factors (psychophysical and socio-cultural) that influenced the shape of the spiritual life of Saint. Albert Chmielowski (1845–1916). Although the first cause of his spiritual life was supernatural grace, natural factors also influenced to some extent the way it was manifested. In the analysis of psychophysical factors affecting the spiritual life of Brother Albert, in which psychological theoretical models have been used (RB Cattell’s sixteen-factor model, P. Costa and R. McCrae’s five-factor model, GW Allport’s criteria of personality maturity and the K. Dąbrowski’s theory of positive disintegration), showed their influence on some areas of Saint. Albert’s spiritual life. Similarly, socio-cultural factors (including the role of the family environment, participation in the armed struggle, artistic activity, and the impact of culture and society at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries in Poland and in the world) influenced in a bottom-up manner on creating Chmielowski’s spiritual profile. The richness of his nature (artistic talents, various experiences, and especially experienced suffering) bore fruit thanks to the cooperation with grace, deep spiritual life, which was a synthesis of active service with a contemplative life, the centre of which was Humble Christ (Ecce Homo). The thesis, referring to the theological axiom: “grace builds on nature and improves it”, shows the complex and broad influence of various natural dynamisms which God uses to develop human’s talents, bringing him to holiness.For the people interested in Saint Albert’s spirituality and Polish spirituality in the late 19th and early 20th centuries the publication can help to understand the process of developing the spiritual life against the background of an epoch. The study can also serve the congregations founded by Saint Albert for which a deepened study of their founder’s spiritual personality and its psychophysical and environmental conditions is always valid. The research on the determinants of the spiritual life can also be useful for monastic, seminary teachers or the leaders of religious groups showing that for spiritual formation it is crucial to take the human development into account (e.g. the knowledge of personality features and alumni’s typical conditions). The work can also be used by psychologists, psychotherapists and teachers that take into consideration the spirituality in developing some attitudes and working on the integral development of others. Both the historians and art historians making a research into Adam Chmielowski’s artistic biography can find some hints referring to the connections between the culture, art and the spiritual life.

Boski wszechświat

Author(s): Owen Gingerich / Language(s): Polish

The work comprises thoughts on the relationships between the study of Universe and faith. It shows the universe in which God is present – not acknowledged by science, but not excluded either. The author refers to the newest achievements in astronomy and cosmology, quotes numerous anecdotes from the history of science, comments on the evolutionist beliefs and relates to the Intelligent Design Movement.

Sufijski put spoznaje: Ibn al-Arabijeva metafizika imaginacije

Author(s): William C. Chittick / Language(s): Bosnian

Ljudsko lice u ogledalu sufijske literature

Author(s): Rešid Hafizović / Language(s): Bosnian,English

This book represents a core of my many war years contemplations and elaborations within the field of sufi literature. This literature was my real sanctuary where I finded my inner peace before invasion of bloody aggression and slaughtering from Serbia and domestic Serbian traitors. My wife Fazileta and daughter Lamija and son Edib were my moral and spiritual support all time while Sarajevo was under cruel siege. I’m so much grateful to God because He gifted them to me.All ideas and reflections in this book I whole-heartedly dedicate to my two brother killed in Srebrenica and to all other victims of Srebrenica, and to my nearly deceased mother who has dead with inconsolable sorrow for her killed children.

Filozofia religii

Author(s): Janusz Dobieszewski / Language(s): Polish

The book presents the author’s perspective on classical subjects, showing a variety, abundance and invention of philosophical reflection on religion. The eponymous philosophy of religion is seen from the perspective of non-analytical philosophy, which includes modern philosophical reflection on religion, defined as postsecularism.

Ilahinama

Author(s): Feriduddin Ebu Hamid Ebu Bekr Attar Nišaburi / Language(s): Bosnian

Ilahinama je, naprema vremenu njezina nastanka, druga Attarova mesnevija. U njoj su u 6685 distiha obrađene 282 priče (hekāyāt) iz usmene narodne predaje, uz dodatak Attarova komentara-savjeta na kraju gotovo svake priče, koji je često duži i od same priče. Ovako impozantan broj priča ukazuje na to da je Attar njegovao veze s običnim ljudima i da je duboko poznavao pučku kulturu i način razmišljanja. Senai je bio prvi pjesnik koji je u svoju poeziju počeo uvoditi narodne priče. Međutim, budući da je bio dvorski pjesnik Senaijevi recipijenti su bili obrazovana dvorska elita. Ali, Attar je, za razliku od Senaija, pričama uzetim iz naroda udahnjivao didaktičko-gnostički naboj i iznova ih vraćao narodu. Stoga što je njegov recipijent obični čovjek iz naroda, što će reći oskudnog obrazovanja, Attar je nastojao poetski izraz prilagoditi tom i takvom recipijentu. Tako je ova činjenica utjecala na odlike Attarova poetskog jezika: Attarov jezik je krajnje jednostavan i bez naglašenijih poetskih ukrasa. I upravo ta jednostavnost daje ljepotu njegovu izrazu.

Adabi namaza

Author(s): Khomeini Seyyed Ruhollah Mousavi / Language(s): Bosnian

Knjiga Adabi namaza je jedno od gnostičkih djela Imama Homeinija (Ruhullah al-Musawi, al-Homeini), koje je završio 1942. godine, a govori o adabima, duhovnim pravilima i tajnama namaza. Imam Homeini je autor značajnog broja djela iz oblasti islamske filozofije i gnoze. Ova knjiga, uz knjigu Četrdeset hadisa, spada u red djela namijenjenih široj čitalačkoj publici što se ne može kazati za knjige poput Šarh-e Manzūme-ye Mollā Hādī Sabzevārī (Komentar i glosarij na čuvenu Sabzevarijevu Manzumu) ili Šarh-e Fusūs al-hikam (Komentar na kapitalno Ibn Arabijevo djelo), pa i Tefsir sure Hamd (Fatiha) jer se ovdje radi o suptilnijim i stručnijim filozofsko-gnostičkim štivima.