RELIGIOUS RESEARCH (PAJOUHESHHA YE ADYANI)
Year:2017 | Volume:4 | Issue:8 |Papers Count:6

Researches on human dignity which are practiced within the territory of human studies, consider human being with dignity in genetic term as well as evolutionary. This is two types, inherent dignity and acquisitive dignity, in theological view. Inherent dignity is hidden talents in the nature of human that granted to him by creative divine act. But acquisitive dignity acquired by special theoretical and Practical behavior. This dissertation, by using a descriptive-analytical method and within a comparative framework, studies the issue through the views of the Qur’an and The Hebrew Bible. These scriptures consider dignity inherent term, for human being. In this regard, they believe that human bliss and real dignity, which is the concrete realization of the inherent dignity within the actual dignity, is dependent upon the qualities acquired during worldly mode of being, god-fear and allegiance of the testament for example. Therefore the difference between the perspectives of these sacred texts on human dignity seems to be “non-structural”, or in other words, rooted in different explanations and not contrasting principles.

Understanding the New Atheism and its challenges with religious believers in these years are the issues that involved Christian theologians in response. New Atheism is a new version of atheism that hostile has attacked against any kind of religious belief especially Christianity. In the years leading up to the first decade of the twenty-first century, religious apologetic has increased in the face of these new attacks. Some of these arguments are mentioned in this article by Christian theologians in two general categories, Arguments based on scientific propositions and philosophical- theological arguments in defense of religion and provide a brief evaluation of them.

The Protestant Reformation was a great movement that had a great impact on all theoretical and practical spheres of the West. Similarly, some thinkers of the Islamic world, considering the many problems of the Islamic world, considered the solution as a reformation and reform of the type of Protestant reform and so, they have a sympathetic look and sometimes a fascination with it, but by examining more precisely this great transformation in the Christian world, in fact, we find it is a kind of simple thinking and superficiality on this subject The reason for this is that the Protestant reformation is not so progressive and free of some charges, as it were, and secondly, it cannot apply equally to the Islamic world, partly because of the difference in the theological foundations of Islam. At the end of the article, a critique of the negative approach to religious reform introduced as a cause for religious tyranny has been presented.

The contemporary Zoroastrian scientists consider Towhid as the most important principle tenets. They believe that Ahura Mazda is the only creator of the world. They say Ahura Mazda has all attributes of perfection. Also they sometimes refer to waḥdat al-wujūd. Meanwhile they talk about Towhid-e Sefati, but without any clarifying it. They claim that they do not believe in dualism. In their view some sentences about dualism in Gathas should be interpreted. Never the less their interpretation is consistent and they must interpret it again.

In Islam and Zoroastrianism certain rules govern the divorce without which it is not valid. An examination of these rules and the legal details involved can shed more light on this important problem. The present study will examine the conditions of divorce and the right to divorce in Islam and Zoroastrianism and the financial obligations that come with the divorce. Our study show that in both religions certain conditions are imposed that make the divorce more difficult. Although there are certain similarities between the two religions, the divorce law in Zoroastrianism went through certain changes as the political situation changed and made the divorce more difficult as a desperate attempt to keep the foundations of Zoroastrian family strong under the rule of Muslims.

This paper, as the first Persian writing in this context, tries to introduce, present and comment on three newly found Chinese documents discovered in 2008 from the Xiapu county in Fujian province, southeastern of China. One of them is Manichaean and two others are non-Manichaean but about the Manichaeism and the Chinese Manichaeans. This important heritage, some of which are very old and even go back to the Song and Tang periods, illustrates new effects of Manichaeism with the Chinese characteristics and shows the Manichaean influences on the Chinese popular thoughts on the one hand and the combination of this religion with Taoism and Buddhism on the other. Here, some previous commentaries have been corrected.