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Towards an imaginal dialogue: archetypal symbols between Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Islam
No full textThis paper explores the potential for a dialogue between religious traditions based on art, in order to complement the dominant channels that rely on conceptual meanings. Building on a theoretical framework of post-Jungian archetypal psychology – as developed by James Hillman and Henry Corbin – we propose that the utility of such a dialogue inheres in the notion of an imaginal realm, or mundus imaginalis. In the first part of the paper we highlight three key features of this notion: the distinction between the imaginal and the imaginary; the significance of a culturally differentiated collective unconscious; and a reflection of the imaginal in practice rather than conceptually. We emphasize the materiality of sacred symbols that emerge from the imaginal realm. In the second part, we illustrate the importance of two archetypal symbols: the fish and the chalice. The significance of these symbols in history and in the practices of communities of believers is discussed. Thirdly, we discuss specific features of the dialogue emerging from these ubiquitous archetypal symbols
Susanne Levin: an example of Jewish tradition represented in a literary setting
No full textA literary work – a novel – is the focus of this presentation. My interest of research lies in the psychological aspects of religion and its diverse expressions in literary settings. The novel chosen is written by the Swedish author Susanne Levin. The story is about Lea born in 1950 and brought up in the tradition of Judaism in Uppsala, Sweden. We see anger and compassion at work, we encounter reaction to evil, we sense Lea’s feelings of guilt, her gratitude, love, hatred, grief, and joy: Lea’s story gives a vivid account of life in a Scandinavian Jewish family. One major influence in Lea’s life was the fact that her mother was a survivor from the Nazi death camps and had decided to keep silent about the terrible things in her past. In the novel, the expression is given that religion became an important factor in Lea’s struggle. The theoretical reasoning is developed within the framework of an integrated object relations perspective. The basic view of reality underlying this theoretical perspective holds that human issues are related rather than isolated, and that human conditions cannot be in just any fashion and still support life
Sköld och spjut: judisk apologetik och polemik visavi kristendomen och de kristna i Frankrike och Spanien 1100–1500
No full textThis article is a review of the dissertation Shield and sword. Jewish polemics against Christianity and the Christians in France and Spain from 1100 to 1500 by Hanne Trautner-Kromann. The purpose of the dissertation is to describe and explain Jewish polemics against Christianity and the Christians in France and Spain in the period between the first crusade and the expulsion of the Jews from Spain
Tradition and revolution. In search of roots: Uri Zvi Grinberg's Albatros
No full textAlthough Uri Zvi Grinberg had published poetry in both Hebrew and Yiddish from 1912 onward, it was with the appearance of the Yiddish volume Mefisto in 1921 and his Albatros in 1922–1923 that the new idiom, expressionism was introduced. In seeking to explain the transformation of Uri Zvi Grinberg from a minor romantic lyric poet in Yiddish and Hebrew into an Expressionist bard who emerged in the 1921 Mefisto, critics have advanced a number of elaborate and sometimes contradictory theories. His own special “creative force” in interplay with the highly eclectic dynamic of Yiddish modernism, spurred a turning point, which witnessed the return of his artistic attention, as of his confreres to the realities of the phenomenal world, in confrontation with symbolism (aestetic romanticist) and impressionist art
Prospects for the protection of religious pluralism (Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria)
No full textThe drastic changes that have dramatically altered the political fabric of Europe raise significant questions as to the future of the interrelationship of religions with states whose political structure is now in flux. A commitment to pluralism, democracy, and respect for religious belief and practice is easily made. The difficult question is the manner in which it is going to be accomplished and secured. Further, given the often strong interaction between nationalistic goals and religious identity, the call for democracy and human rights were and often are in the mutual interest of the religious establishment and those who have nationalistic agendas. Once the immediate goal has been achieved, and religions are free to function, conceivably there is a potential that adherents of a majority religion can use their political dominance to obtain privileges at the expense of minority beliefs. This is especially true due to the long period of abuse perpetrated by states antagonistic to religion. It is not hard to comprehend a desire to return to the status quo and reimpose conditions that existed prior to the establishment of anti-religious regimes and recreate conditions favorable to a majority religion. This article considers the situation in Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria
Rabbinatet i historiskt perspektiv
No full textThe article gives a survey of the rabbinate from a historical perspective. The rabbinate is defined as the institution whose representatives – the rabbis – have taken care of the maintenance of the Jewish identity and of the leadership for many of the internal Jewish functions. The article commences with a description of the emergence of the rabbinate in Yabne under the leadership of Yochanan ben Zakkai, and the patriarchate later located in Tiberias. The exilarchate in Babylonia was founded by the Parthians as counterweight to the patriarchate in Roman Palestine. The next section deals with the consolidation and spread of the rabbinate during gaoneic times and the High Middle Ages, and the foremost enemies of the rabbinate, the Karaites. The third section starts with the onset of the 19th century, a century which witnessed the emancipation of the Jews with the ensuing fundamental changes in their conditions. Although the rabbis have been challenged, their position has never been seriously threatened until the onset of the emancipation in the 19th century
Editorial
No full textEditorial for vol. 27/1 och Nordisk judaistik - Scandinavian Jewish Studies.This is the first issue of the journal to be published in eight years, marking the relaunch of the journal
Holocaust-litteraturen på norsk
No full textThis article provides an overview of literature on Jews in Norway and Norwegian literature on Holocaust
Buber, Rosenzweig, Lévinas: tre judiska bidrag till förståelsen av verkligheten
No full textThis article compares three important Jewish philosophers of our century with each other: Martin Buber (1879–1965), Franz Rosenzweig (1886–1929) and Emmanuel Lévinas (1906–1995). There are some obvious reasons for doing this already in the facts that Buber and Rosenzweig for years worked close to each other and that Lévinas himself acknowledged his debt to Rosenzweig. Their philosophical closeness expresses itself in their stress that philosophy cannot be content with an observing attitude which assigns man a place in an all-encompassing totality. Man is included in a social world of living relations. They reject the all-inclusiveness of the subjective self, the experience of the consciousness in Husserl’s phenomenology. For all of them inter-subjectivity was crucial and they stressed the need to give space to “the other” and concede the difference of the other. The other should, like the self, be considered unique, not “the same”. The other actually resists all my attempts to include it and make it part of my own consciousness. They differ from each other in the way they see the relations between myself and the other. Buber stressed the mutuality of the dialogue, whereas Lévinas thought that the question of mutuality has to be left to the other. What is important is, according to Lévinas, that I am not allowed to turn away from the other. Buber also stressed the uniqueness of the dialogue and its qualitative difference from the other main type of relationship. Rosenzweig criticized what he considered Buber’s “dualism” between “you” and “it” and accused Buber for devaluating the “it” which is also God’s creation and therefore important
Editor's Foreword
No full textThe Global Journal of Animal Law (GJAL) publishes articles on all aspects of animal law. The works published analyses the law from a theoretical and practical point of view mainly on the basis of jurisprudence. As animal law is still an emerging area of law the journal is also discretionarily accepting non-peer reviewed articles. All articles, summaries and notes are designed to have the widest appeal to those interested in animal law whether as students, teachers, judges, administrators or practitioners.In the current issue Søren Stig Andersen analyzes in the peer reviewed article Proximity: A Levinasian Approach to Justice for Animals the ethical-legal status of animals on the basis of Levinasian ethics. He is also discussing how a new theoretical approach may influence the direction and content of future research areas concerning legal protection of animals. Andersen is focusing on the processes relating to the administration of legal protection of animals.In the peer reviewed article Australia's Need for An Independent Office of Animal Welfare, Aimee Mundtargues that regulatory capture exists in Australia's farm animal welfare regulatory framework and that it is present due to conflicts of interest in the responsible regulatory departments. Mundt's analysis supports for the contention that regulatory capture exists, and shows the dire state of farm animal protection, together suggesting a need for reform.The current issue contains also two non-peer reviewed articles: The Legal Status of Animals in the French Civil Code - The recognition by the French Civil Code that animals are living and sentient beings: symbolic move, evolution or revolution? by Jean-Marc Neumann and The Swedish Administrative and Legislative Frame for Animal Welfare and Official Animal Welfare Control - Impacted by Private Quality Systems written by Anne Zedén Yverås.GJAL's goal is to provide an opportunity for those interested of animal law to keep abreast of new ideas and the progress of the area. Therefore contributors are encouraged to submit analyses of judicial decisions, new legislation and current law reform proposals. The journal is also appreciating book reviews.The next issue of GJAL will be published in December 2015 and the dead-line for submissions is 31 October 2015.Anna Birgitta WahlbergEditor-In-Chie