A Study of the Concept of Spirituality in the View of Western and Muslim Educationists
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Research
Writers:
Mahmoud / professor of Curriculum and faculty member of Tarbiat Modares University / mehrmohammadi_tmu@hotmail.com
Ali reza / Assistant professor of philosophy of education and faculty member of Tarbiat Modares University / alireza_sadeqzadeh@yahoo.com
Mahmoud / Assistant professor of education and faculty member of Hawzah and University Research Center / mnowzari@rihu.ac.ir
Khosro Bagheri / professor of philosophy of education and faculty member of Tehran University / kbagheri4@yahoo.com
Abstract:
The main aim of this paper is to expound the concept of ‘’ spirituality’’ and compares the Western view( with emphasis on the views of Andrew Wright, Parker J Palmer, Jane Erricker, Ron Best, Graham Raster) with that of Islam. The literature of the research shows that there is not only one definition of spirituality. The most important factor behind the variation in these views is that there is a kind of the relationship between the concept of ‘’spirituality’’ and ‘’religion’’. The present research expounds the views of the mentioned thinkers on the basis of the relationship of spirituality with religion. These views come under three headings: religious worldview, apart from religion and not religious. Then, in order to offer a more accurate explanation of the concept of ‘’spirituality’’, the philosophical fundamentals of the mentioned thinkers’ views are investigated. Then, the concept of ‘’spirituality’’ in Islam is compared with that of the West. Among the findings of this paper is that the concept of spirituality in Islam has a recognizable external Equivalent. Therefore, the concept is merely not an inventible it is detectable. According to some Western views, the reference of spiritual affair is man-made and therefore the meaning is simply makeable. Some Western views believe in the existence of plurality in the reference of the spiritual affair. However the Islamic view believes in unity. From the viewpoint of Islam, spirituality is a holistic concept which includes all the aspects of child’s life and it has four kinds of one’s relationship: with one’s self, with people, with the environment, with the creation, and with God, but in some Western views this relationship is limited to one’s relationship with one’s self others (people) and environment. The method of this research is the quantitative content analysis
چکیده و کلیدواژه فارسی (Persian)
Title :مفهوم شناسی معنویت از دیدگاه اندیشمندان تربیتی غربی و مسلمان
Abstract:
هدف اصلی این مقاله، تبیین و مقایسه‌ی مفهوم «معنویت» در غرب (با تأکید بر آراء اندرو رایت، پارکرجی پالمر، جین اریکر، ران بست، گراهام راستر) و اسلام است. ادبیات تحقیق نشان می دهد تعریف واحدی درباره‌ی مفهوم معنویت وجود ندارد. مهم ترین عامل در تغییر و تنوع این دیدگاه ها، نوع رابطه‌ی مفهوم «معنویت» با «دین» بوده است. در پژوهش حاضر، دیدگاه های اندیشمندان مزبور، بر اساس نوع رابطه‌ی بین معنویت و دین، تحلیل و دیدگاه های آنها ذیل سه جهان بینی دینی، فارغ از دین، و غیردینی تبیین گردیده است. سپس برای تبیین دقیق تر مفهوم «معنویت»، مبانی فلسفی دیدگاه های اندیشمندان مزبور بررسی گردید. در مرحله بعد، مفهوم «معنویت» در اسلام با این مفهوم در غرب مقایسه شد. بخشی از یافته ها عبارت است از: مفهوم «معنویت» در اسلام، دارای مابازای بیرونی قابل شناسایی است. بنابراین، معنا امری صرفاً ساختنی نیست، بلکه یافتنی نیز هست، و حال آنکه در برخی از دیدگاه های غربی، مرجع امر معنوی دست ساز خود انسان و بنابراین، «معنا» صرفاً ساختنی است. برخی از دیدگاه های غربی به وجود تکثر در مرجع امر معنوی قایلند، اما دیدگاه اسلامی به وحدت معتقد است. معنویت از منظر اسلام، یک مفهوم کل گراست که همه‌ی ابعاد زندگی کودک را دربر می گیرد و چهار بعد ارتباط فرد با خود، خلق، محیط و خداوند را شامل می شود. ولی در برخی از دیدگاه های غربی، به ابعاد ارتباط با خود، دیگران و محیط محدود می شود. روش انجام این تحقیق، استفاده از روش «تحلیل کیفی محتوا» است.
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, Masoumeh, , Mahmoud, , Ali reza, , Mahmoud, Bagheri, Khosro.(2025) A Study of the Concept of Spirituality in the View of Western and Muslim Educationists. Islam va Pazhuheshhaye Tarbiyati, 7(2), 97-118
Masoumeh ; Mahmoud ; Ali reza ; Mahmoud ; Khosro Bagheri."A Study of the Concept of Spirituality in the View of Western and Muslim Educationists". Islam va Pazhuheshhaye Tarbiyati, 7, 2, 2025, 97-118
, M, , M, , A, , M, Bagheri, K.(2025) 'A Study of the Concept of Spirituality in the View of Western and Muslim Educationists', Islam va Pazhuheshhaye Tarbiyati, 7(2), pp. 97-118
