October 2000

10-01-2000

Issue 32 (October - December 2000)

M. Fethullah Gulen

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An Ideal Society

Groups formed by disorganized and sinful (disobedient) individuals are merely crowds with no esthetic values, people far from the thought of doing good. On the other hand, ideal or complete people car... read more..

10-01-2000

Issue 32 (October - December 2000)

Alphonse Dougan

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Science and Religion:Between Friction and Harmony

Can science and religion coexist? Can an inquisitive mind adopt any religion? Are faith and scientific inquiry incompatible? Is religion a set of dogmas and hence closed to scientific investigation? I... read more..

10-01-2000

Issue 32 (October - December 2000)

Suleyman Uludag

7844

The Impact of Electronic Media

Plato (d. c.348 BC) described a cave in which people live like prisoners, stuck with the physical objects surrounding them: what they saw, heard, and experienced”what we call the visible world. Since ... read more..

10-01-2000

Issue 32 (October - December 2000)

Ekrem Dumanli

4551

Looking at Ourselves in the Cave

Plato (d. c.348 BC) described a cave in which people live like prisoners, stuck with the physical objects surrounding them: what they saw, heard, and experienced”what we call the visible world. Since ... read more..

10-01-2000

Issue 32 (October - December 2000)

Ilhan Kaya

52367

Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization

Arjun Appadurai Abstract: Appadurai's work offers a very critical and deep analysis of modernity and globalization. He believes that no single theory can describe modernity's complexity, for he belie... read more..

10-01-2000

Issue 32 (October - December 2000)

Josep Clay

6122

An Islamic Perspective on Several Christian Concepts

One factor that has influenced the course of history is how Muslims and Christians perceive each other's religions. Most Muslims and Christians hold distorted beliefs of the other's beliefs, as litera... read more..

10-01-2000

Issue 32 (October - December 2000)

Antony P. O'Connell

6743

Childen's Safety on The Internet

The Internet is often termed the information highway because it connects countless computers and users all over the world. We use it for so many things: to research various subjects, to communicate wi... read more..

10-01-2000

Issue 32 (October - December 2000)

Bediuzzaman Said Nursi

5632

Human Perfection

Human beings resemble tender children. Our strength originates in our weakness, and our power in our impotence. All creation has been subjugated to us because of our lack of strength and power. If, th... read more..

10-01-2000

Issue 32 (October - December 2000)

Angela Caras

6466

The Adventures of Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta left Tangier in the Maghrib (contemporary Morocco) in 1325, about 25 years after Marco Polo returned from his journey. Ibn Battuta has been called the Marco Polo of the Orient, a title tha... read more..

10-01-2000

Issue 32 (October - December 2000)

Laura Williams

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Breen's Code: Interfaith Cooperation For Morals in Movies

When two students walked into Colombine High School in Littleton, CO, and killed 12 fellow students, a century-old debate was revived: Is there a connection between violence in motion pictures and rea... read more..

10-01-2000

Issue 32 (October - December 2000)

Hikmet Isik

13515

Why should I believe in the Resurrection and the Afterlife?

Q: Why should I believe in the Resurrection and the Afterlife? A: After belief in God, this is the main way to secure a peaceful social order. If I don't believe in personal accountability, why shou... read more..

10-01-2000

Issue 33 (January - March 2001)

Jay Willoughby

27806

Editorial (Issue 33)

Our Interrelated World Civilizations are built on knowledge and a worldview of how it fits together. At some point, a civilization must decide what type of knowledge is going to form its foundation a... read more..

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Fountain Archive

An Ideal Society

Science and Religion:Between Friction and Harmony

The Impact of Electronic Media

Looking at Ourselves in the Cave

Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization

An Islamic Perspective on Several Christian Concepts

Childen's Safety on The Internet

Human Perfection

The Adventures of Ibn Battuta

Breen's Code: Interfaith Cooperation For Morals in Movies

Why should I believe in the Resurrection and the Afterlife?

Editorial (Issue 33)

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