
Radical Revolution of Values
Reclaiming Our Spiritual Heritage, Preserving Our Freedoms, and Countering Terrorism
Azam Saeed(Autor*in)
Light Messages Publishing
Erschienen am 25. Oktober 2022
292 Seiten
978-1-61153-483-2 (ISBN)
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Beschreibung
"Even in the midst of today'' s global concerns, this book provides a sense of hope and future. A must-read for business executives who desire to be responsible citizens and leaders." - Idris T Vasi, Head of Nokia CNS ? Asia-Pacific
"Finding sacredness in the other does not just create societal harmony, it may also be an essential milestone in the path to a more meaningful self-discovery... " - Radical Revolution of Values
In this thoroughly researched and hopeful examination inspired by Rev. Martin Luther King'' s call for "a radical revolution of values," the author guides readers through a worldly and spiritual voyage, taking a deep dive into the holy scriptures of various religions and their guiding light to move toward justice, peace, and global harmony.
Grounded in the principle that our religions can be a source of solutions towards the world'' s disputes, Azam delves into the emotionally charged and polarized identities that are too often used as tools of exploitation and control instead of empowerment and freedom.
This book inspires readers to ask intricate questions about the world around them by unraveling the complex web of geopolitics, politico-economic systems, and religion in international conflicts.
What People are Saying:
"Radical Revolution of Values is a scholarly book but its message of love, compassion, justice, and inclusion, which is much-needed today, is for all people." - Dr. Riffat Hassan, Professor Emerita, Islamic Theology, University of Louisville
"Azam Saeed has tackled big topics we all confront today in our divided culture: religious exploitation, tribalism, threats to our freedom, domestic terrorism. He skillfully dissects these and provides solutions in clear, easy-to-understand language." - Cynthia Parzych. Author and Book Publisher, Cynthia Parzych Publishing, Inc.
" An excellent resource for helping us understand the backstory to the major socio-political and religious issues of today." - Miriam Therese Winter, PhD, Medical Mission Sister, Professor Emerita, Hartford International University for Religion and Peace
"Finding sacredness in the other does not just create societal harmony, it may also be an essential milestone in the path to a more meaningful self-discovery... " - Radical Revolution of Values
In this thoroughly researched and hopeful examination inspired by Rev. Martin Luther King'' s call for "a radical revolution of values," the author guides readers through a worldly and spiritual voyage, taking a deep dive into the holy scriptures of various religions and their guiding light to move toward justice, peace, and global harmony.
Grounded in the principle that our religions can be a source of solutions towards the world'' s disputes, Azam delves into the emotionally charged and polarized identities that are too often used as tools of exploitation and control instead of empowerment and freedom.
This book inspires readers to ask intricate questions about the world around them by unraveling the complex web of geopolitics, politico-economic systems, and religion in international conflicts.
What People are Saying:
"Radical Revolution of Values is a scholarly book but its message of love, compassion, justice, and inclusion, which is much-needed today, is for all people." - Dr. Riffat Hassan, Professor Emerita, Islamic Theology, University of Louisville
"Azam Saeed has tackled big topics we all confront today in our divided culture: religious exploitation, tribalism, threats to our freedom, domestic terrorism. He skillfully dissects these and provides solutions in clear, easy-to-understand language." - Cynthia Parzych. Author and Book Publisher, Cynthia Parzych Publishing, Inc.
" An excellent resource for helping us understand the backstory to the major socio-political and religious issues of today." - Miriam Therese Winter, PhD, Medical Mission Sister, Professor Emerita, Hartford International University for Religion and Peace
Weitere Details
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Chicago
USA
Dateigröße
1,51 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-61153-483-2 (9781611534832)
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Inhalt
- Intro
- Advance Praise
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- PART ONE: Global Reality: Corruption and Terrorism
- Chapter 1 Traversing the Layered Complexity of Geopolitics
- Ideological And Economic Forces Threatening Human Heritage and Civilization
- Geopolitical Agendas Exploiting Religion
- Extremist Ideologies Hijacking Religion
- The Evil Promoted by the Hobbesian Mindset
- Unrecognized Civilizational Impact
- Chapter 2 Countering Geopolitical Terrorism
- Defining Terrorism
- 1. Subjectively Targeting Individuals & Groups: Broadly or Specifically
- 2. The Irony of Computer Crime as Terrorism
- 3. Is It Really Impossible to Come Up with a Universal Definition?
- Beyond Terrorism as We Know It
- Understanding the Geopolitical Roots of Religious Extremism
- The Multi-dimensionality of the Sources of Extremism and Terrorism
- 1. "Freedom" Fighters
- 2. Sponsorship: International & Domestic
- 3. False-Flag (and Other Covert) Operations
- 4. Globalization of "Islamic" Terrorism: Understanding Kosovo
- 5. Growth of Religious Extremism by Proxy: Understanding Syria
- 6. Propaganda in Covert War & Terrorism
- 7. The Company We Keep
- 8. Serving God and Humanity-Do-gooders on a Sacred Mission
- 9. Organizational Structures: Affiliate or Affinity
- Validating the "Other" and Recognizing the Prevalent Narratives
- Leveraging Information in Comprehension
- Transcending Identity in Action
- Choice: Individual and Collective
- Chapter 3 Imperiled Societal and Institutional Structures
- It's Not the Apple, It's the Barrel!
- Structure and Corruption: Defining and Grasping the Concepts
- Corruption That Touches Everything
- Vulnerabilities of Our Societal Institutions
- 1. Healthcare: the "Monumental Fraud"
- 2. Justice v. the Legal System:
- Legal Leviathan or The Radical Love of Jesus?
- Historic Racism and Other Injustice Via Legal Structures
- In Search of a Free, Functional, and Just Society
- Cumulative Impact on Our Systems of Living
- PART TWO: Hobbesian Enlightenment: Understanding the Societal Decline
- Chapter 4 Societal Constructs Exacerbating Tyrannies of Human Psyche
- Tyranny of Fear
- Tyranny of Want
- Tyranny of Victory
- Tyranny of Identity
- Chapter 5 Education-Making or Breaking A Society
- Democracy-A Product of Education
- Literacy and Education in the United States
- Ignorance & Arrogance: A Wicked Combination in Education
- Shaking Academe's Absolute Faith in Science as God
- The Intellectual Industry
- Understanding Propaganda in Our Information Environment
- Colonized Imagination Undermining Education
- Resulting Deficiency in "Education" and Its Societal Impact
- Chapter 6 Realizing the Place of Culture in Society
- What Is and Is Not Culture?
- Language: The River Within Which Culture Flows
- The Place of Language in A Democracy
- Loss of Culture Entails Loss of Key Societal Values
- Deception and Division as the Basis of Political "Culture"
- Creation of A Culture of "Reality Crisis" and "Information Disorder"
- Countering the Trend of Thought Pattern Dominance
- PART THREE: Religion's Exploitation to Serve Agendas
- Chapter 7 The Money Machine
- Hobbesian Hedonism as a Religious Tenet?
- Monopolizing Power and Profit?
- Chapter 8 The Source of Discord or Communion?
- Challenging Ignorance and Hate
- Claiming True Selfhood
- The Conscious Antidote
- Chapter 9 The Realm of Self-righteous Exclusivity
- Sincerity Is Not Enough
- Religion: The Means or the End?
- A God Who Is Mine Only
- Seeing Our Common Humanity
- A New Narrative of Righteousness
- PART FOUR: Barriers to Achieving Harmony Through Religion
- Chapter 10 Language and Translation
- Shifting Meanings of Words
- Structural Linguistic Limitations and Notional Dissimilitude
- Sociological Context
- Subtlety of Expression and Appeal to Imagination
- Chapter 11 Prejudices and Agendas
- Bigoted Inclinations of the Translator, His Sponsor, or His Audience
- Ideological Inclinations & Influences: Individual and Institutional
- 1. The Globally Spread Fraudulent Qur'anic Translation
- 2. Jihad: The Fabricated Holy War
- Rumi the Hippie: Perils of Cultural Appropriation of Islamic Heritage
- Chapter 12 Paradox and Contradiction
- Coming to Terms with Contradiction and Paradox in Sacred Texts
- Perceptual Paradoxes
- Accommodating Contradiction in Physics
- Accommodating Contradiction in Mathematics
- Accommodating the Contradictions of The Enlightenment
- Accepting Paradox and Contradiction as Valid Realities
- PART FIVE: Breaking the Barriers: "Comprehending" the Divine
- Chapter 13 Divine Reality in Spiritual Teaching
- The Impossibility of Understanding God
- The Problem with Numeric Classifications
- Comprehensibility of Divine Attributes
- 1. Light:
- 2. Compassion:
- Understanding God by Apophasis (Negative Theology)
- Unique and Incomparable Divine Nature
- Chapter 14 Transcendent Meaning in the Text
- Unfolding Meaning
- Differentiating Substance from Form
- Chapter 15 Human-The Spiritual Being with Agency
- Innate Nature and Agency of Human Being
- God's Image, Spirit, and Breath Reflected in the Human
- Love: The Foundation of All Relationship
- Self-knowledge a Requisite to Human Agency
- Tikkun and its Place in Human Agency
- Understanding Spiritual Agency as Responsible Action
- PART SIX: Reclaiming Our Spiritual Core and Agency
- Chapter 16 Faith Moves Mountains
- Reconciling Faith and Certainty
- Reflection-The Doorway to Knowledge and Faith
- Understanding Reflection: An Example
- Divine Wisdom for Human Benefit
- The Not-So-Advanced Science
- The Ethical Calling of Faith
- Chapter 17 Human Heart-The Center of Wisdom and Divine Inspiration
- Heart: Abode of the "Inner Light"
- Heart: the Source of Self Knowledge
- Heart and Health: New Frontiers of Scientific Research
- Heart: the Source of Wisdom
- Heart: the Locus of Human Agency
- Chapter 18 Discovering Connection-Human & Divine
- Human Disconnection Sources: Reductionism, Trivialization and Tyrannies
- 1. Trivialization & Reductionism
- 2. Application of the "Tyrannies" towards Human Disconnection
- Identifying the Stakes Unleashed by the Disconnection
- Religious Guidance to Mitigate the Disconnection: Spiritual and Societal
- Turning Around and Remedying the Disconnection
- Non-Separation-The Key to Connection
- 1. Connection via Ihsan (Beauty in Action)
- 2. Connection via Compassion
- 3. Connection via Service
- 4. Connection via Forgiveness
- 5. Connection via Gratitude
- Chapter 19 Tikkun-the Conceptual Fountainhead of Agency
- Earning God's Love
- Realizing Spiritual Motherhood
- Honoring All of Divine Creation
- Consecration of the Soul via Action
- Conclusion Manifesting the Message
- Appendix A: Culture/Structure Comparison
- Appendix B: Glossary of Concepts, Persons, and Places
- Selected Bibliography
- Books, Academic Journals, Academic Studies, and Governmental Reports
- Newspapers, Magazines, Encyclopedias, Internet Sources
- About the Author
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