نوع مقاله : علمی پژوهشی
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عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
The course of historical developments indicates that "word" and "speech" have always served a basis for delivering religious messages to the people. In other words, "word" as a container has been a platform for presenting religious messages. However this concept has been seriously challenged by the unique features of the era that is referred to as the "image era" in the contemporary age. In fact with the advent of new media such as cinema, television, and Internet, messages are presented on an "image" basis.
As in other religions, Islam also has restrained/prohibited the use of "images" partly throughout history, which brings up this question once more whether or not the religion is inconsistent with "image" and "imagery". This paper however claims that Islam is (definitely) consistent with these concepts for at least four reasons: (a) the place of imagery in the holy text of the Quran; (b) explaining Islamic concepts with verbal imagery; (c) image in the form of religious rituals; and (d) the place of "image" in Islamic art.
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