نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
دانش آموخته دکتری، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد علوم و تحقیقات تهران، رشته ادیان و عرفان تطبیقی، تهران
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسنده [English]
Suffering is the undeniable and unavoidable fact of human life that its
alleviation or reduction has always been a significant goal for religion
and Science. As a new psychotherapeutic approach, logotherapy, has
defined alleviation of suffering or making it bearable by finding a
meaning for it. Christianity and Islam, as other religions, has accounted
for suffering, explained its emergence and suggested certain attitudes
towards it. Religious literary texts, by their capacity for conveying
meaning to suffering can play a great role in giving a true meaning to
our life. Since early 19th century, psychotherapist became aware of the
book reading affectivity in psychotherapeutic process and now
bibliotherapy has a half century of theoretical underpinnings. Religious
literary text inspired by religious worldview and their effectiveness in
influencing both emotional and cognitive components of their reader’s
mind can be extremely useful in psychotherapy of believers. Paradise
Lost and Mathnavi Ma’navi, respectively, are two very influencing and
highly important text in Christian and Islamic cultures. So, inspired by
their relative sacred texts can be highly effective in alleviating their
reader’s suffering. This essay illustrates that, in this context, Mathnavi
Ma’navi is so much more effective than Paradise Lost.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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