Open AccessAn Anthropology of Power and Absence
Author(s) -
Don ConwayLong
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.371
Subject(s) - islam , christianity , spirituality , judaism , power (physics) , history , religious studies , sociology , archaeology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
In the current state of the world, there can hardly be a more pressing object of analysis than the Middle East. As the birthplace of Islam as well as Judaism and Christianity, this area is rife with patriarchal approaches to spirituality. As one of the most dangerous parts of the planet, currently engaged in the second of recent hot wars between the U.S. and so-called terrorists, it is also an area that has until recently been quite low on the priorities for study and analysis.