A Key To The Soul. Philosophical Knowledge, Spiritual Life, and Religious Identity in Medieval Judaism (1250–1600)

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

A Key To The Soul. Philosophical Knowledge, Spiritual Life, and Religious Identity in Medieval Judaism (1250–1600)

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The aim of the conference is to examine the attempts of Jewish scholars to delineate the role of philosophical inquiry in medieval Jewish religious practice, and the ways in which philosophical motifs and vocabulary were appropriated and employed by Jews to construct and represent both Jewish and non-Jewish religious identity. The inquiry will focus on the Jewish reception of ancient, Islamic and scholastic epistemological and psychological theories, and on their significance for the description and interpretation of the specific internal and psychological dynamics of the religious life, and on the relationship between rational knowledge and other modes of cognition. Among the areas and questions explored will be: What was the role in medieval Judaism of the definition of internal, spiritual life as a philosophically informed aspiration? To what extent did philosophical theories offer medieval Jews tools for a better understanding of traditional religious concept and practices, especially those associated with the qualities and structure of human soul and with the human capacity to enter in contact with God (e.g. through dream, prophecy, prayer)? When describing the dynamics of spiritual life, how did philosophical terminology intersect with the language of Jewish mysticism, the Kabbalah? How could philosophy and philosophical concepts be used in explaining or justifying religious conversion? How did the reception of philosophical theories inform the relationship of medieval Judaism to different religious traditions? How did the interplay between philosophical ideas and ethical and psychological religious discourses contribute to the popularisation of philosophical theories and texts among broader strata of Jewish society?

Název v anglickém jazyce

A Key To The Soul. Philosophical Knowledge, Spiritual Life, and Religious Identity in Medieval Judaism (1250–1600)

Popis výsledku anglicky

The aim of the conference is to examine the attempts of Jewish scholars to delineate the role of philosophical inquiry in medieval Jewish religious practice, and the ways in which philosophical motifs and vocabulary were appropriated and employed by Jews to construct and represent both Jewish and non-Jewish religious identity. The inquiry will focus on the Jewish reception of ancient, Islamic and scholastic epistemological and psychological theories, and on their significance for the description and interpretation of the specific internal and psychological dynamics of the religious life, and on the relationship between rational knowledge and other modes of cognition. Among the areas and questions explored will be: What was the role in medieval Judaism of the definition of internal, spiritual life as a philosophically informed aspiration? To what extent did philosophical theories offer medieval Jews tools for a better understanding of traditional religious concept and practices, especially those associated with the qualities and structure of human soul and with the human capacity to enter in contact with God (e.g. through dream, prophecy, prayer)? When describing the dynamics of spiritual life, how did philosophical terminology intersect with the language of Jewish mysticism, the Kabbalah? How could philosophy and philosophical concepts be used in explaining or justifying religious conversion? How did the reception of philosophical theories inform the relationship of medieval Judaism to different religious traditions? How did the interplay between philosophical ideas and ethical and psychological religious discourses contribute to the popularisation of philosophical theories and texts among broader strata of Jewish society?

Druh

M - Uspořádání konference

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60301 - Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Místo konání akce

Prague

Stát konání akce

CZ - Česká republika

Datum zahájení akce

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Datum ukončení akce

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Celkový počet účastníků

20

Počet zahraničních účastníků

11

Typ akce podle státní přísl. účastníků

WRD - Celosvětová akce