The Concept of Cleanliness in the Perspective of Abrahamic Tradition: Textual Analysis
Keywords:
Environment, Abrahamic tradition, fiṭrah, cleanliness, religion.Abstract
This paper examines the concept of cleanliness and issues pertaining to the environment in some of the major world religions. The authors explore the universal values as transpired in the holy scriptures of the three Abrahamic traditions dealing with the concept of cleanliness and issues of ecological systems, such as environmental protection. A qualitative methodology that covers content and textual analyses on the Holy Scriptures, views of scholars and related materials are employed in this paper. The research reveals that there are agreements on certain issues, such as the triad of position - man, environment and God - shared by the three religions in their approaches toward issues of the environment, specifically and in general.
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Dien, Mawil Izzi. "Islam and the environment: Towards an "Islamic" Ecumenical View." Quranica, International Journal of Quranic 5, no. 2 (December 2013): 33-51. Accessed October 24, 2017.
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Harper, Charles L. "Religion and The Environment." Journal of Religion and Society , 3rd ser: 5-26. Accessed October 16, 2017.
<<http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search.my>>.
Kalev Sepp. "Landscape Functins and Ecosystem Services." The Rural Landscape: 39- 303. Accessed December 18, 2017
<<www.balticuniv.uu.se/.../1475- chapter-2-landscape-functions-and- ecosystem-service&usg>>
Roman Krznaric. "For God’s Sake, Do Something! How Religion Can Find Unexpected Unity Around Climate Change. By: Roman Krznaric." Human Development Report 2007/2008: 1-20. Accessed April 23, 2017.
<<http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/god%E2%80%99s-sake-do- something>>
Shahid Naeem, Robert Costanza, Paul E. Ehrlic, Frank B. Golley, David U. Hooper, J. H. Lawton, Robert V. O'Neill, Harold A. Mooney, Osvaldo E. Sala, Amy J. Symtad, and David Tillman. "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Maintaining Natural Life SupportProcesess." Issues in Ecology :1-12.
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<<https://earlychurchhistory.org/medicine/ancient-jews-cleanliness/>>.
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<<http://www.religionfacts.com/charts/christianity-islam-judaism>>
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<<http://christianity inview.com/xncomparison.html>>
"Hadith 23: Purification is Half of Faith." Honey for the heart. Accessed March 12, 2017.
<<http://honeyforyourheart.wordpress.com/40-hadith/hadith-23- purification-is-half-of-faith>>
https://quran.com/?local=en
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+1-2
"Individual Responsibilities in Islam ." Islam web. Accessed January 1, 2018. <<http://www.islamweb.net/emainpage/printarticle.php?id=61098&lang=E>>
"Jewish Views on the Environment." Accessed October 16, 2017.
https://reformmjudaism.org/jewish-views-environment.
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<<http://blog.rabbijason.com/2009/07/cleanlinessisnexttogodliness.html>>
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<<http://www.biodiversitdad.gob.mx/v_ingles/ecosystems/whatis.html>>
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2018-11-01
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Mat Zain, N. A., & Shehu, F. (2018). The Concept of Cleanliness in the Perspective of Abrahamic Tradition: Textual Analysis. AL-ITQAN: JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC SCIENCES AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES, 2(1), 95–115. Retrieved from https://journals.iium.edu.my/al-itqan/index.php/al-itqan/article/view/85
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