Developing a profile of religions in Malaysia for inter-faith discourses

Developing a profile of religions in Malaysia for inter-faith discourses

Malaysians need more than historical explanation to substantiate the reasons for their coexistence and understanding of each other. This paper is to share part of our research endeavor in gathering and managing data on religions in Malaysia through an academic research. Using a combination of approa...

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Main Author: Ibrahim, Haslina
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2011
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BL Religion
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/2457/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2457/1/Developing_Profile_of_Religions_in_Malaysia.pdf
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spelling iium-24572011-09-19T09:02:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2457/ Developing a profile of religions in Malaysia for inter-faith discourses Ibrahim, Haslina BL Religion Malaysians need more than historical explanation to substantiate the reasons for their coexistence and understanding of each other. This paper is to share part of our research endeavor in gathering and managing data on religions in Malaysia through an academic research. Using a combination of approaches; we try to go beyond the phenomenological approach in developing a profile of religions in Malaysia. We have identified two major categories as the criteria for the profile; the permanent and the dynamic. The permanent pertains to; God as the Creator, the universe and creation, the relationship between the creator and the creation, the concept of good and evil and the destiny of the universe. The dynamic pertains to the philosophy, concept, notion, and methods and approaches for understanding the permanent. This paper therefore advocates the profile as potential standard for embarking into inter-faith discourses among religions in Malaysia. 2011-06-14 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/2457/1/Developing_Profile_of_Religions_in_Malaysia.pdf Ibrahim, Haslina (2011) Developing a profile of religions in Malaysia for inter-faith discourses. In: International Conference on Humanities (INCOH2011 ), 14-16 June 2011, Park Royal Penang Resort. (Unpublished)
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Ibrahim, Haslina
Developing a profile of religions in Malaysia for inter-faith discourses
description Malaysians need more than historical explanation to substantiate the reasons for their coexistence and understanding of each other. This paper is to share part of our research endeavor in gathering and managing data on religions in Malaysia through an academic research. Using a combination of approaches; we try to go beyond the phenomenological approach in developing a profile of religions in Malaysia. We have identified two major categories as the criteria for the profile; the permanent and the dynamic. The permanent pertains to; God as the Creator, the universe and creation, the relationship between the creator and the creation, the concept of good and evil and the destiny of the universe. The dynamic pertains to the philosophy, concept, notion, and methods and approaches for understanding the permanent. This paper therefore advocates the profile as potential standard for embarking into inter-faith discourses among religions in Malaysia.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Ibrahim, Haslina
author_facet Ibrahim, Haslina
author_sort Ibrahim, Haslina
title Developing a profile of religions in Malaysia for inter-faith discourses
title_short Developing a profile of religions in Malaysia for inter-faith discourses
title_full Developing a profile of religions in Malaysia for inter-faith discourses
title_fullStr Developing a profile of religions in Malaysia for inter-faith discourses
title_full_unstemmed Developing a profile of religions in Malaysia for inter-faith discourses
title_sort developing a profile of religions in malaysia for inter-faith discourses
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/2457/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/2457/1/Developing_Profile_of_Religions_in_Malaysia.pdf
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