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Hekmat (wisdom)
A Critical, Intellectual Journal
ISSN: 2008-577x
Publication Frequency: 4 issues per year
Subjects: Philosophy, Epistemology, Religious Research

Instruction for Contributors

In preparing the manuscript for submission to The International Journal of Hekmat, please note the following simple procedures to ensure that we receive your submission in a standard format that is easy to edit and process. The editors of Hekmat reserve all the rights to make final decisions regarding papers submitted for possible publications.

Submission of a manuscript to Hekmat is understood to imply that the manuscript is not under consideration by any other journal – even any site - and is offered to Hekmat for first publication.

Articles should be typed for submission to the editor on standard 8x11-inch paper, double-spaced, one-inch margins around. If you are printing from a word processor, please use letter quality printing (Please note: A4 size paper is also acceptable). Notes should be placed at the end of the article.

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Where to send the Articles: Send two hardcopies plus file(s) on removable media or email copy to: Islamic Research Institute for Culture and Thought, No .2, second St. (Pajouheshgah St.), Ahmad Qasir Ave. Tehran, Iran. Postal Code: 1514615911,
FAX: 0098 21 88764792, E-mail: info@alhikmah.org

Each author will receive two copies of the issue of Hekmat in which his or her article appears.

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Documentation: Where abbreviation is appropriate, use the standard abbreviations for books of the Bible, and other ancient documents. If these are not available to you, write out full titles and the editors will abbreviate. Please do not abbreviated titles of journals or books in your text or notes, rather, provide full titles.

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CONSTITUTION

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The International Journal of Hekmat, deeply appreciate papers about the following themes:

1- Globalization (Religion & Culture)

2- Hermeneutics

3- The language of Religion:

A. The definition of the language of Religion and the difference between the language of Religion and the language of Religious Knowledge

B. Criticizing the theories on the language of Religion

C. Criticizing the Non-Cognitive theories on the language of Religion

D. Criticizing different types of Negative Theology

E. The special characteristics of Holy Quran's language

4- Religious Science

A. Standards of Religious Science

B. Substance and components of Religious Science

C. Religious Science method

D. Religious Science function

5- Science and Religion:

A. Science & Religion relations

B. Comparison between secular and non-secular view of Religion

C. Explanation of modern Sciences' substance

D. Extremity of Religion and extremity of Science

E. Applicability of Science and Religion

F. Possibility of being both pious and scholar

G. Derivation of monism, dualism and triunism out of Religion

6- Religion and Media:

A. Media philosophy

B. Media & religion (Is it possible to present religion in the format of media?)

C. TV philosophy

D. Media & reality

E. Epistemology & medium orientation

F. Phenomenology and media philosophy

G. Media and ethics (Ethical Media & Media Ethics)

H. Media and philosophy of image

7- Religious Philosophies:

A. The Nature of Philosophy and the Possibility

B. A Study on Current Philosophies

C. A Comparative Study between Religious Philosophies and Non- Religious Philosophies

D. Answering the doubts in the area of Religious Philosophies

E. An Analysis on the difference between Religious Philosophy and Theology

F. An Analysis on being Greek originated philosophy or not?

G. Islamic philosophy is still alive or not?

H. Is Ave Rushd the last of Islamic philosophers?

I. How much alive is the Philosophy in contemporary era?

J. The Role of Islamic Philosophy on the philosophical thought worldwide

8- The language of Holy Books:

A. The essence of the language Holy Books

B. Hermeneutics of Holy Books

C. Why studying the language Holy Books?

D. Studying on Holy Books as divine miracles

E. The language Holy Books; Sense or non-sense

F. The language Holy Books; Knowledge giving or not?

G. Hermeneutic interpretation and the language Holy Books

H. Mulla Sadra's theory on the language Holy Books

I. The study of narrations regarding the language Holy Books

J. How today's culture affect the language Holy Books

9- Philosophy of Culture:

A. The essence of Culture

B. About the Philosophy of Culture such as: the objectives of culture, methodology of culture etc…

C. The essence of Philosophy of Culture

D. The basis and characteristics of culture such as : the essential and non-essential characteristics of culture, analysis and critiques on theories in the area of culture.

E. Different type of culture and the characteristics of each type such as: culture &sub-culture, religious& secular culture, good culture and bad culture, dynamic culture and non-dynamic culture

F. Differences between modern and Islamic culture

G. The sources of culture such as: The process of being created the culture, (Science, religion, the man etc…as the sources of culture)

H. Methodology of culture study

I. Culture and values

J. Culture and worldview

K. Legalization of culture

L. Applications of culture

M. The relation between culture and religion, society, civilization, anthropology, history, philosophy, thought, art, inheritance, conventions, law, science, politics and economics

N. The types of relation among cultures.

O. Transcendence& decline of culture

P. Description and rules of culture such as: consistency, being as admixture, complication,

10- Philosophical Foundations of Political Ethics:

A. Citizenship ethics

B. Monarchy ethics

C. Executive Ethics

D. Ethics and politics relation

E. Political and ethical competition

F. Ethical and political manners

G. State and ethics

H. Ethics and authority

I. Ethics and international relations

J. Theory of Rulers' exemption (One of ethical obligations which are under criticism)