aniconism (In religion

См. также в других словарях:

• Aniconism — is the practice or belief in avoiding or shunning the graphic representation of divine beings or religious figures, or in different manifestations, any human beings or living creatures. The term aniconic may be used to describe the absence of… …   Wikipedia

• Aniconism in Islam — is a proscription against the creation of images of God in Islam. Other forms of aniconism in Islam prohibit the depiction of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, which is the consensual view among sunni Muslims,or even, in the case of more extreme case …   Wikipedia

• Aniconism in Buddhism — Buddhist art used to be aniconicFact|date=February 2007: the Buddha was only represented through his symbols (an empty throne, the Bodhi tree, the Buddha s footprints, the prayer wheel). This reluctance towards anthropomorphic representations of… …   Wikipedia

• Aniconism in Christianity — Byzantine iconoclasm There were two periods of iconoclasm, or icon destruction, in the Byzantine Empire, in the mid eighth and early ninth centuries. The political aspects of the conflicts are complex, dealing with the relationship between the… …   Wikipedia

• aniconism — /an uy keuh niz euhm/, n. 1. opposition to the use of idols or images. 2. the worship of objects symbolic of but not depicting a deity. [1905 10; AN1 + ICON + ISM] * * * ▪ religion       in religion, opposition to the use of icons or visual… …   Universalium

• Censorship by religion — is a form of censorship where freedom of expression is controlled or limited using religious authority or on the basis of the teachings of the religion. This form of censorship has a long history and is practiced in many societies and by many… …   Wikipedia

• Idolatry — The Adoration of the Golden Calf by Nicolas Poussin. Idolatry is a pejorative term for the worship of an idol, a physical object such as a cult image, as a god,[1] or practices believed to verge on worship, such as giving undue honour and regard… …   Wikipedia

• Muslim world — For a list of Muslim countries, see List of Muslim majority countries. The Muslim population of the world map by percentage of each country, according to the Pew Forum 2009 report on world Muslim populations. The term Muslim world (also known as… …   Wikipedia

• Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy — The controversial cartoons of Muhammad, as they were first published in Jyllands Posten in September 2005 (English version). Th …   Wikipedia

• Islam — Islamic /is lam ik, lah mik, iz /, Islamitic /is leuh mit ik, iz /, adj. /is lahm , iz , is leuhm, iz /, n. 1. the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the… …   Universalium

• Everybody Draw Mohammed Day — Cartoon, Everybody Draw Mohammed Day! Everybody Draw Mohammed Day was an event held on 20 May 2010 in support of free speech and freedom of artistic express …   Wikipedia