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Aniconism

Aniconism is the cultural absence of artistic representations (icons) of the natural and supernatural worlds, or it is the absence of representations of certain figures in religions. The prohibition of material representations may only extend to a specific supreme deity, or it can encompass an entire pantheon, it can also include depictions of a prophet…

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Aniconism

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Edges197
Triples196
Avg. degree1.99
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Aniconism

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related to Sources · 62
Aniconism → Allen, Ambivalence Towards Images, Arab, Art Journal, Baháʼí Publishing Trust, Baháʼí Reference File, Beaugé, Bilderverbot, Blackwell Publishers, Bland, CA, Clément, CNRS, Contradictions, Das, Denials, Early Buddhist, Erwin, Erwin Gräf, Festschrift Werner Caskel
related to Aniconism in practice · 38
Aniconism → Al Jazeera, Ali, Anthropomorphic, Arabic-speaking, Bangladesh, Contrary, Depending, Egyptian, Factors, For Shi'a, Generally, In, India, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Islamic, Its, Kandahar, Mecca
related to Theological views · 24
Aniconism → Because, God, Hadith, Hilya, His, In, Interdictions, Islam, Islamic, It, Muhammad, Muhammad's, Muslims, Ninety-nine, On, Ottoman Empire, Salafis, Shi'a, Submitters, Sunni
related to Other religions · 12
Aniconism → About, Ardre, Germanic, Gods, Greeks, Heavens, High God, His, In Africa, Roman, Tacitus, They
related to During the Protestant Reformation · 10
Aniconism → Baptist, Beeldenstorm, Calvinist, Catholic, Netherlands, Protestant Reformation, Protestants, Puritans, The Reformed, There
related to General aspects · 10
Aniconism → Babel, God, God's, Heavens, Idolatry, In, It, Second Commandment, Some, The
related to In Hinduism · 10
Aniconism → Abrahamic, Although, Bhagavad Gita, For, God, Hinduism, Hindus, Krishna, Moreover, Shiva
related to In Judaism · 10
Aniconism → David Kaufmann, He, Hellenistic-Roman, In, Jewish, Judaism, Kalman Bland, Others, Samuel Krauss, The
is a · 2
Aniconism → cultural absence of artistic representations, intellectual construction rather than a fact of tangible reality

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images god also art religious representations depictions prohibition figures islam buddha aniconistic muhammad image islamic human jesus anthropomorphic iconoclasm biblical

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Aniconismis acultural absence of artistic representations0.90text
Aniconismis aintellectual construction rather than a fact of tangible reality0.90text
Muhammadinstance ofincluding representations of major figures0.80text
an empty throneinstance ofthe Buddha was only represented with symbols0.80text
a Bodhi treeinstance ofthe Buddha was only represented with symbols0.80text
a riderless horse with a parasol floating above an empty spaceinstance ofthe Buddha was only represented with symbols0.80text
the Shiva lingainstance ofaniconism is equally represented with such abstract symbols of God0.80text
the saligramainstance ofaniconism is equally represented with such abstract symbols of God0.80text
the crossinstance offollowers are prohibited from wearing religious themed jewelry displaying icons0.80text
as idol worship is prohibitedinstance offollowers are prohibited from wearing religious themed jewelry displaying icons0.80text
Salafisinstance ofAniconism is common among fundamentalist Sunni sects0.80text
Wahhabisinstance ofAniconism is common among fundamentalist Sunni sects0.80text

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