Why this book?
- To become familiar with Mostafa Malekian’s account of spirituality in the modern world.
- To understand the relation between rationality, religion, and ethical life in Malekian’s thought.
- To read a collection of important lectures delivered before ۱۳۸۲.
- For readers interested in philosophy of religion and the meaning of life.
About the book
In the Passage of the Wind and the Guardian of the Tulip is a collection of Mostafa Malekian’s lectures on philosophy of religion and spirituality. The book’s central question is how religion can retain its meaning and function in the modern world, in relation to a modern human being who seeks reasons, autonomy, and rational understanding.
In these lectures, Malekian distinguishes between traditional religion, submission to authority, rationality, and spirituality, and tries to show that spirituality can respond to the contemporary human need for peace, meaning, and ethics. He sees modern human beings as resistant to accepting claims without reasons; therefore, religious language must become compatible with rationality and lived experience.
The importance of this book lies in its place within Malekian’s intellectual project, later known as rationality and spirituality. It is suitable for readers interested in philosophy of religion, religious intellectualism, ethics, the meaning of life, and the possibility of religiosity or spirituality in the modern age.
