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پاسکل کی الہیاتی وجودیت اور ہمارا تہذیبی آشوب

  • Dr. Aziz Ibnul Hassan/
  • June 26, 2022
Pascal’s Theological Existentialism and Our Civilizational Turmoil
Keywords
Existentialism, irrationalism, skepticism, divine grace, leap of faith, civilizational malaise, Urdu.
Abstract

This paper discusses Pascal’s concepts of God, human misery, fear, and other existentialist themes. His intellectual journey and its outcomes are thought to have been very significant in understanding and combating major existential problems of our age, namely skepticism, and atheism. In this context, the global civilizational turmoil manifesting in multiple forms like anguish, depression, melancholy, grief, spiritual barrenness, confusion, pain, fear, horrible existential nihilism, and being cultural uprootedness found in contemporary discourse can learn a lot from Pascal’s theological existentialism. The author holds that a fresh debate in Urdu needs to be initiated around the theological existentialism.

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Author(s):

Dr. Aziz Ibnul Hassan

Associate Professor / Chairman

Department of Urdu, International Islamic University, Islamabad

Pakistan

  • abul.aziz@iiu.edu.pk

Details:

Type: Article
Volume: 13
Issue: 1
Language: Urdu
Id: 62b70d9d84f45
Discipline: Urdu
Published June 26, 2022

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