Sha'irullah
رسول الآلهة
When I think of religion I think of a form of human expression that summarizes the values, dreams and purpose of a given culture. Yet when I see religion nowadays I notice the trend towards modernity, the usage of religion for tax purposes, establishing political influence, pushing legislation in religious favors etc. What I do not see is the genuine salvation of man's spirit from a life of materialism.
Instead I see churches like this:
or charlatans dressed in horrendous suits like this
What I am not seeing is this
Or this
The ultimate expression of religion as a source of tradition and unadulterated human art is no longer being emphasized anymore. I feel as if secularism is pushing mankind so far into the sciences that it is pushing him pass the humanities. Poetry, aesthetics, literature, classical art and music are being suppressed so heavily that now we have Christian rock and Islamic punk music as a mainstream in the religious world.
Religion has long since pushed the arts into the mainstream world and much art as we know was done under the classical nature of religious or monarchical pursuits which themselves were ordained through religion often times.
I am not trying to rant against modernity but at the same time I feel as if modernity is slipping into areas it has no place or at least no place in entirety.
Instead I see churches like this:
or charlatans dressed in horrendous suits like this
What I am not seeing is this
Or this
The ultimate expression of religion as a source of tradition and unadulterated human art is no longer being emphasized anymore. I feel as if secularism is pushing mankind so far into the sciences that it is pushing him pass the humanities. Poetry, aesthetics, literature, classical art and music are being suppressed so heavily that now we have Christian rock and Islamic punk music as a mainstream in the religious world.
Religion has long since pushed the arts into the mainstream world and much art as we know was done under the classical nature of religious or monarchical pursuits which themselves were ordained through religion often times.
I am not trying to rant against modernity but at the same time I feel as if modernity is slipping into areas it has no place or at least no place in entirety.