Faith-based Peacebuilding: Insights from the Three Main Monotheisms

Faith from Infancy through Adolescence: Reflections on Three Decades of Faith Development Theory

Faith development theory was pioneered originally in the 1970s (Fowler, 1974) and 1980s (Fowler, 1981) as a framework for understanding the evolution of how human beings conceptualize God, or a Higher Being, and how the influence of that Higher Being has an impact on core values, beliefs, and meanings in their personal lives and in their relationships with others. Because of the formative influ...

The Three Main Clonal Lineages

Toxoplasma gondii has been described as a parasite with a low genetic diversity and a clonal population structure. The three main clonal lineages designated as type I, II or III largely predominate in Europe and North America. But strains not related to these main lineages circulate, notably, in other continents. They possess a shuffled combination of alleles that typify the three clonal types ...

Faith-based substance abuse programs

Faith-based programs are one of the primary treatment options for individuals with substance use disorders. However, there is ambiguity regarding what faith-based programs are, how they differ from secular programs, and how they incorporate religion or spirituality into treatment. Furthermore, though evidence suggests faithbased programs can be as effective as other secular treatments, it is un...

Do FAITH-BASED PRISONS WoRK?

This Article examines everything we know about the effectiveness of fa~th-based prisons, which is not very much. Most studies cannot be taken seriously because they are tainted by the "self-selection problem. " It is hard to determine the effect of faith-based prison programs because they are voluntary, and volunteers are more likely to be motivated to change and are therefore already less like...

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