Feminisms in Iraq: Beyond the Religious and Secular Divide

religious Conflict in Iraq

Religious-Secular Cleavage and Political Stability in Israel

Due to its artificial and unnatural structure, Israeli society has since the beginning of its establishment, been a context for the emergence of different kinds of cleavages and tensions. This state of affairs has endangered the political stability of the Israeli regime. The present research is trying to answer this question: what is the effect of religious-secular cleavages in Israel on the fu...

The Secular Benefits of Comparative Religious Education

The Secular Physician and the Religious Patient: Overcoming Religious Discordance in the Clinical Setting

Deciding how best to respond to a patient’s spiritual devotion can raise complex ethical challenges. This is particularly true for medical students and residents who may have little formal training in the area of religion and spirituality. This article explores the challenges inherent to the encounter between a secular physician or medical trainee and a religious patient. A clinical vignette is...

Beyond the Digital Divide

If we study available evidence, the digital divide is closing rapidly. During the last decade, millions of people have gained access to computers every year. Never in the human history there have been so many people with access to computers, digital networks, and electronic communication technologies. Census Bureau's Current Population Surveys indicate that telephone penetration has stabilized ...