Ruwatan Murwakala on religious and cultural perspective

Commentary: Religious, cultural and social influences on suicidal behaviour.

Suicide is a relatively rare but devastating event, which challenges clinicians, public health physicians and society. As it is a relatively rare event, comprehensive studies that identify effective preventive actions are uncommon. Suicide is known to be more common amongst men, those with chronic physical illnesses including uncontrolled pain, and those with mental illnesses. Life events, soci...

Religious competence as cultural competence

Definitions of cultural competence often refer to the need to be aware and attentive to the religious and spiritual needs and orientations of patients. However, the institution of psychiatry maintains an ambivalent attitude to the incorporation of religion and spirituality into psychiatric practice. This is despite the fact that many patients, especially those from underserved and underprivileg...

on translation of phatic communion and socio-cultural relationships between the characters of the novels

phatic communion is a cultural concept which differs across cultures. according to hofstede (2001), the u.s. tends to have individualistic culture; however, asian countries tend to have collectivistic cultures. these cultures view phatic communion differently. in individualistic cultures like u.s., phatic communion reflects speakers’ socio-cultural relationships in conversations. to see whether...

A Religious Perspective on Legal Practice and Ethics

Religious Attributions in Cross - Cultural Comparison

In our comparative perspective we use six nation cultures to test if supernatural attributions differentiate religious and secular authority. Using semantic dimensions derived from Osgood, we empirically match the affective meaning of identities to the Christian concept of God with secular alter identities. The same mechanism is used to identify behaviors, emotions, and traits that are attribut...