Tales From Taiwan: Mourning

Critique of Research Book (Literature)/ A Treasure from Iranian Culture: A Review of Folklore Tales of Lorestan, Zahra Mohammad Hassani Saghiri

A Treasure from Iranian Culture A Review of Folklore Tales of Lorestan Zahra Mohammad Hassani Saghiri/PhD in Persian language and literature, Shahid Chamran University of Ahwaz, and Folk Literature researcher, [email protected] Abstract Folklore Tales of Lorestan is a collection of 4 volumes recently published by the Center of Islamic Great Encyclopedia. The present article reviews th...

Current Status of Long-term Care in Taiwan: Transition of Long-term Care Plan From 1.0 to 2.0

Chlkowski’s Notion of Shia Mourning Rituals A Critique of Chlkowski`s Notion in the Collection of ‘Shi’ism

The present paper is critique of the article “Popular Shi’i Mourning Rituals” (Article 44) from Shi’ism collection written by Dr. Chlkowski. Although his viewpoint upon Shi’i mourning rituals is written impartially, like the viewpoint of a lot of orientalists it has some deficiencies. With a descriptive statement, he explains the mourning rituals in different Shiite regions around the world. Hi...

Mourning and grief as healing processes in psychotherapy.

The argument developed in this paper can be outlined as follows: relationships are vital for growth, for adults and especially for children; to ensure that we work to maintain relationships, evolution provided for pain on separation, which stimulates behaviours designed to restore the relationship. If the separation is permanent, it is necessary to form other relationships. This requires modify...

An Islamic Continuum

Beliefs and customs surrounding death, funeral rites, and mourning provide a window into a society’s most deeply held values. In the monotheistic faith of Islam, eschatology – belief in the Day of Judgment (Yawm al-din) and resurrection (al-qiyama) – underlies many practices. Public mourning rituals that commemorate the deaths of saints and martyrs are closely linked to the concept of salvation...