In an article written in 2000 I posed what I called ‘the Multicultural question’. It runs something like this: What are the chances that we can construct in our cities shared, diverse, just, and egalitarian forms of common life, guaranteeing the full rights of democratic citizenship and participation to all on the basis of equality, whilst respecting the differences which inevitably come about ...

human perfectibility may be regarded as a point in which the most dominant religions of the world meet one another. it, therefore, can be chosen as a start point for religions when taking part in dialogue. there can be found different names for human perfection and perfect man in well-known religions of the east and the west. buddha`s name for perfect man is arhat and free man, confucius` is ta...

Some scholars include changes in spirituality, such as a greater commitment to their religious beliefs or an enhanced understanding of spiritual matters, in the definition of posttraumatic growth; others conclude that questions of spirituality should be excluded from this definition. This article highlights the fundamental difference of religion to other domains of posttraumatic growth because ...

in the previous articles, dr. tijani presented a theoretical discussion over the fact that how political concepts and ideas are present in the stories of prophets. in this article he studies the meccan verses addressed to the koreyshites. he believes that political ideas were present in all devine religions and that they exist in islam, as well, because it is the continuation of the previous re...

abraham maslow has been considered as a theorician and spiritual leader of humanistic psychology school. although several researchers have studied abraham maslow's ideas, but separate researches on position of spirituality & peak experiences in maslow´s psychology has not been done. apparently his thoughts in the field, has not been studied seriously. the authors of this article have tried...

introduction in a series of written texts surviving from the pre-islamic religion, apocalyptic literature has the vital role that deals with the matter of intuition and dreams that some qualified people experienced and also retold them. this revelation is universal and popular with most religions and ethnic groups. since the awareness of metaphysical issues and predicting future events and dist...

This article presents reflections on Chien’s, Richey’s, and Mixon’s articles the benefits of using film as a component courses about Asian religions. I first explore how incorporating can help meet goals that instructors set part their course planning, then shift to analysis various pedagogical strategies Chien, Richey, Mixon employ, highlighting techniques they use for East religions Islam be ...

In contrast with tribal and archaic religions, world religions are characterized by a unique emphasis on extended prosociality, restricted sociosexuality, delayed gratification and the belief that these specific behaviours are sanctioned by some kind of supernatural justice. Here, we draw on recent advances in life history theory to explain this pattern of seemingly unrelated features. Life his...

In recent years, Sam Harris has become a leading figure in the rational scrutiny of religions and religious cultures, earning himself a place as a prominent “New Atheist,” along with Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens. To the extent that the New Atheism is a genuine social movement, Harris deserves much of the credit for it. In 2004, he made a dramatic breakthrough when T...