The main preoccupation of this paper is a life, private piety and ktetorship roman empress Irene Doukaina, as well the political aspect her ktetorship. She was wife emperor Alexios I Komnenos. At beginning 12th century together with husband founded double monastery dedicated to Theotokos Kecharitomene (Full Grace) Christ Philanthropos (Man-Loving). It located in 10th district Constantinople whe...

Do forgiving God primes strengthen support for state-sanctioned punishment? Laurin et al (2012) found that beliefs in powerful, intervening Gods (both in general and when made salient) reduce people’s endorsement of state-sanctioned punishment. In light of this, we investigated whether the manner in which God intervenes (via forgiveness or punishment) influences people’s endorsement of state-sa...

THE TWELFTH CHAPTER OF THE APOCALYPSE DESCRIBES A HEAVENLY WOMAN clothed with the sun and crowned with twelve stars. Together with the Bride of Christ and the Whore of Babylon, she is one of three symbolic women who appear in the visions of John of Patmos. A fourth woman, apparently an influential teacher in the church in Thyatira, is regarded by John as a false prophet, a “Jezebel” (Rev 2:20)....

Reincarnation is a major facet of the eastern religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. Many sects have variant views of reincarnation. Here is a general summary of the basic principles. Most hold to a pantheistic view of God. Pantheism comes from the Greek pan meaning “all” and concept of theism meaning “God.” In Pantheism, God is an impersonal force made up of all things; the universe is God and Go...

Reincarnation is a major facet of the eastern religions of Hinduism and Buddhism. Many sects have variant views of reincarnation. Here is a general summary of the basic principles. Most hold to a pantheistic view of God. Pantheism comes from the Greek pan meaning “all” and concept of theism meaning “God.” In Pantheism, God is an impersonal force made up of all things; the universe is God and Go...

Philosophers have often misunderstood Kierkegaard’s views on the nature and purposes of God due to a fascination with his earlier, pseudonymous works. We examine many of Kierkegaard’s later works with the aim of setting forth an accurate view on this matter. The portrait of God that emerges is a personal and fiercely loving God with whom humans can and should enter into relationship. Far from a...

Background and Objectives: Spirituality and the quality of communication with God with an emphasis on Islamic teachings can play an essential role in life, including marital relationships. On the other hand, the applicability of relationship with God quality in prohibition, activation, and verbal dialogue is important in this regard. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the model of marriage...

according to ayatollah maleki mianji, in monotheistic religions, the knowledge of the nature of god is not suspect and the unknown; rather  the knowledge of god in the hearts and lives has been entrusted. on the other hand, according to the theology of calvin lot of effort to reject and repudiate the existence of god and living  without  him, is the witness to desire and inclination to god. aya...

Scrupulosity is a moral/religious subtype of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) that remains understudied within the extant literature. Drawing from separate lines of research suggesting that attachment insecurities underlie OCD and that God functions psychologically much like other attachment figures, we examined a purported association between attachment to God and scrupulosity. A large samp...

in heidegger’s thought god is appeared in three main forms: existence, sacred idea, and the final god. the existence, is apprehended with an internal experience; and the sacred will discovered by confronting with an art work which is exhaustive; but the final god, needs to eager expectancy, the god whose absence is expressed in the verses of poets. so the existence, art works and god's abs...