BACKGROUND Different ideas of "good death" may influence the effectiveness of end-of-life care in patients with different ethos. This study aimed to identify the influence of believing in individual life after death on "good death" models. METHODS Semi structured-interview to 8 persons, 4 believers and 4 non-believers in individual life after death from the general Italian population. Analysi...

Research objectives: Based on a medieval Turkic-language manuscript, the role of religion Islam in various situations related to spread and its use justify conquests will be demonstrated. materials: The London copy manuscript “Tavarih-i Guzida – Nusrat-name” was used. Results novelty research: In this article, reflection functions is considered for first time. presented text from different angl...

One of the basic rights every citizen is to obtain educational services, as stated in preamble 1945 Constitution. Law Number 20 2003 concerning National Education System article 12 paragraph 1 letter a mandates that student education unit receives religious according religion prescribed by him, adhered and taught educators within same religion. After decision Constitutional Court MK 97/PUU-XIV/...

Arguably one of the oldest forms Christianity, with a global population more than 260 million adherents, Orthodox Christianity is major religious system, networks believers on almost every continent. However, within study American religion, as well most social sciences and humanities (not including theology), Orthodoxy has received minimal research interest. The broad omission from history reli...

Research on racial residential segregation has paid little attention to the role that social institutions play in either isolating or integrating racial and ethnic groups in American communities. Scholars have argued that racial segregation within American religion may contribute to and consolidate racial division elsewhere in social life. However, no previous study has employed national survey...

Huynh Phu So is the Hoa Hao Buddhist founder who established doctrines and canon laws of religion at a young age. The he founded so far has nearly one million believers throughout Southwest region. It also spread to other provinces cities in country. His teachings are always remembered applied by their lives order build compassionate, peaceful prosperous society. Through bibliographic documents...

AFRICAN DESCENT WOMEN’S CONCEPTUALIZATION OF ETHNIC/RACIAL AND GENDER IDENTITIES by Wendi S. Williams, MA This qualitative study explored racial/ethnic and gender identities of African descent women. Specifically, 13 African descent women were interviewed about influences on their racial/ethnic and gender identities, the process by such identities developed in order to assess the applicability ...