Vahid Khakyzadeh was born in Hamedan, Iran. He received his B.S. degree (Pure Chemistry) and M.S. degree (Organic Chemistry) from Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran, at 2008, 2010 respectively under supervision of professor Mohammad Ali Zolfigol. He is currently working on his Ph. D. under the supervision of professor Mohammad Ali Zolfigol in organic chemistry. Among his recent awards, Vahid...

In looking to the future, some writers on religious education have attempted to evaluate current approaches to the subject. Some have characterised any significant change in approach as a ‘paradigm shift’, a term derived from Thomas Kuhn’s work in the philosophy of science. This article examines the uses of the terms ‘paradigm’, ‘paradigm shift’ and ‘incommensurability’ in Liam Gearon’s book Ma...

the current study aims to examine the relationship of socrates with classic tragedy and assess these two cases. the rise of poetic tragedy in the form of dramas of “aeschylus” was accompanied with periods of enhancement of socrates. socrates got familiar with the dramas of aeschylus in his youth in athen. being inspired by the religious content of tragedy based on fate, justice and righteousnes...

one of the greatest preoccupations in the field of sociology of religion is a practical (pragmatic) definition of religion and religiosity which is mostly studied in social psychology and can be divided into sociological tradition or collective-social tradition and psychological or subjective-individual tradition. prior to glock and stark, scholars considered different aspects and principles fo...

Temporal lobe epileptics undergoing psychiatric hospitalisation were contrasted with patients suffering idiopathic psychiatric syndromes or other epilepsies. Quantitative ratings from blind interviews conducted according to a protocol confirmed the appearance of a statistically distinctive behavioural profile, including the desire for social affiliation, circumstantiality, religious and philoso...

among the theologians of the 18th century and the period known as enlightenment in europe, particularly in germany, schleiermacher explains religion and religious emporience not in terms of metaphysics or ethics but from the viewpoint of religious intuition. his defining characteristic is that unlike his contemporaries, he does not reduce religion to ethics, science, metaphysics or art. having ...

The responsibility of parents for the medical treatment of their children raises significant and complex problems for the state, particularly in situations where their religion is at odds with modern medicine. This article seeks answers to the three most pressing questions in this largely underdeveloped field of the law: who should be the ultimate arbiter of the child’s best interests in medica...