Throughout centuries, many interpretations of miraculous healings have been offered by philosophers, theologians, physicians and psychologists. Different approaches to miracles originate from the differences in understanding of causative factors, concepts of nature and the relationship between God and nature. Despite many skeptical arguments, a vast majority of people (approximately 70%) in mod...

background and objectives: the aim of the present study was to determine the relationship between dimensions of religious and spiritual wellbeing, stress, anxiety, and depression in students of qom university of medical sciences and as well as to access the predictability of stress, anxiety, and depression from the levels of religious-spiritual dimension in students. methods: in this descriptiv...

Abstract The development of religiosity in later life has its origins earlier phases the course, yet few studies have investigated contribution early religious exposure to beliefs and behaviors old age. This investigation uses multigenerational data from Longitudinal Study Generations taken 385 baby boom children, 16-26 years age, their parents 1971, follows children’s orientations into midlife...

BACKGROUND Research suggests that Chinese religious believers are more likely to commit suicide than those identifying as non-religious among rural young adults, contrary to findings in Western countries. However, one cannot conclude that religiosity is associated with elevated suicide risk without examining the effect of political and religious beliefs in a generally atheist country like China...

The fact that galaxy distribution exhibits fractal properties is well established since twenty years. Nowadays, the controversy concerns the range of the fractal regime, the value of the fractal dimension and the eventual presence of a cross-over to homogeneity. Fractal properties maybe studied with methods which do not assume homogeneity a priori as the standard statistical methods do. We show...

Given that comparative theology is aimed at learning from the insights of other religious traditions, the comparative theologian‘s confessional perspective must be engaged and subject to possible transformation through the discovery of truth in those traditions. Despite Francis Clooney‘s and James Fredericks‘ attempts to distance comparative theology from the theology of religions, its truth-se...

The majority of research on social capital, religion, and values has been conducted in Europe. In the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region, there is a scarcity convincing empirical evidence impact religion capital. To fill this gap, study examines relationship between religiosity-related variables, values, capital 9 MENA countries utilizing individual-level data from Round 7 World Values Surv...