OBJECTIVES Few studies to date have examined the utilization of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in a local, ethnically diverse population in the United States (U.S.). Fewer have addressed the differences in their use based on inclusion or exclusion of prayer as a modality. Variable definitions of CAM are known to affect public health surveillance (i.e., continuous, systematic data ...

Research highlights how usage and claims of Islamophobia tend to be simplistic and without nuance. Using a case study approach, this article considers the claims of Islamophobia made in relation to the proposed Dudley ̳super-mosque‘. Setting out a narrative of the ̳super-mosque‘, this article draws upon primary and secondary research to consider the claims and discourses of the major actors in ...

This paper presents the case study of a real-time interactive digital narrative visualisation of the Namaz Pray of a simulated Ottoman Imam in the 16 century virtually restored mosque of Küçük Aya Sofya (previous St. Sergius and Bacchus church) as well as in the Hagia Sophia mosque (previous cathedral of Hagia Sophia), in Istanbul, Turkey. This case study illustrates that the abandonment of tra...

This research study advances the body of knowledge of leadership studies by examining the impact of prayer on the relationship between supervisory support and employee perception of organizational equity. Studies have shown a positive correlation between prayer and motivation. Equity theory is an organizational development theory which focuses on the employee perception of workplace fairness an...

CPM (Critical Path Method) dan PERT (Project Evaluation and Review Technique) merupakan teknik dalam matematika yang menggunakan prinsip jaringan untuk memprediksi durasi pelaksanaan sebuah proyek. Melalui kedua metode ini akan ditentukan kegiatan-kegiatan kritis dapat mempengaruhi ketepatan maupun keterlambatan dari penyelesaian suatu Penelitian berfokus pada pemberian uraian tentang konkretis...

This paper highlights unique aspects of social support in a religious context, with an emphasis on the practice of prayer. We first discus presuppositions that drive work in the area including (1) adoption of a ‘‘medical model’’ of evaluation and (2) the corollary influence of existential chauvinism. We next outline how religious groups differ from others with respect to the provision of meanin...

the present research aims to study the role of mosque in increasing social capital from the viewpoint of the quran and islamic narratives. for this reason, specifications of the mosque made in the quran and narratives have been organized based on social capital indicators in order to identify the role of mosque in increasing production of social capital. the research uses a descriptive-analytic...

OBJECTIVE Many Americans use religious activity to cope with stressful life events. Our goal was to review systematically the recent medical literature to assess the role of religion in health outcomes. DATA SOURCES We conducted a comprehensive literature search using MEDLINE to identify studies published in the English language between January 1999 and June 2003 describing the effect of reli...