This is a review of the literature on the role of religion in the promotion of health, the prevention of violence and the rehabilitation of individuals involved in criminal activities. Research was conducted in the Medline through PubMed, Lilacs, Scopus, Social Index with full text, Sociological abstracts and Social services abstracts databases. Twenty-nine essays in Portuguese, English and Spa...

Around the world, there appears to be a growing concern with spirituality in the general public as well as among scholars. Whether one looks at the list of best-selling books, searches the Web, watches contemporary movies or TV shows, or reads general-interest magazines, one quickly finds evidence of this trend. And one sees religion and spirituality (mixed with nationalism and ethnic tensions)...

This paper analyses public conflicts over school policies that seek to advance Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) equality. It focuses in particular on where Muslims, who protest LGBT-inclusive policies, become racialised as other secular national/Western values. Growing attention has been paid the arguments used by majority minority religious groups publicly counter education. In th...

Church conflicts arise due to poor ethics, hermeneutics or doctrine. Unending may be historical and conflict resolution not have been done. This article identifies fissures in the history of Christ Zimbabwe (COCZ). It proposes use ‘Robert’s Rules Order’ (RONR) redirect deliberants’ energies towards comprehensive solutions (Robert 2020). can eradicate collegial competition, litigious animosity, ...

Indonesia is a pluralistic country inhabited by Muslims, Christians, Catholics, Hindus, Buddhists, and Confucians, with hold the majority population. Their adherents live in harmony tolerance within democratic political system. However, at outset of reform era, Indonesian people suffered from instabilities, conflicts, terrorism, capitalizing ethnic, tribal, religious symbols for objectives such...

This article analyzes the development and framing of Catalonia’s “Law on Centers Worship”, an innovative law dedicated exclusively to regulation religious temples that was passed by regional Parliament in 2009. The a legal novelty Spain, as well Europe, where regulations pertaining places worship are typically folded into or municipal laws ordinances dealing with zoning construction. My analysi...

Although respect for parents' decision-making authority is an important principle, pediatricians should report suspected cases of medical neglect, and the state should, at times, intervene to require medical treatment of children. Some parents' reasons for refusing medical treatment are based on their religious or spiritual beliefs. In cases in which treatment is likely to prevent death or seri...