The range and use of ecosystem services provided by urban sacred sites has hardly been considered in studies of urban ecology, sustainability and human wellbeing. This paper examines the perceived ecosystem services supplied by green spaces or gardens associated with places of religious worship and appreciated by worshippers in a mid-sized town in South Africa. A questionnaire with open, closed...

INTRODUCTION This article draws on selected palliative care providers' views and experiences to reflect on the potential benefits and possible challenges of involving traditional healers in palliative care in rural areas of South Africa. There is increasing consensus that palliative care should be offered by a range of professional and non-professional healthcare givers. Including non-professio...

Religious and spiritual (r/s) struggles are relatively common human experiences refer to pain, anger, fear, doubt, or confusion related religious beliefs, experiences, practices (Exline 2013; Pargament et al [...]

Background: Paranormal experiences that fit into a prior framework of belief are seen as more pleasant, while individuals without such a framework find them intrusive and disturbing. Methods: Undergraduate students (no paranormal experiences group, N= 1574) and people who attended workshops on paranormal/spiritual topics (paranormal experiences group, N= 416) completed two questionnaires, the O...

background god quotes and words in quran verses and infallibles hadiths is under consensus of all believers as recognition, knowledge and understanding source, but changing them to applicable concepts for field investigations is the most important point of the present study. objectives the aim of this study is to compare spiritual intelligence and happiness of fasting and non fasting persons. m...