Defining religion has never been simple; it is not a one-dimensional, monolithic condition but rather a complex enterprise with multi-dimensional consequences (Saroglou, 2013). Clifford Geertz (1973) characterized religion as a cultural form which “denotes an historically transmitted pattern of meanings embodied in symbols, a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms by means ...

Shortly before his death in 1995, Kenneth B. Schwartz, a cancer patient at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), founded the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center. The Schwartz Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and advancing compassionate health care delivery, which provides hope to the patient, support to caregivers, and sustenance to the healing process. The center sponsors the...

A. Cosmological proof of the Existence of God In the 3rd Meditation, Descartes attempts to prove that God (i) exists, (ii) is the cause of the essence of the meditator (i.e. the author of his nature as a thinking thing), and (iii) the cause of the meditator’s existence (both as creator and conserver, i.e. the cause that keeps him in existence from one moment to the next). The proof that God exi...

the present article aims to explicate the difference between perceptions of conceptual relations governing the public in different eras. therefore, this can be achieved through considering ancient greece as the birthplace of western traditions and deciphering the mythological meaning of governance in that era. to this end, it takes advantage of a hermeneutical-historical point of view to review...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the links between spirituality and mental health among Jews. PURPOSE This study assessed trust/mistrust in God and religious coping and examined their relationships to depressive symptoms and physical health. Religious affiliation and intrinsic religiousness were examined as moderating variables and religious coping was examined as a mediator. METHOD Anonymo...

Working is not only for the sake of earning money, nor it fitting professional rationality. It goes beyond what appears to be; represents observances God. That is, occupations should be seen from a wider perspective implying that also considers spiritual, immaterial, and material dimensions. The spiritual scope responsibility humans their God; understood as working family, society, state, natio...

The positions of Christian Wolff and Im­manuel Kant on the possibility proving existence God require some examination. Wolff’s critique physical-theological proof his proposed ways improving it are here analysed. is central to philosophical system fundamental prerequisite theoretical practical philosophy. Although insists that natural law inherent in human nature can therefore be comprehended b...

The major aim of the religious person is to obey God’s injunctions and follow His ways. If he or she shall do so, will attain success in this world world-to-come. Thus, Abrahamic religions have come center on precepts involving man’s relationship with God an occupation spirituality. Accordingly, central figures those who head hierarchy are rabbis (in Judaism), priests monks Christianity), Imams...