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An in-depth qualitative interview study is reported, with respondents (N=52; all female) from the following urban-dwelling religious groups: White Christian, Pakistani Muslim, Indian Hindu, Orthodox Jewish and Afro-Caribbean Christian. Qualitative thematic analysis of open-ended interview responses revealed that the degree to which religious coping strategies were perceived to be effective in t...

Use the word 'counselling' in the presence of Christian ministers and it is guaranteed to produce a whole variety of responses. Some will readily and warmly receive the word because they have taken a counselling course, read some counselling books or practised some counselling skills; others will want a more precise definition to clarify just what is meant, and yet others will react in horror a...

In this paper, an investigation on the relation between state-building and Near Eastern religion is attempted. Analyzing the city-state of Ḥaṭrā (Iraq, close to Kirkuk), it is demonstrated that pre-Islamic state craft in the region was dependent on the initiative of the Parthian monarchy in Iran. The kings of the Arsacid dynasty attempted to bestow the local Arabic tribes in the Jazira with a c...

Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) is a rare disorder described as three different entities including eosinophilic granulomaof bone, the Hand-Schuller-Christian syndrome, and Letterer-Siwe disease. LCH is currently classified into singlesystem LCH, and multisystem LCH. Patients with single system LCH have an excellent prognosis, and are mostlytreated with local therapy. Multisystem LCH is subd...

praise of the prophet (pbuh) is one of the issues that poets were interested in it. some of the diaspora christian poets sang poems in praise of the prophet (s) in the modern era, especially elias farahat, and called on arabs to tolerance, brotherhood and unity. what are the ideas and motives that led to the praise of the prophet? in fact, some of the diaspora poets believe the unity of religio...

Teacher-education students attending a state university in the Southeastern United States responded to measures of Christian conservatism (theological fundamentalism and political evangelicalism) and sociopolitical values (e.g., nationalism, internationalism, patriotism, respect for civil liberties, and tolerance of dissent). Most of the measures demonstrated adequate internal consistency. Alth...

Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Immunotherapy, 2 Department of Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University, Schittenhelmstraße 12, 24105 Kiel, Germany Laboratory for Translational Immunology, Immunotherapy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands Department of Biomolecular Systems, Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Am Mühlen...

Reconciling sexual orientation with religious and spiritual beliefs can be challenging for Christian homosexuals, since many Christian churches teach that homosexual behavior is sinful. A qualitative study of 10 male and 10 female Christian homosexuals was conducted via semistructured interviews. This article seeks to explore the potential conflict between Christianity and homosexuality faced b...