The article, based on an analysis of the publications Soviet media, examines problems functioning propaganda ideologies in materials devoted to Arab­Israeli armed conflict 1967 (six­day war). In total, more than 500 were studied, selected during period hostilities and immediately after it, according keywords “Arab­Israeli conflict”, “war”, “aggression”, “Zionism”, “imperialism”. theoretical bas...

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...

Spirituality is one of the forms of religion that seems to thrive in secularised Western societies. It has become an umbrella term for a variety of experience-oriented religious practices in Western societies. The popularity of spirituality is clearly visible within Christian settings, both inside and outside churches. This paper explores the nature of ‘marginal’ Christian spirituality, i.e. Ch...

This paper examines the social base of Christian Right activism, using data on approximately 3,000 members and Ž nancial supporters of a single state-level Christian Right organization: the Oregon Citizens’ Alliance (OCA). The Ž ndings of the study are consistent with theories that identify “status anxiety” among marginal or threatened segments of the middle class as a motivation for right-wing...

The National Embryo Donation Center [4] (NEDC) is a non-profit organization [5] that was established in 2002 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The organization [5] is endorsed and supported by several Christian-based associations such as the Christian Medical Association [6], Bethany Christian Services, and Baptist Health Systems. Its goal is to provide embryo donation [7] and embryo adoption [8] servic...

From News at the "Fields" (Feb. 1973) comes word that Mr. Yasutaro Goto, for many years the president of the Japan Leprosy Mission, passed away. As a young man he came under the influence of Dr. Kagawa and Dr. Mitsuda, two great Christian leaders. Out of this association came Mr. Goto's own Christian commitment and the development of the Japan Leprosy Mission which serves the spiritual and soci...

This article attempts, first of all, to define the concept of human dignity in tandem with a Christian ethics of responsibility. The views on human dignity, held by some proponents of a Christian ethics of responsibility, and a number of South African and Dutch theologians who participated in two joint consultations, are discussed and critically evaluated. Second, this article addresses the fol...

Anthropological, sociological, and psychological theories suggest that religious symbols should influence motivational processes during performance of goal-relevant tasks. In two experiments, positive and negative religious (Christian) symbols were presented outside of participants' conscious awareness. These symbols influenced cardiovascular responses consistent with challenge and threat state...

Archaeological discoveries during the past century provide documentary evidence for the ratio of rolls to codices during the first four centuries of our era. This ratio differs markedly from Christian to Jewish and pagan writings, suggesting that our book form may initially have been a Christian strategy to distinguish Christian from other writings and that this format, when its physical advant...