Background: Religion is often included in the beliefs and experiences of psychotic patients, and therefore becomes the target of psychiatric interventions. Objectives: This article examines religious beliefs and activities among nonpsychotic persons in the United States, Brazil and other areas of the world; discusses historical factors contributing to the wall of separation between religion and...

method or conceptual discipline, but rather represented a way of life and a discovery of one’s self. The philosopher was much more a spiritual adviser than a professor. He exhorted his students to mold themselves through a conversion of attention and through spiritual exercises to follow the paths of wisdom. As Pierre Hadot has noted, the discourse on the transcendent and the spiritual experien...

The determination of death by neurological criteria remains controversial scientifically, culturally, and legally, worldwide. In the United Kingdom, although the determination of death by neurological criteria is not legally codified, the Code of Practice of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges is customarily used for neurological (brainstem) death determination and treatment withdrawal. Unlik...

"Moroccan female religious agents: old practices and new perspectives." British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 48(4), pp. 793–794

The study of social networks and Internet practices Russian religious communities has been a long­term nature — since the appearance presentation first online communities. Religious have received new tool for broadcasting their own ethos theological meanings. article discusses strategy enlightenment in practice organizing on (on example media VKontakte). purpose this is an attempt to determine ...

Religious practices such as prayer represent the most prevalent complementary and alternative therapies in the United States. However, biomedicine has sometimes viewed faith and related religious worldviews as relevant only when they obstruct implementation of scientifically sound biomedical care. Recent efforts to arrive at a new synthesis raise challenges for pediatricians. This article revie...

Jesus of Nazareth reportedly said (to paraphrase) that the chance of a rich man getting to heaven was about the same as the chance that a camel could fi t through the eye of the needle—in other words, highly improbable. 1 But as historian Donald Worster put it, “Apparently, in America, however, our camels were smaller and our needles larger” ( 1993 : 14). Religious production is typically most ...

OBJECTIVES Religion and spirituality are increasingly recognized as important in the care of seriously ill patients. This study evaluates religious and spiritual beliefs and practices among pediatric oncology faculty and compares their religiosity and spirituality to the general public. METHODS Information was gathered from a sampling frame of all pediatric oncology faculty working in 13 US N...