Interest in the relationship between spirituality, religion, and clinical care has increased in the last 15 years, but clinicians need more concrete guidance about this topic. This article defines spirituality and religion, identifies the fundamental spiritual issues that serious illness raises for patients, and argues that physicians have a moral obligation to address patients' spiritual conce...

The article focusses on ubuntu and mourning rituals practised in the Tsonga culture. cultures have been proclaimed as being different from province to with a few similarities. referred this research do not however encompass belief systems of all people South Africa. This study discusses context how they partake processes bereavement, grieving, mourning, death rituals, practice unveiling tombsto...

Since ancient times, the Assyrians believed that there are occult powers and a world of evil spirits demons represented by gods cause concern spread fear dread in souls population sending tribulations diseases to people. All this was made clear many texts monuments were discovered, therefore, they followed methods ways reflected their behaviors, get rid harm, following several religious rituals...

Previous research by Rachman and de Silva (1978, Behaviour Research and Therapy, 16, 233-248) and by Salkovskis and Harrison (1984, Behaviour Research and Therapy, 22, 549-552) has shown that abnormal and normal obsessions are similar in content. The present study examined whether the same is true for abnormal and normal rituals. A sample of normal subjects (N = 150) were asked about their idio...

Perkembangan masyarakat dari waktu ke mengahasilkan berbagai macam bentuk kebudayaan dan juga aktivitas yang sering dilaksanakan, diantaranya adalah ataupun ritual keagamaan dilaksanakan oleh Banjar, tujuan penulisan artikel ini untuk mengetahui bagaimana modal sosial pada Banjar dalam setiap pelaksanaan kegiatan keagamaan. Menggunakan studi literatur sebagai desain penelitian dengan langkah-la...

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During the preschool years, children understand prayer as a form of communication and are sensitive to the physical behaviours of prayer. Theorists have suggested a connection between the ability to reason about others’ mental states and the inflexible nature of religious rituals. Thus, the current study examined this connection in preschool children’s understanding of prayer. Child-parent dyad...

The aim of this article is to describe the spiritual aspects of palliative care of Muslim patients based on experiences of end-of-life care in Iran. The religions of the world play a major part in the life cycle of their adherents, and most have rituals and beliefs concerning the care of dying people. For Muslims, death is believed to be not only the cessation of a complex set of biochemical pr...