in iran and many other countries of the world, varieties of religious theaters have been created based on numinous and spiritual principles and beliefs, and believe in eternity which have inveterate origins and bases and even some of them are ritual; theater ritual origin has emphasized on religious roots and bases of theater, which have been called social, cultural, communicational, and artist...

the byzantine art belogs to the world of christianity. the world of christianity has some characteristics which generally reflect the art works belonging to the christian era. any interpretation, critic and studies of the byzantine era art is possible only if it is done on the basis of knowing the world it belongs to. the core of chritian world is the sacred writ and the divine words. the adven...

The psychology of art has had an enormous development since the middle last century; however, no much work been done in association with religious and sacred art. This paper aims to provide a brief history use images three great monotheistic religions, i.e., Judaism, Christianity, Islam.All religions have influenced by commandment (Exodus, 20:4), which prohibits idolatry. Nevertheless, when it ...

the islamic period of the iranian history suggests that the development of the shiite art is an outcome of a continuous interaction and struggle between the political systems dominated in iran and the shiite beliefs system. historically, the situation of the shiite, as a resistance movement, has gradually changed to an established religion with its own theology. in other words, when the shiite ...

In-depth interviews were conducted with 39 very religious people living with HIV (16 had ever and 23 had never discontinued antiretroviral therapy-ART) to assess the role of religion in these treatment decisions and in coping with HIV. Participants who had ever discontinued ART gave reasons such as: teachings and prophecies from religious leaders, and supporting Biblical scriptures all of which...