The central purpose of Thiessen's book is to defend religious nurture and instruction against the charge of indoctrination. In doing so he questions the prevailing ideal of liberal education which tmderlies the charge of religious indoctrination. But Thiessen's ambition reaches even farther: he also wants to sketch the outlines of a new ideal of liberal education, in the extension of which a re...

Gerald Geison's superb study of Louis Pasteur comes at a time of mounting hysteria over the supposedly anti-scientific intent of much history and sociology of science. In such a climate, there is a danger that a book which sets out to show that Pasteur's "scientific beliefs and modus operandi were sometimes profoundly shaped by his personal concerns, including his political, philosophical, and ...

Tao Xingzhi was a student of American educator John Dewey. He generally absorbed Dewey’s educational philosophy in theory and practice, carried out reforms innovations based on the actual situation China. Thus he formed his own peculiar “life education” theory. There are fundamental differences between Dewey philosophy. Xingzhi’s thought is real life realistic materialistic view; an idealistic ...

Chaplaincy Today • Volume 23 Number 2 • Autumn/Winter 2007 Medical practitioners and researchers continue to explore the association between spiritual/religious (SR) concerns and illness and medical care. Koenig et al. summarize over 1600 publications that describe this relationship. In a previous publication, we reported the statistically significant web of associations between the personal/pr...

Students' religious beliefs and religious cultures have been shown to be the main factors predicting whether they will accept evolution, yet college biology instructors teaching evolution at public institutions often have religious beliefs and cultures that are different from their religious students. This difference in religious beliefs and cultures may be a barrier to effective evolution educ...

M.L. taught me that his religious practice could provide clarity of mind, as well as acceptance of illness. His use of alternative medicine, with its holistic approach, reinforced the ways in which directing one’s own care supports relationships, helps patients connect with higher goals, and helps maintain independence and dignity, especially when associated with a spiritual community or practi...

background & aim: families of patients with schizophrenia face with stigma as the most challenging psychosocial pressure; due to its negative consequences on mental health of family and important role of family in a treatment of these patients, it is considered as important mental health issues. comparing the effect of in our own voice-family with psychoeducation on stigma in the families of pa...