The religious education of Iranian teenagers as the fourth generation of the Islamic Revolution is so vital that the Supreme Leader dedicated significant parts of the strategic statement on "The Second Phase of Islamic Revolution" to this section of the society as those who build the future. Considering the undeniable role of the media in forming beliefs and values of the audience in the commun...

Belief in the existence of spiritual entities is an integral part many people’s religious worldview. Angels appear, demons possess, ghosts haunt. But belief that such exist justified? If not, are there conditions which it would be? I will begin by showing why, once one clearly understands how to infer best explanation, obvious neither stories nor personal encounters can provide sufficient evide...

The purpose of this study is to investigate religious features of curanderismo, specifically the role of ostensibly Roman Catholic beliefs and practices in the training and work of curandero/as. The integration of religious beliefs and practices within the rituals of curanderismo and how this potential clash of worldviews negatively and positively impacts clients and practitioners are examined....

abstract introduction: the religious belief and practices are preventing of social ‎deviation, unmoral behavior and social anomy have direct or non direct ‎impact on individuals. therefore the following research intents to ‎investigation the role of religiosity in family pathology. ‎ methods: the research method was descriptive and in this research, 882 ‎subjects of tehran were studied. the dat...

Objective. Although an expanding literature on “stratification beliefs” has developed over the past three decades, research has neglected relationships between religion and beliefs about poverty and other inequalities. This study examines the relationship between religious affiliation and “individualistic,” “structuralist,” and “fatalistic” beliefs about the causes of poverty, and compares the ...

Abstract Introduction: It is obvious that driving without laws and regulations is a threat to every society's order and safety ultimately leading to accidents and loss of life. Several factors play a role in observance of traffic laws and regulations. The main purpose of this research was to investigate the effect of religious beliefs on compliance with traffic laws and regulations that could ...

The recent interest in the psychopharmacological underpinnings of religious experiences has led to both the laboratory characterizations of drug-induced mystical events and psychobiological models of religious experiences rooted in evolution and fitness. Our examination of this literature suggests that these theories may be congruent only within more modern religious and cultural settings and a...