In December 2019, an outbreak in the city of Wuhan, Hubei China occurred and was named COVID- 19 by World Health Organization declared as a pandemic on January 30, 2020. The etiologic agent acute respiratory disease is novel corona virus 2019 (2019-nCoV) or extreme syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2). During many dental operations, aerosols are produced these aerosol methods, which major problems for denti...

The subject of religious experience has been marginalised in the social sciences. Although authors such as James (1903) have suggested that religious experience is pre-cultural and pre-cognitive, this paper argues against the perennialist position, suggesting instead that religious experience and its narration are both socially constructed. The ideological role of religious experience is discus...

This paper attempts to explain several empirical findings regarding religion. The main one is between religion and the fear of death. Some empirical evidence indicates moderately religious individuals fear death more than either atheists or extremely religious individuals. The model also explains the positive relationship often found between religious activity (e.g. church attendance) and age. ...

Abstract The Book of Commandments the influential Qaraite scholar Levi b. Yefet is traditionally dated 1006/7 CE . This date based on Hebrew translation and irreconcilable with a calendrical characteristic this year provided by Yefet. In article I propose to revise composition 1009 given in copy Arabic original code calendrically consistent. also discuss events calendar Palestinian Qaraites tha...

Religious attendance is an important element of activity for older Europeans, especially in more traditional countries. The aim of the analysis is to explore whether it could be an element contributing to active ageing as well as to assess differences between the religious activity of older individuals with and without multimorbidity defined as an occurrence of two or more illnesses. The analys...

We draw on the organizational ecology tradition to frame the relationship between the religious environment of a community and local religious participation. Prior research linking religious environments to religious participation downplays a key organizational aspect of religion: the congregation. Following the organizational ecology usage of density, we argue that congregational density—the n...

According to systematic reviews, religious beliefs and practices are related to higher life satisfaction, happiness, and positive affect (Koenig and Larson, 2001). The present research extends previous findings by comparing satisfaction with life and character strengths of non-religious people, religious people, who practice their religion and people that have a religious affiliation but do not...

In Ethics in the Sanctuary, Margaret Battin argues that traditional evangelism, directed to promoting religious belief, practice, and affiliation, that is proselytizing, is morally questionable to the extent that it involves unwarranted paternalism in the interests of securing other-worldly benefits for potential converts. I argue that Christian evangelism is justified in order to make the this...