Department of Health Education; Department of Epidemiology, School of Health, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran (Correspondence to F. Rakhshani: [email protected]). 2Department of Health Education, Tarbiat Moddares University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. ABSTRACT A qualitative study in Zahedan, Islamic Republic of Iran, used focus group discussio...

This paper challenges conventional views of violent religious extremism, particularly those that emphasize militant theology. We offer an alternative analysis that helps explain the persistent demand for religion, the different types of religious that naturally arise, and the special attributes of the “sectarian” type. Sects are adept at producing club goods – both spiritual and material. Where...

This article describes abductions as special patterns of inference to the best explanation whose structure determines a particularly promising abductive conjecture (conclusion) and thus serves as an abductive search strategy (Sect. 1). A classification of different patterns of abduction is provided which intends to be as complete as possible (Sect. 2). An important distinction is that between s...

the key of salvation; as we all know is faith. for this reason: 1) philosophers and theologians of any religion have tried to determine its essence and to explain its nature. 2) these debates have been very important in islam and christianity from the beginning. one of the issues that have close connection with concept as well as the formation of faith, is “act”. now the question that raises he...

Dini, sorun olmaktan çıkarıp insan hayatına anlam kazandırmak ve sorunlara çözüm üretmek için merhum Prof. Dr. Hasan Onat onlarca makale yazmış nihayetinde “İslam Ortak Paydası” adıyla kavramsallaştırmış olduğu İslam’ın kurucu temel ilkelerinde birleşilmesini önermiştir. O, kavramıyla özelde ülkemiz genelde ise İslam dünyasının barış içerisinde birlikte yaşamalarının imkân yollarını tahlil edip...