Seyyed Hossein Nasr is University Professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University, and one of the most important and foremost scholars of Islamic, Religious, and Comparative Studies in the world today. In this interview by Adeel Khan, Managing Editor of the journal Religions-Adyān, and Patrick Laude, Professor at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Nasr el...

Epidemiologists, like many scientists, tend to become specialized and focused on a particular disease, even though behavioral risk factors such as physical activity have effects across many diseases. This commentary is a personal reflection by an epidemiologist on the shortcomings of this disease-oriented approach to prevention.

the aim of my argument (1) is to reconceptualise what is now called religious studies as the study of institutionalised values, and the relation between values and the legitimation of power in a specific society. though i do not talk much about power here, it is always a fundamental issue in the study of specific social groups.the first assumption which i make in this paper is that the way anal...