Previous research has indicated that memories can be modified in conjunction with one’s attitudes, in particular, political beliefs. The current study extended this finding by focusing on the relationship between differing religious beliefs and false memories for news events. We predicted that religious people would be more inclined to remember fabricated news events positively depicting religi...

abstract:the aim of current study is to investigate customs, traditions and beliefs related to evil eye according to anthropology of religion and beliefs. some differences have been always distinguished between religious rites and magical rites in anthropology of religion. in this study, we will first present determined definitions of religion and witchery from anthropological perspective and t...

although allameh majlisi has not intended to write a distinct ethical book on ethics or to present a coherent moral system in various volumes of behar al-anwar, but we can deduce a comprehensive ethical system through examination of the different discussions he has made about different  verses and traditions. this deduced ethical system not only emphasizes the role of reason in explaining the t...

the  main purpose of the present study­ is to compile pre- marriage  counseling content according to ethical and spiritual factors and skills predicting a successful marriage. the statistical population included all the couples  who referred to tabriz health centers in the year 2010, from among whom 40 couples were chosen by using systematic sampling. semi-structured interview was used to colle...

This month’s issue presents arguments on three longstanding ethical issues: prostitution, euthanasia and organ donation. It also addresses three issues perhaps more directly linked to daily practice across clinical care and research: resource allocation, consent, and, in an interesting pair of papers, how a clinician’s own experiences might affect their ethical judgement and therefore clinical ...

We survey students at two Southern United States universities (one public and one private, religiously affiliated). Using a survey instrument that includes 25 vignettes, we test two important hypotheses: whether ethical attitudes are affected by religiosity (H1) and whether ethical attitudes are affected by courses in ethics, religion or theology (H2). Using a definition of religiosity based on...