At least since M ARX and F REUD , there has existed a conceptualization of religious belief as pathological. 1 According to this view, religious beliefs result from, and are indicative of, some kind of intellectual flaw or deficiency (P LANTINGA 2000). We might say that religious beliefs are here construed as reflecting doxastic dysfunction (from the Greek word “doxa”, meaning “opinion” or “bel...

Kentsel kimlik, kentlerin özgün fiziksel, kültürel, sosyo-ekonomik, tarihsel niteliklerinin bütünüdür ve yerin ayırt edici özelliğidir. imge ise bir kente dair duyu, duygu, düşünce algılama sonucu oluşan izlerdir. Çalışmada kentsel imge, işaret öğeleri, okunabilirlik gibi kavramlar yaya hareketiyle temelinde seri görünüm ele alınmıştır. Kent dokusunda veya kent siluetinde öne çıkabilen kullanıc...

Background Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic disorder that strongly affects one's life and social, emotional, and occupational functioning. Due to the effect of religious beliefs on phenomenology of OCD, in this paper, we assess the effectiveness of religious cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) within 3 and 6 months follow-up. Materials and Methods This study is a clinical trial...

Narratives abound concerning the religious and political positioning of Jerusalem in the past as well as the present and have been used in a variety of ways to serve various ideologies or political ends. One such narrative (which can be found even in some academic treatises of the history of Jerusalem) states that following the Muslim re-conquest of the city after the Crusades Muslim rulers neg...

The present article deals with the question of emergence of new religious movements in contemporary Russia. Although sociological approach to the study of new religious movements proceeds usually from the theories of secularization, the author claims that the appearance of these movements should be viewed also in various contexts of national and historical peculiarities of different cultures. H...