among the theologians of the 18th century and the period known as enlightenment in europe, particularly in germany, schleiermacher explains religion and religious emporience not in terms of metaphysics or ethics but from the viewpoint of religious intuition. his defining characteristic is that unlike his contemporaries, he does not reduce religion to ethics, science, metaphysics or art. having ...

Stucco decorations are among the major decorative elements of the religious structures of the Ilkhanid period in Iran.Typical examples of these decorations are found in the mausoleum of Pir-i Bakran, located some” 30 km” southwestof Isfahan. Owing to the importance of the decorative technique and its great stucco decorations, several contemporaryIslamic scholars have described the mausoleum as ...

This paper describes the concept, creative process and development decisions regarding an interactive art installation that materializes a point of view on the conflict between the notions of ‘sacred’ and ‘profane’ in a particular Portuguese religious festival. The initiative, besides constituting an experiment on the usage of a physical pendulum as control method, aimed to combine three main d...

The use of modern reproductive technology, such as in-vitro fertilization and its related procedures, has opened new areas of legal, religious and public concern. Thirty years ago, the development of effective methods to control procreation generated a debate on whether couples had the right to enjoy sex in the absence of its procreative effect. Today, assisted reproductive technology (ART) all...