Protection against the threat of damage to natural environment, is more often faced with creation laws and regulations prevent it. However, rules made are defeated by economic factors, domestic world market needs. Likewise, protection management environment resources relies heavily on factors as main motive which subordinates norms ethical factors. Many environmental experts opinion that practi...

Previous studies have shown that adolescent religious participation is negatively associated with risky health behaviors such as cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and illicit drug use. One explanation for these findings is that religion directly reduces risky behaviors because churches provide youths with moral guidance or with strong social networks that reinforce social norms. An altern...

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...

Pragmatizmin öncü filozoflarından olan John Dewey, genel olarak felsefesinde insanın karşılaştığı problemlere çözümler sunmaya çalışmıştır. Bu çözümlerinde onun düalizme karşı olduğu, çevresiyle uyumuna ehemmiyet verdiği ve insan deneyimini merkeze aldığı görülmektedir. Felsefesinin bu temel özellikleri başta eğitim felsefesi olmak üzere din ahlaka ilişkin fikirlerinde de öne çıkmaktadır. Dewey...

In looking to the future, some writers on religious education have attempted to evaluate current approaches to the subject. Some have characterised any significant change in approach as a ‘paradigm shift’, a term derived from Thomas Kuhn’s work in the philosophy of science. This article examines the uses of the terms ‘paradigm’, ‘paradigm shift’ and ‘incommensurability’ in Liam Gearon’s book Ma...

Many theories of religion tend toward a naturalistic, sociological, Durkheimian framework. While these theories have pointed out important dimensions of religious experience, they risk reducing the human experience of religion to a purely social or psychological phenomenon, without taking seriously the claims of religious adherents themselves. How can we begin to work toward a unique theory of ...

This study examined British young people's understanding of the rights of asylum-seeking young people. Two hundred sixty participants (11-24 years) were read vignettes involving asylum-seeking young people's religious and nonreligious self-determination and nurturance rights. Religious rights were more likely to be endorsed than nonreligious rights. In general, younger participants were more li...

India is the largest democracy globally; however, right-wing populism has led to a dramatic shift in India's political landscape, particularly for religious minorities and Dalits. Discrimination, abusive slurs, or news of violence against people this group should not be tolerated even single day. "Hindutva" ideology, "Hindu nationalism," advocates Muslims views them as outsiders potential threa...