Abstract Inspired by recent Bayesian interpretations about the psychology underlying religion, paper introduces a theory proposing that religious conversion is shaped three factors: (i) novel relevant information, experienced in perceptual or social form (e.g., following interaction with missionaries); (ii) changes utility expressed an opportunity to raise rank) associated accepting new creed; ...

Leprosy is a medico-social problem and more than a disease . Statistics indicate that the disease, as a medical problem, has been decreasing steadily world wide since the advent of multi-drug therapy (MDT) in the early 1980s. However, the social dimensions of the disease in terms of stigma, poverty, disabilities and deformities, loss of self-respect and dignity have continued to constitute a ma...