Faithful persons tend to relate their religious beliefs as truth claims, particularly inasmuch have soteriological implications for those of different religions. For Christians the particular claims which matter most in this regard are made by Jesus Nazareth and his primarily relational nature. I propose a model we understand divine grace from being mediated through knowledge him on compassiona...

A 5 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights states “NO ONE SHALL BE SUBJECTED TO TORTURE OR TO CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT”. It is widely acknowledged worldwide that trauma related afflictions and inflictions e.g. due to acquired brain injury, are becoming a major disease burden, producing increasing morbidity and mortality [1,2]. Most researches focu...

Michael Reed's 2012 book Banishing the Cross: The Emergence of a Mormon Taboo sets out an excellent account uncomfortable relationship between Church Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints and core symbol Christianity: cross. Reed persuasively demonstrates that taboo was late development in Saint history locates much taboo's roots anti-Catholicism early to mid-twentieth century.This article presents mo...