the archaeologists have studied the historical structures and ancient monuments from different perspectives they sometimes survey them in terms of their periods and they also investigate their way of construction on the basis of various techniques. they can reconstruct the beliefs, rites and rituals, customs, artistic attitudes, ... of the people who built these monuments. in this research it h...

The purpose of this study was to explore the moderating effects of work beliefs in the relationship between work interruptions and general health, wellbeing and reports of psychosomatic symptoms. Self-report data were gathered from 310 employees from different occupational sectors. Results revealed that beliefs in hard work and morality ethic moderated the positive appraisal of work interruptio...

Sternberg’s call for an educational focus on teaching wisdom can be viewed as part of a nascent trend to reorient educational psychology away from exclusive focus on the so-called algorithmic level of analysis. The thrust of his research program on wisdom, like those emphasizing rationality as a critical construct in educational psychology, is on aspects of cognition heretofore backgrounded: th...

The functionalist “law” that religion sustains the moral order must be amended. As is demonstrated in this study, religion has this effect only as it is based on belief in powerful, active, conscious, morally-concerned gods. Contrary to Durkheim’s claims, participation in religious rituals per se has little independent impact on morality and none when done on behalf of gods conceived as unconsc...

this study is a description about the development of ceremonies and rituals and also the formation of religious system and the type of its opposition with the political system, after the official declaration of asna ashari (twelve imams) shiism in the safavid dynasty. the author believes that at least four development periods can be considered in iranian rituals in the safavid era. the first pe...

Social psychologists have often followed other scientists in treating religiosity primarily as a set of beliefs held by individuals. But, beliefs are only one facet of this complex and multidimensional construct. The authors argue that social psychology can best contribute to scholarship on religion by being relentlessly social. They begin with a social-functionalist approach in which beliefs, ...

Geçiş dönemlerinin sonuncusu olarak kabul edilen ölüm, tüm insanlık için kaçınılmaz bir sondur. Ölümün vermiş olduğu korku, toplumlarda ölümle ilgili çeşitli inanç ve ritüellerin ortaya çıkmasına sebep olmuştur. Afrika yerel inançlarına göre yaşam süresi, ölüm ile sona ermez. Aksine başka alemde devam eder. Diğer taraftan korkulan olay olsa da görünen görünmeyen varlıklar arasındaki iletişimin ...