the issue of “raj'at” (the return) is one of the important prophecies about the end of time that exist both in islamic and judaic - christian prophecies. according to the predictions of these religions, “raj'at” at the time of the advent of “the promised person” (al-mahdi in islam and jesus christ in christianity and messiah in judaism) will occur. this research is going to discuss th...

1. Introduction One significant but not widely appreciated impact of the " new religions " has been to reopen the question of the relation of religion to science. I speak of new religions in the sense defined by Needleman in his book by that title, that is, I am referring primarily to Eastern teachings which have gained adherents and cultural influence in the West over the past two decades. To ...

Analysis of Covariance was conducted on quantitative data collected by chaplains from January 2005 to December 2008. Data from 82 Catholic, Jewish, and Protestant chaplains, consisting of 53 CPE students and 29 professional chaplains were used in this study. Overall, chaplains exhibited a statistically significant higher rate of prayer with patients from their own religion (religious concordanc...

similarities and differences of interdiction in khamseh religions   fatemeh hosseinpour mogaddami [1] eivazi (ph.d.) [2] abstract interdiction and its application is one of the important subjects from judicial, legal and also social aspects. interdiction means prohibition of financial possessions and the interdictor is the person who is prohibited from possession of his properties. the reasons ...

In An Interpretation of Religion: Human Responses to the Transcendent, John Hick presents an impressive theory of religious pluralism. His theory is intended to explain how it may be that all of the great religious traditions are essentially true despite their apparent contradictions. Hick points out that there are many religions in the world, each of which seems to be incompatible with others....