BACKGROUND The relationship of cultural factors to the breastfeeding patterns has been documented. Given previous reports of the increased frequency and duration of breastfeeding in Orthodox Jewish women, an analysis of the religious and cultural basis of this phenomenon was performed. METHODOLOGY The published medical literature relating to the religious and sociodemographic variables in Jew...

In this thesis, I outline the normative relevance of religious political parties as carriers of values in the context of contemporary political theory. The central argument of my thesis is that religious political parties are, in ideal terms, vital institutional tools for channelling religious claims into the public political realm of liberal democratic polities, in a way that favours democracy...

purity involves commitment and awareness of the principles of a religion so that these principles can affect a person’s individual and social life. since religion deals with fulfilling social needs and those public profits within which the group’s desires lie, today it is expected that a religion can attract and guarantee commitment in its followers. meanwhile, new cities, especially baharestan...

If religious beliefs matter, how should we expect those beliefs to affect the behavior of religious terrorists? The religious motivation for terrorism often is assumed to be pursuit of bene ts in the afterlife. Though Berman (2009) and others do not nd much empirical support for theology as an motivator for terrorism, few economic models of terrorism attempt to incorporate religious beliefs. We...

This research studies the performing and Commitment of religious behavior and customs among high-school students and the effective factors involved in Zanjan. The research method is documenting and survey. For gathering data, we use questionnaire in the paper. The statistical methods applied here are Pearson coefficient correlation, and   multivariate variables as well. About 376 samples were...

background the aim of this study was to evaluate the association between quran commands and marital satisfaction in family. methods and materials this study is performed with quantitative methods and survey technique by using a questionnaire. the sample size was families living in marand city. by using cochran formula and based on systematic randomized sampling, 360 persons were survived. resul...

The principal question of this paper is: Why are religious values special in refusal of lifesaving medical treatment? This question is approached through a critical examination of a common kind of refusal of treatment case, one involving a rational adult. The central value cited in defence of honouring such a patient's refusal is autonomy. Once autonomy is isolated from other justificatory fact...