For more than eight centuries, the Asclepieia in ancient Greece offerred health care, combining experimental therapeutic methods with a variety of religious and magical elements. This paper argues that neither the location nor the building composition of the Asclepieia were selected at random. Literature sources and excavations indicate that Asclepieia were built in locations of great natural b...

water is one of the important elements in the decoration of iranian buildings and monuments. in fact, water has been employed in forms including the pool, fountains and streams with exquisite drawings manifested in buildings belonging to the early period of islamic architecture. investigations of the present study can demonstrate that certain styles used in water design during the period are of...

This article discusses William James’s notion, propounded in his Varieties of Religious Experience (1902), that authentic religious experience should be evidenced in mature moral functioning—“the value of saintliness”. Support for this and his other ideas relevant to the intersection of morality and religion was adduced from a review of current research, which examined the following topics: the...

This study tested the hypothesis that in the minds of adult religious adherents, acquired beliefs about the extraordinary characteristics of God coexist with, rather than replace, an initial representation of God formed by co-option of the evolved person concept. In three experiments, Christian religious adherents were asked to evaluate a series of statements for which core intuitions about per...

Religious Emphasis Week Schedule Tues., Feb. 21, 10 am— "Too Simple a Fa i t h " Wed., Feb. 22, 10 am— "Too Litt le Hope" Thurs., Feb. 23, 9 am— "Excess of Love" All sessions will be held in Haraman Hall. which conflict with the lectures. The Death of God theology is particularly relevant not only to students functioning within the godless academic community but also to modern man in his search...