miskawayh regards intellect as the essence and non-material substance of human soul and mentions “virtue” as the sovereignty of intellect over the faculties of the soul (nafs) and its actions, the resul of which is the freedom of intellect in dealing with theoretical contemplations and the outcome of these contemplations is “wisdom”, that is the “happiness” of the soul. therefore, happiness rel...

Nowadays the global changes process and various developments in various fields of economic, social and cultural rights at the national level have led to present the issue of religion in the country as a sub-category alongside other categories. The aim of this study is to investigate the methods of tendency to religion and effective factors on it among high school students in Andimeshk. The data...

mulla sadra is among the scholars presented certain criteria and principles in understanding the significations of religion language.the collection of these criteria and principles indicates his view on the religion understanding.in this study,understanding about the criteria and principles of religion language from mulla sadra`s view has been studied in three main domains including: special fe...

Much of philosophical reflections about the relations between religion and politics fall within liberal tradition religious restraint, which generated both backlash a new traditionalism critical turn in study religion. Moving beyond real or imagined isomorphism politics, I show how political functions are closely connected to anthropological culture politics. The aim is provide theory with “awa...

with the advent of new media and communication theory, and consequently their particular social circumstances of each period, a new look at the interaction between religion and the media has taken shape. . interaction between religion and the media, both as a social institution and as the message and the means of transport, according to a media functions and religious aspects of each of the maj...

although some scholars view habermas as the most important philosopher and social theorist, his account of religion has been relatively neglected. in this paper, habermas’s early and later views of religion are outlined, and the change in his understanding of religion from one of the sources of modernity’s inner problems to a principal source of the passions and motivations underpinning cultura...

Religion is a social phenomenon. Society and, therefore, religion will continue to exist as long as human beings exist. This article explores this syllogism, by analysing two 19th-century social theories on the future of religion. Weber was not positive as to the future of religion and foresaw that religion would die out at the hands of rationality and modernisation. Durkheim predicted that rel...

This study measured the prevalence of religious self-disclosure in public MySpace profiles that belonged to a subsample of National Study of Youth and Religion (NSYR) wave 3 respondents (N=560). Personal attributes associated with religious identification as well as the overall quantity of religious self-disclosures are examined. A majority (62 percent) of profile owners identified their religi...