new. Most famously perhaps, it was Galileo’s scientific challenge to ecclesiastical doctrine that threatened to undermine the power of the church. A similar struggle is developing in our society today, except that this time the tables appear to have been turned: the power of science has grown so greatly that we are now able to play God ourselves. Indeed, the questions that are now being asked a...

Existing theoretical and empirical research on dowries has difficulty accounting for the large changes in dowry levels observed in many countries over the past few decades. To explain trends in dowry levels in Bangladesh, we draw attention to an institutional feature of marriage contracts previously ignored in the literature: the mehr or traditional Islamic brideprice, which functions as a pren...

Religious beliefs often persist among unaffiliated young adults, and certain beliefs about God have been shown to support subjective well-being. Yet we know much less about the persistence or psychological impact of religious experiences, specifically miracles from God. I conceive of such experiences as faith pinnacle moments which express and reinvigorate the individual's reciprocal bond with ...

We examine how understandings of ordinary and extraordinary communication develop. Three- to 10-year-old children and adults (N = 183) were given scenarios in which a protagonist wanted help from a human (their parent) or from God. Scenarios varied in whether protagonists expressed their desires aloud (by asking) or silently (by hoping), whether (for human scenarios) parents were nearby or far ...

UMTS-Netze werden parallel zum GSM-NSS (Network Subsystem) eingeführt. Bei den Kernnetzen spricht man hier von Architekturen der nächsten Generation (Next Generation Networks, oder kurz NGN). Das Prinzip der NGN-Architektur ist die Trennung der Steuerungsschicht (Call Control) von der Transportschicht. Ein solches Kernnetz enthält kein MSC (Mobile Switching Centre) mehr. Die MSC-Funktionalität ...

"Fortunate are those who were born (and lived) during king Vikram’s reign. He was a noble, generous dutiful ruler, devoted to the welfare of his subjects. But at that time we Arabs, oblivious of God, were lost in sensual pleasures. Plotting and torture were rampant. The darkness of ignorance had enveloped our country. Like the lamb struggling for her life in the cruel paws of a wolf we Arabs we...

Two chitosan samples (medium molecular weight (MMCHI) and low molecular weight (LMCHI)) were investigated as an enzyme immobilization matrix for the fabrication of a glucose biosensor. Chitosan membranes prepared from acetic acid were flexible, transparent, smooth and quick-drying. The FTIR spectra showed the existence of intermolecular interactions between chitosan and glucose oxidase (GOD). H...

PHILOSOPHY Ever since the time of Pascal men have feared that the 'God' worshipped by believers and the 'God' contemplated by philosophers were somehow different. The former was personal, historically active, slow to anger and plentiful in mercy: the latter was dubiously able to be described in personal terms at all, and infinite in such a way as to baffle the imagination. The 'God' of the form...

religious themes are dominant in the works of georges bernanos , the catholic writer . good and evil and the human condition have always been the main concerns of religious writers. these writers try to dramatize the confrontation of man with temptations. recurring topics in the writings of bernanos are ; a desire for innocence , seeking truth , fighting evil , divine grace , and the role of fa...

The Saurasaṃhitā is the earliest surviving Tantra text on Sun worship available by far, and preserved in a palm-leaf manuscript National Archives, Kathmandu, dated Nepal Samvat 69 (equivalent to 949 CE). little-known but important that identifies god with Śiva. What special fact cult of Śiva-Sūrya has lost its independence existence South Asia, whereas Bali it not only maintained independent al...