BACKGROUND The topos of the Compassionate God is a dominant motive of the Jewish and Christian traditions. It is relevant for nursing because it asks the nurse to imitate God so as to become God-like. Also, to think that God suffers with the suffering believers is thought to give comfort to them. Because in the western world the topos of the Compassionate God represents the basis of the ethics ...

Abstract In the spirit of growing developments in positive psychology, there is an increasing interest how kind people are to each other. Yet, this area lacks any strong psychometric instrument. An initial exploratory study demonstrated that a 40-item questionnaire, completed by 165 people, revealed distinct aspects kindness when subjected multivariate analysis. A subsequent reported, using str...

Objectives: The study aims to highlight the relationship between Islamic faith and social welfare impact of believing in God Last Day combating poverty, fragility vulnerability. Methods: relied on descriptive-analytical approach by tracing descent Holy Quran Meccan period, focusing essential information related its welfare. Additionally, reasercher reviewed compared opinions scientists. researc...

Some have argued that belief in God is intuitive, a natural (by-)product of the human mind given its cognitive structure and social context. If this is true, the extent to which one believes in God may be influenced by one’s more general tendency to rely on intuition versus reflection. Three studies support this hypothesis, linking intuitive cognitive style to belief in God. Study 1 showed that...