The existence of evil in a world created by God raises very difficult questions to answer. Under the inspiration Thomistic philosophy, this article we face problem first all “from below”, trying understand meaning physical evils living nature, especially animals (pain, aggressive interactions). Secondly, thinking enormous amount moral human world, consider biblical faith original sin as illumin...

and necromancy; and magic as entertainment. Readers of this journal will be particularly interested in her section on medical magic. Jolly explains that this was an especially "fuzzy" area. Medieval medicine embraced both a material and spiritual understanding of illness in which physical and religious factors played a part. Within this context, it is often difficult to distinguish magical medi...

While there is relatively high patronage of traditional healers in South Africa, their approaches toward mental illness remain shrouded mystery. The research therefore explored the beliefs and practices at Dube Village, Soweto, Africa regarding reasons for treatment was guided by an Afrocentric theoretical perspective. Qualitative interviews with 14 revealed that could be identified throwing bo...

The Exorcist (1971; “E”) by William Peter Blatty, one of horror’s all time greatest bestsellers, starts off with three quotations and three names. The first quotation is from the Bible, from the famous possession narrative in the gospel of Luke (8:27-30). The second is an excerpt from a FBI recording of two Mafia killers laughing and discussing how they had hung their victim on a meat hook and ...

the problem of evil is one of the important problems considered in the philosophy of religion. this paper considers the problem of evil from the viewpoint of the contemporary philosopher, john hick, and explores his arguments for proving the compatibility between the evil in the world and the existence of an omnipotent and omniscient god. by analyzing hick’s viewpoint about the relationship bet...

Despite the widespread prevalence of mental illness and the increasingly high need for mental health care, patients with mental illness continually fail to receive adequate or timely treatment. Among other reasons, stigma against and misunderstandings of mental illness prevent millions of people from promptly seeking appropriate medical attention, thereby distressing not only those affected, bu...