religion, as a social phenomenon, affects society and is affected by it interactively. in iran, basically with religious norms and laws, many scholars and researchers concern with religion and level of religiosity. the paper is a comparative analysis of level of religiosity based on glynn and stark’s dimensions of religiosity, in three different generations in sari city: first generation (pre-r...

with the beginning of a new era of constitutional dimensions of iran's social and political environment changes, the formation of social and political forces in iran has been change. arrival and spread of western culture as a challenge to the intellectual tradition- political manifested, iranian muslims's among the jurists and religious forces seek to explain the progressive principle...

ements of comprehensive sex education. And, on that score, they have come in for some criticism: “I understand the importance of meeting schools where they are now,” says Debra Haffner, director of the Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing, and former president and CEO of SIECUS. “Having said that...these standards will not fulfill young people’s needs for information and...

alain badiou is one of the leading contemporary thinkers whose ideas in philosophy have seriously influenced theological discourse. his thought mainly relies on two pillars, ontology and theory of the event. based on these ideas, he tries to remove religious/spiritual elements of contemporary thought. with his novel mathematical ontology of multiple, he tries to categorize and criticize all the...

Russia’s ideology concerning the invasion of Ukraine mainly comprises five components: criticism “West,” historical unity East Slavs, self-portrait as a great multi-national/multi-religious nation, staging “Great Patriotic War” redux, and traditional gender religious norms.

the experienced curriculum” is one of the curriculums performed in the educational systems on which several different studies have been done. “the experienced curriculum” is of different levels whose first one is the hidden curriculum. this curriculum can be affected by different factors which have been categorized into four categories namely, educational, social, and geographical in this study...

religious view point is a part of social character structure. the religion is made of two parts: the first part is the legal section which is documented by the religious texts and prays and the second part is the issues that the social life has influence on them such as superstition, myths and traditions. one of the phenomenon which have been created because of the social traditions entrance is...

one of the approaches which defends the rationality of religious beliefs is the reformed epistemology. among reformed epistemologists, wolterstorff’s view is subject to less criticism. this article tries to present epistemological foundations of wolterstorff’s view by describing and analyzing the statements which he has offered in his works. wolterstorff’s epistemological foundations are explai...