This essay engages with Kåre Berge’s reflections on book religion in Deuteronomy. It first elaborates upon the concepts of and considers aspects literary rhetorical anatomy Then it argues that salient point Deuteronomy is not text Torah as such, but doing what says. orientation towards religious practice squarely similar to adjacent strands ancient Hebrew religion. Deuteronomy, however, adds ce...

purpose: to describe a new noninvasive method to assure correct orientation of donor lenticules in descemet stripping automated endothelial keratoplasty (dsaek) surgery. methods: dsaek surgery was performed in three eyes with the diagnosis of pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (pbk). for the laboratory part of the study, two whole globes and two precut corneoscleral buttons were used. the donor l...

Objectives: The present research is aimed at surveying the role of (internal and external) religious orientation in the mental health and the extent of depression in elderly people residing in welfare centers and the society. Methods: The study has been conducted through post-event and correlation method by using stochastic and cluster sampling in 230 cases of elderly people at senior citize...

Religion and science are often perceived as being, to some degree, in opposition to each other. The reasons for such a view are considered, and are seen to derive from a certain particular conception of science and of religion: On the one hand, scientific method is viewed as too rigorous and restrictive to apply to religion, while on the other hand, religious experience is viewed as peculiarly ...

The history commonly told of the relationship between modern medicine and religion is one of steady, even inevitable, separation rooted in the Enlightenment. The divorce between medicine and religion, it is thought, had become nearly total before a recent surge of interest in the spiritual and religious dimensions of health care. This narrative, however, misjudges a persistent sense of spiritua...

Indonesia is the world's fourth most populous nation, with about 265 million people, and has significant number of adherents to Islam. The country also was well known as one new tigers Southeast Asia in mid-80s high economic development. impressive growth at an average level 5 percent, a low rate inflation 2.36, rose consumption 5.1 rapid decline poor Gini ratio index 0.382 show how vital exemp...

Recent work by political sociologists and social movement theorists extend our understanding of how religious institutions contribute to expanding democracy, but nearly all analyze religious institutions as institutions; few focus directly on what religion qua religion might contribute. This article strives to illuminate the impact of religious culture per se, extending recent work on religion ...