Faith Inman-Narahari*, Rebecca Ostertag, Stephen P. Hubbell, Christian P. Giardina, Susan Cordell and Lawren Sack Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, 621 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA; Department of Biology, University of Hawaii, 200 W. Kawili Street, Hilo, HI 96720, USA; Center for Tropical Forest Science, Smithsonian Tropic...

Faith-based schools are still debated since it does not teach students pluralism. While in Indonesia, such growing rapidly due to parents' concern about the minimal time for religious study public schools. In Makassar, Islamic most significant number, but certain Muslim teachers decide work Christian This focused on exploring their reasons and connecting them concept of Religious Moderation iss...

This study examined relations between felt authenticity and transformational leadership behaviors of 184 Christian faith community leaders. Felt authenticity was examined across 4 roles associated with transformational leadership behaviors: inspirational motivation in the visionary leader role, idealized influence in the positive role model role, intellectual stimulation in the champion of chan...

The church has the responsibility to pass on Christian faith and values youth of church. Meanwhile, development technology information had a tremendous impact lives young people, which is not always positive for faith. There negative that Catholic Church face its youth. faces difficult challenge in passing youth, because Church's proclamation no longer attractive digital generation. This study ...

Ronald Dworkin and Philip Kitcher recognize that traditional, religious faith—especially in Christian theistic tradition—has virtues that seem to be missing in a secular worldview. To remedy this apparent deficit, they both propose that a secular worldview can provide a satisfying foundation for a flourishing, meaningful life. Moreover, Kitcher argues that secular humanism is far more justified...

Research into human development involves the use of human embryos and their derivative cells and tissues. How religions view the human embryo depends on beliefs about ensoulment and the inception of personhood, and science can neither prove nor refute the teaching of those religions that consider the zygote to be a human person with an immortal soul. This Spotlight article discusses some of the...

This paper seeks to delineate the doctrine of purgatory from dogmatic perspective and show its relevance in Africa pastoral perspective. The work presents scriptural traditional teaching Catholic Church on dogma then explores elements which Christians can find meaning especially relating Christian faith, practical ways understanding facing with hope reality death African families Small communit...