the great event of ghadir has always had its own reasons and evidence to be proven. one of its documentation is the construction of a building as a mosque for its memorial. this article examines ghadir mosque features in the existing narratives and textual and visual documents. firstly, the geographical location of ghadirkhom, the reasons why this location was chosen for announcing the successo...

background one of human’s psychological needs is to have a transcendent relationship with an omnipotent and superior force. prayer and praise is one of the manifestations of human relationship with the lord of the universe. objectives the study aims to comparatively examine the effect of prayer and praise on peace of mind and physical health from male and female students’ points of view in gona...

aim and background: prayer is one of the commandments of god and has an essential role in human’s mental relaxation. many text saboutreligion, spirituality and healing exist, and in many of them there lationship between prayer and mental health and the protective eeffec to fthese concepts have been noted. depression is more common among students. it decreases their academic success and achievem...

Several studies tested whether partner-focused prayer shifts individuals toward cooperative tendencies and forgiveness. In Studies 1 and 2, participants who prayed more frequently for their partner were rated by objective coders as less vengeful. Study 3 showed that, compared to partners of targets in the positive partner thought condition, the romantic partners of targets assigned to pray repo...

OBJECTIVE This report presents selected estimates of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use among U.S. adults, using data from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). METHODS Data for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population were collected using comput...

CONTEXT Various predictors have been used to predict diabetic patients who are likely to have increased ventilatory hours and an increased length of stay (LOS) in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) as well as in the hospital after undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, for example, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c). The authors propose a simple bed-side test, i.e., the prayer sign ...

Since ancient times, a strong and pervasive belief in the efficacy of prayer–for the living and the dead–reinforces the notion that consciousness is not limited to the physical body. Not only do traditions throughout the world share a belief that prayers may in some way help (or invoke help from) deceased ancestors, many cultures throughout history have believed that prayer can bring about chan...