hen the Sisters arrived in the U.S. carrying only their ...” Many formation programs for health care ministry leaders begin by retelling the stories of the founders, then inviting participants to tell the stories of their own connections to Catholic health care. This is because we are familiar with the power of story to inspire, to create meaning, to deepen identity, purpose and belonging, and ...

The political, social and even religious context in which the Transylvanian musical culture developed beginning with second half of 19th century until 20th century, led to shaping a special artistic landscape, specific identitary sounds, different from other historical provinces country. Ethnical confessional mosaic generated influences regarding sacred singing, for Eastern Church Byzantine mus...

Although there is a consensus on religious revival in China, it must be noted that popular religion and institutional religions such as Buddhism Daoism adopt different strategies to survive the state’s regulations. Many temples used facilitate worship of local deities have establish some form intangible cultural heritage or emphasize deity’s history folklore de-religionize. During this process,...

BACKGROUND Many ecosystem services provided by forests are important for the livelihoods of indigenous people. Sacred forests are used for traditional practices by the ethnic minorities in northern Thailand and they protect these forests that are important for their culture and daily life. Swidden fallow fields are a dominant feature of the agricultural farming landscapes in the region. In this...

Sanctuary, which comes from the Latin sanctus, meaning “holy,” has played a strategic role in political resistance for hundreds of years. Today concept returned as one importance protection refugees worldwide. In this article, focuses on sanctuary practices Germany, we examine spaces church-based asylum—the structure, physical spaces, and neighborhood church itself. We investigate ways these ar...

the concept of decision making, factors influencing it and the related outcomes have always attracted researchers. the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of sacred values on decision making, decision difficulty and the resulting negative emotions. thus, a sample of 288 students from the university of guilan were chosen as subjects and were required to complete a standard questio...

Our experience and our reaction to all things beautiful is made possible by our unique ability to subconsciously recognize geometric order from transitory chaos. At this level, the perfection inherent in a Greek temple or a painting by Da Vinci is not simply because it is made of a particular material or hue but because the harmonic proportions contained in their design are bound by the laws of...