The plurality of the Indonesian nation raises several important issues in life Christian faith. Among most are problems religious syncretism with culture, pluralism, radicalism and intolerance. Of course, a multicultural diversity-based Religious Education (CRE) curriculum is needed so that spirituality can be translated well on context which adheres to Pancasila as an ideological view homeland...

During the twenty-first century multifaith spaces (MFS) have spread across Western world. They represent a new type of sacred space, where events belonging to different faiths, or no faith, share space. One strange things about them is that they appear be spontaneous phenomenon with organization promoting setting standards for them. This deserves an explanation. We observe shared hosting Confuc...

Abstract Inspired by recent Bayesian interpretations about the psychology underlying religion, paper introduces a theory proposing that religious conversion is shaped three factors: (i) novel relevant information, experienced in perceptual or social form (e.g., following interaction with missionaries); (ii) changes utility expressed an opportunity to raise rank) associated accepting new creed; ...

BACKGROUND The relationship between spirituality, religion and medicine has been recognized since antiquity. Despite large differences in their history, society, economy and cultures human communities shared a common belief that spirituality and religion played an important role in the healing of diseases. METHODS The study of religious remedies used by Italian folk medicine in order to treat...

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