The past decade has seen archaeology taking an increasingly high interest in agent-based modeling (ABM). ABM’s emerging popularity is due to its ability to model individuals and societies, readily incorporate any geospatial data available, and encompass uncertainty inherent in archaeological theories or findings. Indeed, the unpredictability of interaction patterns within a simulated agent soci...

The article explores the panditas and their role function in Philippine history, examining selected depictions Spanish English sources from 17th century until early 20th centuries. As precolonial figures that illustrate link of Philippines to broader Malay world, gradually acquired embodied Islamic elements into amorphous identity practice, ultimately becoming knowledge, spirituality, culture M...

Bhutan’s current constitution draws upon the historical dual system of religious-civil governance under monarchy (previously Abbot-king) embodying Mahayana Buddhist concept Boddhisatva-leadership. democracy includes an executive-military and pluralist religious custodian role for King who can be abdicated by parliament. It Gross National Happiness as spiritual core, which is non-binding law, in...

Fondrakö is the local wisdom of Nias ethnic community and has two functions. First are oral religious holy book teaching ancestors' values philosophy. Second highest consensus institution traditional society formulating making decisions on socio-religious law to guarantee order community. This paper explains that social differentiation happened in modern era; philosophical fo...

This study aims to understand Islamic civilization and the development of Saluan tribe in Mondonun qualitatively. The method used is a literature on history Islam Mondonun. results show that has played an important role entered 17th century through trade marriage between Arabs Malays. brings changes mindset culture people, including terms religion, education, social matters. was also influenced...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine religious factors associated with alcohol involvement in Mauritius. The three main religions on the island, Hinduism, Catholicism, and Islam, promote different views of the appropriate use of alcohol. Based on reference group theory, we hypothesized that both the content of a religion's alcohol norms and an individual's religious commitment wo...

physical health is influenced by various factors including religion. there are many questions regarding the impact of religious activities on physical health. therefore, the aim of this study was to find the correlation between physical health and religion. various databases including pubmed, ovid, and medline were investigated. considering the inclusion criteria, 50 studies were found using th...

The cultivation and processing of grain is probably one of the most important technological achievements on humanity‘s path to modern civilization. 10,000 years ago, the first grains were already being cultivated in the Middle East, leading to the development of the first advanced civilizations. Today, various types of grains have become staples worldwide and thus essential to the basic livelih...

Religion is a social phenomenon. Society and, therefore, religion will continue to exist as long as human beings exist. This article explores this syllogism, by analysing two 19th-century social theories on the future of religion. Weber was not positive as to the future of religion and foresaw that religion would die out at the hands of rationality and modernisation. Durkheim predicted that rel...