This paper aims to present Friedrich Nietzsche’s critique of Christianity as a Western example that reconfirms the necessity for man’s inner development up to the stage of the Completest Self (nafs-i safiyya). With the advent of Christianity and the resultant triumph of its “morality of slave” (1886, sec. 260), the “death of God” (1882) becomes the “fundamental event of Western history” and its...

objective: the present study aimed to investigate the differences regarding spiritual development dimensions and death attitude profiles, and also to determinate association between them, in patients suffering from type ii diabetes. methods: in a cross-sectional design study, 100 female outpatients who were suffering from type ii diabetes were recruited in imam khomeini hospital, sari, iran. da...

The age-old philosophical problem of evil, especially prominent in Western philosophy, as resulting from the intellectual irreconcilability some appellations God with presence evil – indeed, myriads world, has been debated upon by many African religious scholars; particularly, philosophers. These include John Mbiti, Kwasi Wiredu, Kwame Gyekye, E. B. Idowu and E.O. Oduwole. While debate often ab...