Objective: Our goal was to develop a comprehensive measure of religious involvement for those affiliated with monotheistic religious traditions that fully captures the centrality of religion in life. Methods: A convenience sample of female caregivers of those with chronic disabling illness, recruited from North Carolina and California, completed a questionnaire including a new 10-item scale cal...

one of the approaches which defends the rationality of religious beliefs is the reformed epistemology. among reformed epistemologists, wolterstorff’s view is subject to less criticism. this article tries to present epistemological foundations of wolterstorff’s view by describing and analyzing the statements which he has offered in his works. wolterstorff’s epistemological foundations are explai...

monotheistic religions are revelation-centred.in these religions god's experience is transmitted to man through language,and this linguistic experience has two characteristics: first,it is communicated between god and man and is thust holy and serves as a basis for his religions life. secodlay, the very experience is desired. this experience of communication is by no means restricted revel...

Abstract Background The relation between religiousness and prejudice has been the topic of a large research literature, yet this was so far mostly limited to Western societies with Christian heritage. Purpose This study sought compare religiousness–prejudice relationship adherents monotheistic non-monotheistic religions. Focusing on inter-religious we examined whether theological exclusivism mo...

As individuals are given wider latitude to openly practice and express their faith at work, it is likely that believers will spend least part of working life actively thinking about God. Yet, despite the central role belief in God plays people’s lives, research has little attention impact on task performance. The current investigates relationship between monotheistic believers’ creativity. We c...

The virome contains the most abundant and fastest mutating genetic elements on Earth. The mammalian virome is constituted of viruses that infect host cells, virus-derived elements in our chromosomes, and viruses that infect the broad array of other types of organisms that inhabit us. Virome interactions with the host cannot be encompassed by a monotheistic view of viruses as pathogens. Instead,...