D “soft power” matter in international relations? Specifically, when the United States seeks cooperation from countries around the world, do the views of their publics about US foreign policy affect the actual foreign policy behavior of those countries? we examine this question using multinational surveys covering fifty-eight countries, combined with information about their foreign policy decis...

praise of the prophet (pbuh) is one of the issues that poets were interested in it. some of the diaspora christian poets sang poems in praise of the prophet (s) in the modern era, especially elias farahat, and called on arabs to tolerance, brotherhood and unity. what are the ideas and motives that led to the praise of the prophet? in fact, some of the diaspora poets believe the unity of religio...

Richard Wright’s introductory essay to his collection of short stories Uncle Tom's Children describes hidden forms of resistance against Jim Crowism and Uncle Tomism. The essay entitled The Ethics of Living Jim Crow: An Autobiographical Sketch relates Wright’s daily confrontations with Jim Crowism with a particular emphasis on his evasive actions, and his covert activities, such as silence, pla...

For over 35 years Ronald Labonté has been critically analyzing the state of health promotion in Canada and the world. In 1981, he identified the shortcomings of the groundbreaking Lalonde Report by warning of the seductive appeal of so-called lifestyle approaches to health. Since then, he has left a trail of critical work identifying the barriers to — and opportunities for —health promotion wor...

The great chemist Robert Boyle was also a serious student of the Bible and Christian theology, both which profoundly influenced his natural philosophy. beliefs moral attitudes motivated him to extend human dominion over creation by advancing scientific knowledge giving medicines from laboratory poor. His outspoken advocacy empiricism, against those who believed that unaided reason sufficient pr...

Since the Sassanid era, many reliefs and seals have left and by reviewing their designs, the mythical and religious attitudes of those people can be understood. The purpose of this article is to decode and interpret the symbolic paintings and to review and study the myths, concepts, and religious rituals of this period. The question is that what the divine and human origin of the symbolic paint...