intellect and faith are of the most important issues in the field of philosophy of religion which can solve many other philosophical problems. hence, investigating the relationship between intellect and faith and understanding their conflict or compatibility require a careful consideration. we, in this study, investigate the relationship between intellect and faith to identify their harmony or ...

this study examined the relation between religious faith and gratitude variables with the severity of mental disorders symptoms. participants were 300 students of shiraz university who were selected via cluster random sampling method. measures were islamic – iranian gratitude, religious faith, and scl-90 questionnaires. the data were analyzed using descriptive and multiple regression methods. t...

for many religious people there is a problem of doubting various creedal statements contained in their religions. often propositional beliefs are looked upon as a necessary, though not sufficient, condition, for salvation. this causes great anxiety in doubters and raises the question of the importance of belief in religion and in life in general. it is a question that has been neglected in phil...

The administrative director of a Swedish symphony orchestra contacted the authors in their capacities as consultants to obtain professional help regarding various problems in the orchestra. The primary reason for this contact was that the working climate, which had been quite bad for a long time, had deteriorated even more. There were frequent conflicts between the chief conductor and members o...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study assessed public awareness of warning symptoms, risk factors, and treatment of stroke in Ludhiana, Punjab, North West India. METHODS A hospital-based survey was conducted between February 2002 and September 2002 by the Stroke section of Christian Medical College. The study subjects were relatives of patients without history of stroke, attending the outpatient ...

The relationship between ethnic and faith communities in the United States and domestic forces relating to a converging and diverging social contract on the one hand, and US foreign, security and military policies in national, regional and global contexts on the other hand, constitutes the key focus of this paper and the ongoing research upon which it is based. Theories related to American ethn...

the aim of this article is to extract dimensions of religiosity in quranic verses which is made possible by analyzing the qualitative contents and grounded theory. findings show that faith and good deeds are two fundamental dimensions of religiosity and by them man gets promoted from potentiality to actuality or from deficiency to perfection. by internalizing the theoretical dimensions of relig...