1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured f...

Tidak diragukan lagi bahwa allah menurunkan Al-Qur’an yang mulia kepada Nabi Muhammad SAW. Dengan berbagai keistimewaan; baik dari segi bahasa maupun kandungan di dalamnya, karena hal itu termasuk salah satu kemukjizatan Al-Qur’an. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran umum penggunaan lafaz حسب dan derivasinya dalam Al-Qur'an, makna leksikal kontekstual "حسب" nilai-nilai pendidikan...

1. “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”. In the words of this beautiful canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her arms to embrace us. “Praise be to you, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, and who produces various fruit with coloured f...

Background: Holy water use in the form of a drink and a shower is the main treatment used by People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) together with other spiritual practices. A growing number of PLWHA in Ethiopia today are relocating to holy water sites. The study was intended to determine the level of use of holy water as anti-retro viral treatment (ART) among PLWHA. Cross sectional study designs w...

English as well as French differentiates the term holy from the term sacred – in fact, Levinas' book "Du sacré au saint" is translated as "From the Sacred to the Holy". This is illustrative of the extent to which the meanings of the two words differ. God is called "The Holy One Blessed be He", but we would find it peculiar to refer to Him as "The Sacred One". By contrast, when referring to plac...

In the Indian Holy Book – THE UPANISADS (800 B.C.), man has been described as “the son of the Sublime” (“Amritasya Putra”). It is recorded in the first chapter of the Book of Genesis (First Book of Holy Hebrew Bible [The Old Testament (c. 200 B.C.)] that God made man in his own image after his likeness as the crowning glory of his creation. The Holy Koran (c. 630 A.D.) says : “God sends down no...