Researchers have recently proposed that "moralistic" religions-those with moral doctrines, moralistic supernatural punishment, and lower emphasis on ritual-emerged as an effect of greater wealth and material security. One interpretation appeals to life history theory, predicting that individuals with "slow life history" strategies will be more attracted to moralistic traditions as a means to ju...

Pesantren (Islamic boarding school) is an educational institution long standing in Nusantara (Java), besides what the so-called surau Sumatra. In course of its development, traces and existence are still present could be seen today. transition between Hinduism-Buddhism to Islam, role pesantren was very important guarding emerging shift. Similarly, during era colonization by Europeans, find foot...

The chronological events associated with cannabis utilization are viewed perceptively as matters/issues that happened from the period “before Christ” (BC) or “anno domini” (AD, “in year of our Lord”) to present time. Cannabis is one oldest natural products known humanity worldwide and has been used by various civilizations, cultures, religions before birth Christ. Interestingly, it date potenti...


 Sambas Malay community is included in an area with a tradition of spreading da'wah, one which the tepung tawar (fresh flour). The spread da'wah through this contact customs and culture not line Islamic teachings. Hence, fresh flour part cultural community. This study aims to examine value contained flour) life research descriptive field using qualitative analysis. Data collection was don...

The development of Palembang city is progressing rapidly while traditional limas houses are increasingly rare. As a result, the local context regarding rules for building has become rare and not documented. This unfortunate considering that have architectural cultural records related to history City, starting from Austronesian, Hindu-Buddhist, Taoist Islamic period. study seeks find horizontal ...

Reflecting on the contemporary presentations of Buddhism within the Western context, particularly from the Tibetan traditions, this paper presents Buddhism from a ‘living tradition’ perspective arguing that the principle which links Buddhism across space and time is the concern with ‘lived experience.’ This perspective highlights the origins of Buddhism in the Buddha’s experience, and serves to...

BACKGROUND Our aim was to investigate the views of major religions and cultural groups regarding the use of allogeneic and xenogeneic mesh for soft tissue repair. STUDY DESIGN We contacted representatives from Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Scientology, and Christianity (Baptists, Methodists, Seventh-Day Adventists, Catholics, Lutherans, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Evang...

Since ancient times, spiritual teachers have described paths and practices that a person could follow to achieve health, happiness, and peace of mind. Considerable recent research has indicated that any sort of spiritual practice is likely to improve one's prognosis for recovering from a serious illness. Many of these approaches to spirituality involve learning to quiet the mind rather than adh...

To discuss the topic of Reincarnation is uncommon in Christian theology, especially since neither Protestant nor recent Catholic theology show much interest in eschatology. Yet i t is a stirring issue, of the greatest importance to any human individual. This is a sufficient reason to take it seriously, even more so in view of the growing number of psychological, thanatological and parapsycholog...

BACKGROUND Malaysia is a multicultural state comprising three main races: Malays, Chinese and Indians. The three main religions are Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism. Other religions such as Sikhism and Christianity are also practised. Muslims are the majority comprising 67 % of the population. METHODS This paper is qualitative in nature. It applies historical comparative method in presenting its ...