Religion is a social phenomenon. Society and, therefore, religion will continue to exist as long as human beings exist. This article explores this syllogism, by analysing two 19th-century social theories on the future of religion. Weber was not positive as to the future of religion and foresaw that religion would die out at the hands of rationality and modernisation. Durkheim predicted that rel...

man's expectations from religion was always an interersting issue for scholars. some consider religion a personal matter consisted of ethics and worshipping rituals, while others consider religion as a socio-political phenomenon. this article studies the above issue as expressed in iqbal's poems.

How did religion evolve? What effect does religion have on our moral beliefs and moral actions? These questions are related, as some scholars propose that religion has evolved to enhance altruistic behavior toward members of one's group. I review here data from survey studies (both within and across countries), priming experiments, and correlational studies of the effects of religion on racial ...

The causes of diarrhoea in people returning from travelling can be infective and non-infective, and the duration of symptoms is an important factor in identifying the cause. The article outlines the appropriate investigations Publication Details Zwar, N. A. & Torda, A. (2011). Investigation of diarrhoea in a traveller just returned from India. BMJ, 342 (7810), 342-1-342-5. This journal article ...

(See pages 1065–6 for Answer to Photo Quiz) Figure 1. Indurated lesions with central scale and posterior auricular adenopathy A previously healthy, 23-year-old US soldier was evacuated to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in Wash-ington, D.C., for evaluation of nonhealing lesions on his neck (figure 1) and body. The patient had deployed with his unit to Iraq in April 2003 and first no...