Ed. Note: At the end of December 1998, Ninian Smart retired from his longtime position at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Given his tremendous influence on the international study of religion—from his time at Lancaster University and then at Santa Barbara, to his role in providing generations of instructors throughout the world with textbooks and primary source materials for thei...

BACKGROUND Resident-led morning report is an integral part of most residency programs and is ranked among the most valuable of educational experiences. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of a resident-as-teacher educational intervention on the educational and teaching experience of morning report. METHODS All senior internal medicine residents were invited to participate...

As a theologian working in Western Europe, religious plurality is unavoidable for me. It seems that our context can no longer be identified in terms of secularization. Competing worldviews and complementing religious stories dictate the religious landscape (and increasingly so, due to migration and global communication). The religions present in my country, however, are not monolithic and stabl...

Islam is considered divine religion. It based on God's revelation and the sunnah of Holy Prophet. It's a complete code life as religion not just worship. places considerable emphasis education, well beliefs drives people to seek knowledge last While, first highlights significance seeking word “Iqra” which means Read (Chapter Al-alaq). The main prerequisite for developing education established i...

background post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) comprises a collection of symptoms following exposure to injury-causing accidents of life. it is estimated that the prevalence of ptsd in children with malignancy and their parents is between 10-30% and even several years after treatment of malignancy this disorderremain in 20-20% of these patients. objectives this study investigated the prevalen...

This cross-sectional study evaluated knowledge and acceptability of prenatal diagnosis among 500 pregnant women at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Most participants were aged 25-34 years, self-employed, Muslim, monogamy, secondary school leavers, on income of < naira10,000.00 (US$ 67.00)/month. Attitudinal mean score was dependent on age (p = 0.006), educational attainment (p = 0.001),...

To meet the demands and expectations of increasing global competition, contemporary accountants require a range of generic skills such as analytical and problem-solving skills, personal and interpersonal communication skills, management, negotiation and organisational skills, together with the ability to apply these skills in a range of unique situations. 21 st century technology is needed in t...

religion has always had a significant role in indian thoughts and unlike the west, the separation of religion and science has never happened in india. even today, the role of religion is evident in diverse aspects of indian life, and religious links and tendencies are represented in the works of contemporary thinkers. but among all contemporary scholars vivekananda has been a pioneer in this re...

This paper explores the role of ethics in higher education by examining the academic training and departmental home of professors who teach courses in ethics. In particular, it examines the extent to which individuals teaching courses related to ethics have formal disciplinary education either in philosophy or in religion, the two academic disciplines that historically have been most closely as...