the book mazamir is attributed to prophet david (as) and is full of metaphors about god, human being, sins, believers and unbelievers. although some parts of this book has not addressed and described the god in the way he deserves, it could be said that its metaphors are compatible and similar to those in holy quran in form and content. comparing the god to a shelter and the sinners to unfruitf...

It has been proposed that costly rituals act as honest signals of commitment to group beliefs when such rituals appear dysphoric and unappealing (costly) to non-believers, but appealing to true believers (Irons, 2001). If only true believers are willing to endure ritual behaviors and true belief also entails belief in altruistic cooperation, associating with other ritual practitioners can help ...

Author’s Affiliation: 1Asst Prof, Dept of Community Medicine, Believers Church Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla; 2Asso Prof, Dept of Community Medicine, St Johns Medical College Hospital, Bangalore; 3Research Associate, Centre for Ageing Research and Education, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore; 4Intern; 5Assit Prof; 6Medical Officer, Plantations; 7Professor & Head, Dept of Community Medic...

This paper discusses the interactions and confrontations of Austrian Prussian officials with religious community Russian Old Believers. They took place in two European regions: Bukovina (nowadays divided between Romania Ukraine) Neuostpreussen Poland Lithuania) beginning at end eighteenth century. The author officials’ associations misunderstandings regarding authorities could not easily distin...

The article presents an analysis of the links between religious identity young people and their ideas about meanings life, family, education, work in dynamics (2017-2020), including through connection with choice life strategies (stability /change), behavior patterns (reliability calm / change risk). Based on comparative data two studies, authors draw conclusions ambiguous manifestation self-re...