during history, few eras have been as ambiguous and dark as parthians. mithraism ideology had king’s support and promised salvation and a new after-death world to the soldiers. from this view, parthians cared about the political aspect of the religion rather than the religion itself. mithras temple is a good example of political reaction of parthians against roman religious architectures. after...

May 2006 | Volume 4 | Issue 5 | e167 Americans have long been ambivalent about science. Confl icting attitudes toward science are not uncommon among industrialized countries— Canadians, Europeans, and Japanese, for example, also appreciate the benefi ts of science but worry about potential impacts on society. What sets Americans apart is that their reservations center primarily around religion....

In this article, the author explores the role of religion in social constructions of heterosexual masculinity in South Africa in the context of civil society driven programs to fight sexual and gender-based violence and the spread of HIV. Critically engaging with the concept of hegemonic masculinity and the sociological literature on gender relations in conservative Christian communities, the a...

In a society, gender ideology is created and refl ected in multiple ways. Among the myriad ways, language and culture play great role in creating and refl ecting gendered culture in a society. This paper examines the representation of women in Oromo folk-proverbs and folk-religion, and analyses the position of women in the traditional Oromo cultural practices. Despite all the barriers of patria...

Some scholars include changes in spirituality, such as a greater commitment to their religious beliefs or an enhanced understanding of spiritual matters, in the definition of posttraumatic growth; others conclude that questions of spirituality should be excluded from this definition. This article highlights the fundamental difference of religion to other domains of posttraumatic growth because ...

This essay analyzes how the ideology that is owned by media influences media's framing in reporting a reality. The dimension will always be related to selection of issues, emphases, and projection on certain aspects issue. For this reason, study present cases Republika.co.id Tempo.co informing LGBT So, reality conveyed cannot seen separately, because it interests these two outlets want serve an...

Ifa ́ is believed to be the foundation of Yorùbá culture. This means every aspect of Yorùbá life, including religion, philosophy, science, ideology, recreation, literature and so on has one link or another with Ifa ́. Previous works on Yorùbá philosophy have neither related Ifa ́ semiotic symbols nor elements with Ayo ̀ Ọlọ́pọ ́n nor established any connection between the two. This study examines the...

Adopting the ‘post-secular’ critique of mainstream discourse on ‘religion and politics’, this article aims to offer a novel consideration what is commonly identified as religious nationalism. Following post-secular cue, we highlight importance nation-statist configuration power for very construction conceptual categorical frameworks into which discussions religion, secularity, politics, nationa...