The characterization of minerals and biogeological deposits in a terrestrial Arabian sabkha has a direct relevance for the exploration of Mars since the discovery by the NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity of evaporate minerals on Mars that could have arisen from aquifers and subsurface water movement. The recognition of carbonates and sulphates in Gusev Crater has afforded an additional impetus...

The main types of conflicts between modern forms religion and law have been identified. One them is headed by representatives traditional churches. other the bearers a new, non-traditional religious consciousness – "New Religious Movements". third secular legal worldview. expertise determined as most adequate form resolving them. key problems arising in process applying this are analyzed.

there might be diverse modern schools of reform in any religion. this paper categorizes modern hindu and muslim religious thinkers into three groups based on their traditionalist and modernistic concerns. first group are those with futuristic modern thoughts who give more weight to the future and attempt to make old religions compatible to the modern world and present modern religion deserving ...

Since independence, Islamic civil society groups and intellectuals have played a vital role in Indonesian politics. This paper seeks to chart the contestation of religious ideas politics throughout 20th Century, from declaration independence 1945 up until 2001. discusses social political influence of, relationships between, three major intellectual streams: Modernists, Traditionalists, neo-Mode...

This paper compares the politics of a failed religious movement to ban alcohol advertising in the 1950s with the politics of a more secular, and partially successful, movement to regulate alcohol marketing in the 1970s and 1980s. Although the contexts of the two marketing control movements were quite different, the continuities were equally striking. Both employed arguments about youth, social ...

This article is devoted to the analysis of means communication new religious movements in Republic Belarus. Due high level closeness overwhelming number religions for questioning, interviews, observation and experiment, their with society are most accessible documentary source primary sociological information research. As part monitoring confessional space country, conducted since 1997, was col...

The Internet has become an integral part of the modern society. It a strong influence on social institutions and makes them adapt to new conditions digital environment. Religion is not exception despite its inherent resistance change; such ancient construct was also forced enter process digitalisation. article reflects peculiarities this process: it analyses activities various religious movemen...