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Title: |
Religion |
| Sub-title: |
Beliefs, Theories & Societal Effects |
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| Edited by: |
Pierre Bellamy, Guarin Montpetit |
| ISBN10-13: |
1614703825 : 9781614703822 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
155x230mm |
| Pages: |
0 |
| Weight: |
.442 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - May 2012 |
| List Price: |
141.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Spirituality & religious experience |
| This book presents topical research in the study of the beliefs, theories and societal effects of religion. Topics discussed from authors across the globe include the resurgent interest in the philosophical thinking of Ibn Rushd of Cordoba for modernizing the Islamic world; infant mortality and religious culture; religious beliefs and psychological functioning in patients with schizophrenia; the societal effects of religion; the association between religion, spirituality and medical outcomes; nonconformist religious worship and the question of religion and violence. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Religion: Beliefs, Theories & Societal Effects; Infant Mortality & Religious Culture: A Comparative Approach of Two Swiss States (1860-1930); Free Will Perceptions & Religion in Patients with Schizophrenia & their Caregivers; Do Beliefs Really Have Societal Effects? Implications for Theories of Religion; Spirituality, Secularity & Well-Being; Maimonides' Views; The Architecture of Nonconformist Christian Religion & National Identity. |