Faith In Religion Research Articles

Theologising the Discourse of Representation through ‘Faith’ and Religion in Football News

The paper examines the use of ‘faith’ in football through the analysis of the patterns of its co-occurrences in the corpus of football news articles in The Star, a local Malaysian English language newspaper. These articles have been produced by the local news authors who claim to be the faithful of particular football teams. The use of ‘faith’ has been found to express and call for the allegiance towards the preferred teams which is addressed to the audience in general. In this sense, the overdetermined role of the authors as the news producers and the supporters of certain football teams may contribute to how they are represented in the media. Moreover, ‘faith’ has often been limited to religion and little is known about its use in sport and representation. Hencethe investigation is aimed at making sense of the meanings of ‘faith’ in the context of football to further unveil its role in the discourse of representation. The results reveal the co-occurrences of ‘faith’ with the vocabulary of religion simulating interdiscursive relations that strategise on theologising the representation of the news participants in attempts to legitimise the allegiance to particular sides in football naturally. Consequently, using faith of religion to call for faith in football may lead to the glorification and derogation of certain football teams that further influence their representation as ‘Us’ or ‘Them’. As this practice may also be accepted as a common practice indicating sports rivalry, it also makes ‘faith’ a naturalised code without appearing to be ideological. Keywords: faith; theologisation; representation; news discourse; interdiscursivity

The Value of Trust in the Drama Tersasar Di Jalan-Mu

The value of trust is one of nature that is highly emphasized in social life. The value of trust is one’s identity and the level of his faith in religion. This value is seen in the drama storyline drama Tersasar di Jalan-Mu. In this regard, the study aims to identify the value of the trusts contained in the drama Tersasar di Jalan-Mu by discussing it based on the Honorable Type Concept Framework (Kerangka Konsep Jenis Kehormatan). A total of 9 scenes have been identified as the dominant scenario with the value of Malay trust. It is futrther categorized according to the kind of honor on 7 values, namely blood, property, dignity, tyranny, disunity, women and trust. In this paper, only the value of the trust will be elaborated because this value is synonymous with the problems of today’s society which is less aware of the value of trust in family and community life. The result of the study explains the value of trust is a highly emphasized value in the lives of Malay Muslims.

Hindu Vision in the Poetry of Robert Browning

Robert Browning is a positive poet among the great poets of the Victorian age. He is an optimistic, moralist and religious instructor. He occupies a unique place in English Literature. He seeks optimism in any situation of life by preaching universality of soul and advocacy of God. In his poems, Religion holds a prominent place, and religious teachings get expression in a commendable manner. Religion is subject dear to Browning's heart, and several of his poems deal with the theme of religion Faith in God and immortality of the soul. Besides, staunch faith in godly ways and equally profound faith in the earnest endeavour are the salient features of Browning’s philosophy of life. His famous poem Rabbi Ben Ezra is an epitome of Browning’s philosophy. In many of his poems, we encounter the matching ideas of Vedas and Upanishads. He says that God is everywhere, and we need to seek Him. He is a believer in the immortality of the soul and life after death.

O empoderamento da mulher queimada por autoimolação e sua sustentação na religião e espiritualidade

Objetivo: Identificar a relação da espiritualidade e da religiosidade no empoderamento da mulher queimada por autoimolação. Métodos: Estudo qualitativo, realizado com cinco mulheres com sequelas de queimaduras por autoextermínio. A coleta de dados se deu nos meses de agosto e setembro de 2013 usando-se um roteiro de entrevista semiestruturada. A análise baseou-se no método de “narrativa da doença” com suporte nos discursos das mulheres. Resultados: As mulheres com cicatriz hipertrófica apresentaram reações diversas e, com os discursos destas, emergiram as categorias: a) “Deus tirou tudo aquilo da minha cabeça”, que relatava a religião como ponto alto da salvação; b) “Estigma em relação ao corpo queimado”, na qual reconhece a estigmatização e a resposta da vítima diante da rejeição da sociedade. c) “O corpo e o autopreconceito”, representativas da não aceitação da nova imagem corporal, auto-rejeição, autopreconceito e a espiritualidade no processo de empoderamento da mulher queimada. Conclusão: A mulher vítima de queimadura demonstra múltiplas nuances em relação a autoimagem e autoestima. A fé na religião e na espiritualidade ajuda na superação dos conflitos pessoais e sociais.

Improving Health Care Delivery through Islamization of Medical practice

Advances in modern science and technology have not only reduced mortality from communicable diseases but increased physical comfort, life expectancy and quality of life. However its advances have generated changes in the moral values and basic philosophies of mankind, a bi-product being loss of faith in religion as a partner in healing. This has resulted in changes in lifestyle, moral degradation, laxity in sexual behaviours, and disrupting social values. New diseases caused by negative lifestyles such as sexual promiscuity, alcoholism, illicit drug use and smoking, take the greatest toll in terms of deaths and disability among young people. As a consequence, relevant international organizations have supported more novel approaches to health promotion.Good health is the basic requirement of every human being and one of the greatest blessings of ALLAH (SWT) on mankind. The Islamic way of life is a system of divine principles sent by Allah swt through revelation on Prophet Muhammad (saw) which covers physical, intellectual and spiritual needs of human life. It has many constructive ideas to offer in the field of health care and medical practice. It contains many teachings that urge nurturing of one’s health and rejecting any behaviour, which are contradictory to health. Therefore by adopting an “Islamic way of life” we can promote behavioural change. Since Islam encourages adoption of modern technology and science in support of a greater good, we must understand it and adopt all that is good in it and propagate it in the spirit of Tawhid (Unity of God), for the benefit of all humanity. This paper seeks to analyse how medical professionals can promote healthy behaviour to specific target groups and public in general through teachings of Islam.

Religión y ética en Aristóteles y Santo Tomás

In Aristotle’s system there is an important ambiguity between his religious positions or, if they could be so called, his religious ideas, and his theological thought. The first aspect makes room to popular beliefs and can be seen in some philosophically unimportant documents like his will, but also in some philosophically relevant writings like his Metaphysics and his treatise On The Heavens. The second aspect, his theological position, is in flagrant opposition to the first one. On the contrary, in Aquinas there is no contradiction between the object of faith in religion and his theological thought. Furthermore, religion entails ethical duties which can entirely be justified theologically, which is not the case with Aristotle. Natural law is the main concept that links the religious with the theological level in his thought.

Educational Character Values in Seloko Custom Utterances of Jambi Malay Society

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A Modern Attempt: Denying Death and Struggling with Death

Almost all people want their existence to continue all the time. In the past, this desire was getting satisfied with the faith of religions regarding the immortality of the spirit. In the modern era, the interest and faith in religion have diminished and consequently, the soul immortality has been looked upon with suspicion. Previously, death meant the transition to the other world; now death is interpreted as the end of a person's existence. Modern humans, who have doubts, fears, and anxieties about the continuation of their existence after death, have difficulty in accepting the fact of death; they try to deny and fight it. However, the effort to remove death from life puts the fear and worry of death in the center of life, which leads to the confrontation with very different results than originally intended. The theme of this study is how modern individuals look at death, what ways they apply to get it out of their lives, by what tools they struggle against it and what the consequences of these efforts are.

A Christian Pacifist: An Chunggŭn's Christian Ethics and Armed Struggle

This paper seeks to understand Korean national activist Thomas An Chunggŭn's (1879–1910) thoughts on peace and war from a religious point of view. Regarding Itō Hirobumi (1841–1909), the first Japanese resident-general of Korea, as evil, Thomas An resorted to armed struggle and assassinated Itō at the railroad station in Harbin, Manchuria on October 26, 1909 in the name of Korean independence and peace in the East. An's faith in religion served as a driving force in his engagement in national movements, both non-violent and violent, to make peace and restore national sovereignty. By comparing Japanese Christian pacifist Uchimura Kanzō (1861–1930), who rejected any kind of war, with An, this paper examines the similarities and differences between An's pacifism, which was developed in the context of a colonized Korea, and Uchimura's, which was formed within that of imperial Japan. In so doing, it explores whether Thomas An can be categorized as a Christian pacifist from the perspective of Christian ethics.

Kedudukan dan Sistematika Filsafat Ilmu dalam Rasionalisasi Ilmu Pengetahuan

Rationalization Science happened since Rene Descartes with a skeptical attitude-metodisnya doubting everything, except him who is hesitant (cogito ergo sum). This attitude continued in Auf Klarung, an era which is an attempt to reach a rational man about himself and nature. The purpose of this paper is to describe the position and systematic philosophy of science in the rationalization of science. Relates to a process of rationalization of knowledge derived from sensory experience, both of which have been declared a scientific or unscientific, using logic, everything that has been known empirically as well as on the basis of faith more easily accepted by common sense. Philosophy has the ability to add one's faith in religion, but "if either apply it" will make people doubt his belief in the teachings of the sacred. What according to religious teachings enough to be felt, the philosophies need to be considered, so the feeling for religion is an act of rational and logical.

Kedudukan dan Sistematika Filsafat Ilmu dalam Rasionalisasi Ilmu Pengetahuan

Rationalization Science happened since Rene Descartes with a skeptical attitude-metodisnya doubting everything, except him who is hesitant (cogito ergo sum). This attitude continued in Auf Klarung, an era which is an attempt to reach a rational man about himself and nature. The purpose of this paper is to describe the position and systematic philosophy of science in the rationalization of science. Relates to a process of rationalization of knowledge derived from sensory experience, both of which have been declared a scientific or unscientific, using logic, everything that has been known empirically as well as on the basis of faith more easily accepted by common sense. Philosophy has the ability to add one's faith in religion, but "if either apply it" will make people doubt his belief in the teachings of the sacred. What according to religious teachings enough to be felt, the philosophies need to be considered, so the feeling for religion is an act of rational and logical.

The rationality of faith and the benefits of religion

Religions don’t simply make claims about the world; they also offer existential resources, resources for dealing with basic human problems, such as the need for meaning, love, identity, and personal growth. For instance, a Buddhist’s resources for addressing these existential needs are different than a Christian’s. Now, imagine someone who is agnostic but who is deciding whether to put faith in religion A or religion B. Suppose she thinks A and B are evidentially on par, but she regards A as offering much more by way of existential resources. Is it epistemically rational for her to put her faith in A rather than B on this basis? It is natural to answer No. After all, what do the existential resources of a religion have to do with its truth? However, I argue that this attitude is mistaken. My thesis is that the extent to which it is good for a certain religion to be true is relevant to the epistemic (rather than merely pragmatic) rationality of faith in that religion. This is plausible, I’ll argue, on the correct account of the nature of faith, including the ways that emotion and desire can figure into faith and contribute to its epistemic rationality.

Demand for measles and yellow fever vaccines for children in Ghana: are socio-economic, demographic and Geographic factors relevant?

One of the best ways of Preventing Measles and Yellow fever which are dangerous killers of children is through vaccination. Therefore given the absence of research to the best of our knowledge on the factors that affect demand for Measles and Yellow fever vaccines among children in Ghana, this study investigated the socio-economic, demographic and geographic factors that affect the demand for Measles and Yellow fever vaccines among children in Ghana. By using data from the 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey and the binary probit model, the study among other findings revealed that, Children in the Western region were less likely to have received both the Measles 1 and Yellow fever vaccines. Also urban children and children with unemployed mothers were found to be less likely to have received the Measles 1, Measles 2 and Yellow fever vaccines relative to rural children and children with employed mothers respectively. Also Traditional/Spiritualist/No religion faith children were found to be less likely to have received the Yellow fever vaccine. Further, uneducated mothers, mothers without health insurance and non-wealthy households were found to be less likely to demand the Measles 2 vaccine for their children. This study therefore concludes that Socio-Economic, Demographic and Geographic Factors are relevant determinants of demand for measles and yellow fever vaccines among children in Ghana.

Confessional Crises and Cultural Politics in Twentieth-Century America

Confessional Crises and Cultural Politics in Twentieth-Century America

Role of Religion in Preventing Youth Sexual Activity in Malaysia: A Mixed Methods Study.

One of the popular approaches of preventing youth sexual activity in Malaysia is using religion to promote premarital sexual abstinence. Despite this intervention, youth continue to practise premarital sex. Thus, the purpose of this exploratory mixed methods study was to understand the role of religion on sexual activity among college students in Klang Valley, Malaysia. A self-administered questionnaire survey to determine the relationship between religiosity and youth sexual activity was carried out on 1026 students recruited from 12 randomly selected colleges. Concurrently, face-to-face interviews were conducted on 15 students to explore how religiosity had influenced their decision on sexual activity. The survey data were analysed using logistic regression, while the qualitative data from the interviews were examined using thematic analysis with separate analysis for each gender. Both quantitative and qualitative results were then compared and integrated. Religious activity significantly reduced the risk of continuing sexual activity among female students (AOR=0.67, CI=0.47, 0.95, p=0.02) but not male students. There was no significant relationship of religious affiliation and intrinsic religiosity (inner faith) to sexual activity by gender. Having faith in religion and strong sexual desire were the main themes that explained participants' sexual behaviour. Engaging in religious activity might be effective at preventing female students from being sexually active. However, when sexual urges and desires are beyond control, religiosity might not be effective.

The determinants of distress among HIV discordant couples

AimA cross sectional study was conducted to examine the distress experienced by HIV infected discordant couples and their coping strategies. BackgroundHIV discordant couples are those couples where one partner is HIV infected and the other is not. When one of the spouses of an approved marriage is an infected person, the psychological distress of the uninfected partner is likely to be high due to social aversion towards the couple, anxiety about the possibility of getting the infection to self. Materials and methodsA total of 30 HIV discordant couples, receiving anti retro-viral therapy from a general hospital in Puducherry, were selected. Distress and coping were measured using Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS-21) and Brief Cope scale respectively. The descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. ResultsThe result reveals that most of the respondents were experiencing moderate level of distress. The substance use (β=−.615; p<.05); venting (β=−.425; p<.05); planning (β=−.614; p<.05) and faith in religion (β=−.353; p<.05) were the significant negative predictor variable that reduced depression among HIV discordant couples. The substance use (β=−.647; p<.01); planning (β=.−546; p<.01); positive reframing (β=−.365; p<.05) and religious belief (β=−.436; p<.05) significantly contributing variables to anxiety of HIV discordant. Finally, substance use (β=−.489; p<.01); humour (β=−.345; p<.05) and faith in religion (β=−.336; p<.05) were the significant negative predictors that reduced the stress level of the respondents. ConclusionThe study concludes that emphasizing the distress reduction and healthy coping promotion strategies for HIV discordant couples.

WIARA A INNE TYPY POZNANIA

The characteristics of the knowledge of God through the religion faith is consequence of subject– that one’s overtopped the epistemic powers of human – which is accessible merely in that way.The aim of Belief is supernatural and it consists in union with God through getting to know hisnature. The method of the religious faith is an engagement of the intellect and a will the recognisedsubject. The religious faith is a different cognition toward other types of knowledge. It is also thecognition which assumes a former natural acquired knowledge. A leap of faith in that what wasdeemed for truth needs activities of intellect.

Shaw by the Numbers

Shaw by the Numbers

Survey of Wooden-Culture in Inner Mongolia Municipality and Buildings

Wooden-culture of Inner Mongolia is centuries-old and profound, Mongolia race is a minority which has their own culture and art,language,life convention and religion faith. Wooden-culture which include Panel board,Furniture,Craftwork, Mongolia house and Matouqin has been investigated.

11th Community Music Activity International Seminar: A personal reflection

This paper provides a personal reflection on the 11th Community Music Activity International Seminar exploring some of the main issues that arose, through both the seminar themes of criminal justice system, wellbeing, religion faith and ritual, leadership, and social capital; and the plenary emerging themes of theorizing, practice and leadership, research, and actions.