Showing 4 results for Religious Belief
Volume 8, Issue 1 (3-2020)
Abstract
Aims: It has been shown that hope plays an important role to recovery process from illness and has strong psychological benefits for patients to cope more effectively with their disease. The purpose of this study was the prediction of hope based on forgiveness and religious beliefs among leukemia patients.
Materials & Methods: This descriptive-correlational study was conducted on 205 volunteer leukemia patients who were admitted in Tehran hospitals in 2018. Patients were selected by convenience sampling method. The data were collected using The Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS), Adult Hope Scale (AHS), and The Heartland Forgiveness Scale (HFS). Date were analyzed by SPSS 23 software using Pearson correlation test and linear regression analysis.
Findings: There was a positive significant correlation between forgiveness (r=0.552) and religious beliefs (r=0.182) with hope (p<0.01). Also 30.6% of variance of hope was explained by religious beliefs and forgiveness (p<0.01).
Conclusion: Forgiveness and religious beliefs are predictor factors of hope in leukemia patients.
Volume 14, Issue 3 (11-2024)
Abstract
Aims: A healthy environment is a factor in the sustainability of human settlements, and environmental protection is a necessity for sustainable development. On the other hand, the literature on the subject shows that urban development has not led to an increase in spiritual well-being and a healthy environment. It aims to show that emphasizing Islamic teachings can lead to an increase in the spiritual well-being of citizens and environmental health.
Methods: The logical reasoning strategy in the liberal studies paradigm has been chosen for inference in this study. Researchers analyze sources with the help of criticism and the use of interpretive and interpretive methods. The results of the study are drawn based on a holistic approach to the achievements of similar studies. Hence, the methodological structure of the study is based on meta-analysis with a qualitative approach.
Findings: The results of the studies conducted in the study show that the conceptual concept of a healthy city, on the one hand, has a direct relationship with religious concepts and Islamic teachings, and on the other hand, it depends on citizens enjoying a healthy environment. The role of a healthy environment in spiritual well-being, and the impact of citizens' spirituality on environmental protection, are the two main achievements.
Conclusion: The research presents a conceptual model for explaining a healthy city based on Islamic teachings, which links two less-considered concepts, namely a healthy environment and spiritual well-being; the same issue that the research background introduces as the missing part of sustainable urban development.
Iran Qodratullah Qorbani,
Volume 30, Issue 2 (3-2023)
Abstract
The rationality of religious belief systems indicates longitudinal relationships, so that each benefit from pertained rationality based on ontological place within the web of religious knowledge. Therefore, it can be possible to consider three layers of religious beliefs i.e. fundamental, middle, and marginal. Here fundamental beliefs are the most rational, followed by middle and finally marginal. Concerning Islamic and Christian traditions, there can be two beliefs, believing in one God and the hereafter, that are considered fundamental ones. There are also middle beliefs between the two mainstream religions that are about divine attributes, the relationship between God and human beings, and so on so forth. Finally, the level of marginal beliefs of two are about the sacredness of places, times, events, things, persons, situations etc. This research wants to show that although all religious beliefs have been expanded and changed under the influence of epistemic and non-epistemic factors, t fundamental beliefs have been more stable, immutable, universal, and compatible. Middle beliefs of Islam and Christianity, are generally based on believers’ plural understandings of religious texts and under aforementioned factors. Thus, in order to study the rationality of religions and their traditions, it is necessary to pay closer attention to how and under what conditions (epistemic and non-epistemic) their web of beliefs are formed and shaped.
Volume 31, Issue 3 (3-2025)
Abstract
The conflict between mathematical rules and beliefs, as well as the correct choice, is an ethical issue. The resolution of this conflict depends on providing a criterion for evaluation so that the moral agent can make the correct choice based on it. This current research addresses the standards and trends in conflicting requirements through an analytical approach from the perspective of psychological egoism concerning self-love and Islam. Psychological egoism, which is based on the inclination towards self-love, perceives greater good and pleasure in adhering to mathematical rules. This thinking often neglects other perspectives in calculations by focusing solely on global systems and expressing certain truths. Although some Quranic verses affirm part of this perspective, other verses indicate alternative directions and their superiority. Therefore, monopolizing the stance on self-love is incomplete and does not encompass all truths. From the viewpoint of Islamic scholars, reason evaluates conflicting parties based on fundamental rules of conflict, where preference is more significant than obligation. Compliance with God's essential requirements is crucial, and thus dismissing unnecessary demands is a prerequisite for beliefs prior to mathematical rules. Creating a relative consensus towards modifying mathematical rules that conflict with beliefs is another method to resolve these conflicts.
