I was raised on the fire and brimstone preaching and teachings of the Southern Baptist Church. The fear of God runs deep in my family. Surrounded by the monoliths and mausoleums of a dying tobacco farming industry in rural Kentucky, my childhood was fraught with lessons in rust …
Religion and politics are two controversial topics that are deeply rooted in the identity of an individual, and have caused a number of online arguments across different social networking sites (SNS). Research has been conducted looking at how these variables are related, but no…
Throughout the Arab history, fundamentalist tendencies have fostered distrust and prevented cooperation between Muslim and Christian Arabs. Sociologist and theologian Peter Berger demonstrates that such radicalization creates cognitive minorities, rendering these minorities unab…
Human sexuality is a complex phenomenon and is consequently a subject of frequent concern for client and counselor alike. Unfortunately, however, many counselors fail to adequately address their clients’ sexual concerns. The source of this omission in clinical focus has been the…
Maintaining trends of resistance movements, activist agendas, and advocacy campaigns initiated in opposition to the Islamization period and the dictatorship of General Zia-ulHaq (1977-1988), contemporary expressions of resistance in Pakistan have also begun to include 'activist …
Contemporary extremist groups pose a significant threat to stability and their actions influence US foreign policy. An analysis of why some contemporary extremist groups fall while others flourish reveal common attributes that inform an enhanced US government policy and response…