The purpose of this study was to provide a theoretical framework based on a review of the literature of the practice of Sabbath-keeping to determine whether this practice promotes psychological health and spiritual well-being. Psychological health and spiritual well-being were d…
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This dissertation explores the relationship between religious practice and religious identity by analyzing representations of the nazirite vow created in one social context--the Eastern Mediterranean in the first six centuries of the Common Era. A nazirite vow, as described in t…
This dissertation, prepared under the direction of Choon-Leong Seow, constructs a picture of the religious practices of Persian-period Yehud and argues that the temple was central to this practice. While the position that the temple was central in the religious life of Yehud enj…
This thesis studies the formation of the basic ideology of the Muh[dotbelow]ammadiyah during the period 1912-1942, analyzing in particular the fundamental aspects of its religious and social beliefs. The words and deeds of its leaders were crucial during the period in forming th…
Different forms of perfectionism have been conceptualized as either healthy or unhealthy(Stoeber & Otto, 2006). While adaptive perfectionism has been linked to positive outcomes (Ekmekci et al., 2020; Karababa, 2018), the deleterious effect of maladaptive perfectionism on psycho…
Pakistan being the 2nd largest Muslim country with a large youth base population. Given the importance of youth for development of the country, it is a vital subsection to study in terms of all aspects of their lives, including education, work, marriage, and how they spend their…