Passive Aggression A Bleeding Wound in Our Spiritual Life
“What did she mean with that look? Was she upset with the mess I left behind home? Is…
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Islamic Philosophy of Science
Attempting to answer questions of agency, causality and universality from an Islamic perspective is called the “Islamic philosophy…
How Many Tsunamis May I Survive?
Postmodernism includes theories that recognize and aim to create diversity. This creates the following dilemma: to what an…
Little Professor Syndrome
Autism—and its milder cousin Asperger’s—affects 1 in 150 children across the US. Speculation goes that people like Albert Einstein,…
From Continence to Virtue: Cultivation of Moral Character
Can people be held accountable for what they feel and wish from a moral point of view or…
Birth through Belly?
Considering the way human beings are born, some people believe that there can be a “fault” in the…
Poor Memory and Its Causes
Memory is one of the purposes of the brain, and it is described as the ability to protect…
Compatibility of Modern Psychology and Muslims
“Surely God changes not the conditions of a people, unless they change what is with their selves.” Qur’an…
Can Spirituality Help Recover From Cancer?
Dr. Jean Kristeller is Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Center for the Study of Health,…
Divergent Thinking and the Religious Texts: The Case of Islam
The concept of divergent thinking was first mentioned by prominent psychologist J. P. Guilford (1950), who defined it…
Delay of Gratification and Spirituality
We are living in a world in which everything changes very quickly; throughout the world immediacy rules. Industrial…
Different Approaches to Interpersonal Conflict
“…set things right (adjust all matters of difference) among yourselves to allow no discord…”1 Approximately three decades ago,…
The Anchoring Effect How Our Prior Knowledge Affects Our Perception
Evaluations and decisions play an important role in our social life. As we want our evaluations to be…
Cognitive Dissonance and the Psychology of Sin
Peter was a successful banker and the vice president of one of the biggest banks in the state.…
Critical Thinking
The Fountain Magazine recently published an interview with Nobel Laurate Ahmad Zewail, in which he answered a question…