Istanbul: Conversations on Life, Knowledge, and Belief
November 4-10, 2013 / Istanbul, Turkey The Fountain organized a three-day conference in Istanbul featuring scholars and academics…
Spirituality
24 articles
Can Spirituality Help Recover From Cancer?
Dr. Jean Kristeller is Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Center for the Study of Health,…
Delay of Gratification and Spirituality
We are living in a world in which everything changes very quickly; throughout the world immediacy rules. Industrial…
Desire To Retreat
This transient material world attracts us greatly with the kind of life it imposes upon us, the many…
A Universal Islamic Phenomenon in Turkish Religious Practice: the Gulen Case
Fethullah Gulen started his professional career as a traditional imam, trained and certificated by the governmental authorities in…
Identity and Political Activity in Modern Europe
The post-communist phenomenon of economic globalization tends to enlarge the economic gap between haves and have-nots. This economic…
Editorial (Issue 33)
Our Interrelated World Civilizations are built on knowledge and a worldview of how it fits together. At some…
Spirituality and Religion in the Workplace
What is the meaning of work in my life? Does my work contribute something meaningful to society? Is…
The Horizon Of Hope: Spiritual Or Metaphysical Thought
The modern Western world-view is said to be founded almost entirely on materialistic notions excluding, even denying, the…