The Evolution of Religion
The Evolution of Religion by R. Elisabeth Cornwell, PhD, J. Anderson Thomson, MD The Human Niche Humans, like all other living beings, are a product of four billion years of evolutionary processes. We have been shaped and pounded by the rhythms of our planet’s geology and climate as well by the continual interplay among biological […]
Religions and the Cruel Return of Gods
Richard T. Hull The role of religions in the use of torture as a tool of oppression This small but encyclopedic work provides an astonishingly thorough introduction to the range of world religions,m their histories, their adherents, and their central doctrines. It is a handy reference work for those who have encountered exotic points […]
Death Penalty as a form of Torture
Death Penalty as a form of Torture Ezat Mossallanejad The whole process of the implementation of the death penalty has always been torturous – from the pronouncement of the penalty to the waiting period for the execution of punishment to the very act of killing. The psychological torture starts on the very first day of […]