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In Quest of a Meaningful Model of Human Self and Behaviour
Full text linkThere is a growing awareness among many modern psychologists that the will to meaning is a highly distinctive feature of man, distinguishing him from animals. Accordingly, a behaviour model for man, to be truly representative, must include the drive for meaning as a significant dimension of human personality. In the light of this realization, some major psychological models of personality, e.g., the psychoanalytical model, behaviouristic model, humanistic model, and the existential model have been briefly examined, and a model based on transcendental nature of man is proposed. According to this model, the realization of an abiding comprehensive meaning of life and the consequent all inclusive meaningful behaviour, both at the individual and social levels, is the junction of man's perception and belief in a transcendentally anchored integrated framework of life
Mosques in Turkey: A Quantitative Analysis
Full text linkThe aim of this paper is to look at the changes in the number of mosques in relation to changes in population in Turkey. In addition to a detailed analysis at provincial level, regions are subjected to comparison among themselves. Further, the paper examines the factors determining the number of mosques in rural, urban and total population separately. The paper indicates that the change in the number of mosques as compared to the change in population, shows not a linear increasing trend but a fluctuating one. During 1971-88 period the increase in population exceeded increase in the number of mosques while the reverse trend was true for 1981-88 period. For the period under scrutiny here (1986-88), the increase in the number of mosques fell behind the increase in population. Factors determining the number of mosques are found to be: population, percent of votes cast for right wing parties and the number of mosque associations for rural areas; demographic index, population and the number of mosque associations for urban areas, and education, demographic index, population and the number of mosque organizations for the total population
