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One of the issues addressed in this article is the study of explaining the function of religion on the basis of virtue, one of the issues that theologians face; That is, despite the opposition to religion, why do people tend to religion, and what is the role and function of religion for human beings? Various approaches have been proposed to explain this issue. One of the approaches that has been reconsidered is the virtuous approach. In this approach, attention is paid to the characteristics, abilities and personal talents of individuals. According to this approach, virtues are divided into two types: one is rational virtues, and the other is normative and moral virtues. Considering that these virtues are also mentioned in religious teachings. It seems that according to this approach, the function of religion can also be explained on the basis of "inference through the best explanation". Therefore, in this article, after briefly stating this approach, the issue of the function of religion has been studied and explained accordingly.

Scientific study of Religion; Interdisciplinary studies, which study religion, and empirically study the behavior and thinking of religious people, without wanting to advocate a particular opinion. Hence it differs from theology and Kalam in this respect. Because in theology and theology they explain and defend certain ideas; But in scientific theology, from a non-religious point of view, the behavior and beliefs of religious people are described and explained.The issues raised in scientific study of Religion can be categorized around two issues; One is the discussion of the origin of religion and the other is the discussion of the function of religion. In terms of methodology, there are two basic approaches in scientific theology; one is the explanatory method and the other is the interpretive method. Each of these methods is based on principles and assumptions that seem necessary to discuss.What is intended in this article is to explain what scientific theology is, the goals and necessities, issues, principles and assumptions of scientific theology approaches. Scientific study of Religion, principles and presuppositions, paradigms, nature of theology.

Divine action issue is among the issues discussed in the field of science and theology. The theological views on this issue are more dating. In modern times, according to the views and new approaches in science arose It also considered scientifically and different views on this issue has been raised Each of these views are based on different theological foundations A scientific views about divine actin view is polkinghorn Based on natural theology to explain the issue of God's action The theological principles and assumptions are discussed and criticized his view.

In this paper, I will try to present a comparative examination of Avicenna’s and Mullā Sadrā’s views of analyzing the concept of the Necessary Being. According to Avicenna, “the Necessary Being” is an entity which is Pure Being, but according to Mullā Sadrā, Necessity of Being requires that the existent besides being real and not having conditional mode and accidental intermediary has not causative mode. According to the separability of these two modes, the Necessary Being is a being which is both “by-itself” and “for-itself”; hence, Mullā Sadrā considers these two qualifications in his definition of the Necessary Being. Therefore, the arguments of the two philosophers for Necessary Being will be different.