Essays about: "Afterlife"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the word Afterlife.

1. 1. Tracing afterlife : A comparative study of visionary motifs in the Apocalypse of Paul, near-death experiences and Karl Rahner’s theology of death and dying

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : Fredrik Sterner; [2023]
   Keywords : The Apocalypse of Paul; Near-death experience; Karl Rahner; eschatology; apocalypse; To die is gain; Johan-Christoff Hampe;

   Abstract : This essay aims to explore the tradition of visionary experience as expressed through the 4th century apocryphal text The Apocalypse of Paul. Emerging motifs from The Apocalypse of Paul is studied alongside those from the 1979 study on near-death experience, To die is gain, by German Lutheran priest Johann Christoph Hampe. READ MORE

3. 2. Nikāḥ as precondition for paradise? Spiritual corporeality and al-Ghazālī’s theology of marriage in the Kitāb ādāb al-nikāḥ

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Mariette Frieda Anita Minnemann; [2021]
   Keywords : al-Ghazali marriage asceticism Medieval theology history of religion Islamic theology Soteriology cosmogony eschatology embodiment Sufism Sufi tasawwuf spiritual corporeality mysticism Ibn Arabi Islamic mysticism jihad body Ihya kitab nikah intercourse sex celibacy embodied resurrection din Medieval Islamic studies religious studies; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : With the 11th century text Kitāb ādāb al-nikāḥ, the “Book on the Proper Conduct of Marriage”, the Islamic thinker al-Ghazālī (1056 –1111/447–504) replies to a contemporaneous debate within Sufi asceticism with a theology of nikāḥ. The text is part of his opus magnum, the “Renaissance of the Knowledge of dīn”, which aims at a renewal of Muslim piety and provides practical guidance to the male audience addressed. READ MORE

4. 3. The Meaning of Hell : Exploring the meaning of life through the lens of the afterlife

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Religionsfilosofi

   Author : Henry Englund; [2021]
   Keywords : eschatology; hell; meaning; life; intelligibility; purpose; significance;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I take a closer look at the meaning of life from an eschatological point of view. More precisely, the question at hand is whether and in what sense the existence of Hell would impact the meaning of life. READ MORE

5. 4. The Afterlife of Clothes

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad (ABE)

   Author : Hanna Wahlberg; [2020]
   Keywords : consumption production waste textile recycling urban industrial;

   Abstract : The clothes and textiles sold in Sweden is mostly manufactured in countries outside of the EU. The production requires large areas of land and vast amount of water. The environmental impact is big during the production phase in terms of water usage, chemicals and transports. READ MORE

6. 5. Oh my god, she’s a boy! The online afterlife of Sleepaway Camp (1983, Robert Hiltzik)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Emma Bengtsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Sleepaway Camp; LGBTQ; queer; netnography; cult; camp; identity.; Social Sciences; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : This study aims to examine the online afterlife of the slasher film Sleepaway Camp (1983, Robert Hiltzik) and how this afterlife relates to the queer elements in the film and its role as a cult film. By combining analytical perspectives and tools deriving from film studies and media studies, through applying film analysis as a method and using a netnographic approach, the fields complement each other without cancelling each other out. READ MORE