Essays about: "Assyrian"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the word Assyrian.

  1. 11. Torn Between Home and Homeland, Present and Future: Identity Formation Among Individuals With Assyrian Background in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Bernadet Mati; [2015]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : None of us are immune to the ongoing identity-processes. Identity formation is something that we are engaged in every day, both in our consciousness and our subconsciousness, from the society levels down to personal levels. This study examines how individuals with Assyrian background form their identities in Sweden. READ MORE

  3. 12. Mar-Issar and the Restoration of Babylonian Sanctuaries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

    Author : Emeline Hardy; [2014]
    Keywords : History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This study is based on the letters of Mar-Issar, an Assyrian official working at the end of Esarhaddon's reign, as the supervisor of the reconstruction and restoration of sanctuaries in the main Babylonian cities, and the reorganization of their cult. His letters constitute a correspondence with the Assyrian king, mainly about the completion of reconstruction works in the southern kingdom of Mesopotamia. READ MORE

  4. 13. Religiosity and the Development of Ego-Identity : A sequential mixed-methods study of the enculturation and acculturation process of Assyrians/Syrians in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Religionspsykologi

    Author : Victor Dudas; [2014]
    Keywords : Assyrian; Syrian; Sweden; religiosity; acculturation; enculturation; ego- identity; ritualization; communitas; mixed-methods.; assyrier; syrian; Sverige; religiositet; ackulturation; enkulturation; ego-identitet; ritualisering; communitas; mixed-methods.;

    Abstract : The purpose of the current sequential mixed-methods study is to bring further knowledge to the field of psychology of religion concerning the role of religion for Assyrians/Syrians in Sweden. Guiding the current study are theories concerning enculturation, acculturation, ego-identity, ritualization and communitas. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Assyrians/Syriacs of Turkey - A forgotten people

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Jenny Thomsen; [2008]
    Keywords : Assyrians Syriacs; Turkey; minority rights; multiculturalism; assimilation; nationalism;

    Abstract : Uppsatsen behandlar Assyrierna/Syrianerna i Turkiet och deras kamp för erkännande som minoritet. Det eventuella turkiska medlemskapet i den Europeiska Unionen har resulterat i en diskussion kring landets minoritetspolitik och dess ovilja att erkänna vissa minoriteter. READ MORE