Essays about: "martyr"

Found 4 essays containing the word martyr.

1. 1. Hard to be Human : Shaping the Self in an Everchanging Narrative

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Johanna Lensell Rebillon; [2023]
   Keywords : Narrative self; Martyrdom; Hermeneutics; Pragmatist hermeneutics; Christian tradition; Secularism;

   Abstract : This study examines how an existentialistic perspective in a secular context can be enforcedby interpretations of the Self from a Christian martyr narrative. The existentialistic perspective being the questioning of meaning of life and death. READ MORE

3. 2. Negotiating Humanity, Faith, and Freedom of Conscience in an Oppressive Space : A case study of Todor Enchev in Concentration and Labour Camps in late 1940’s-1950’s Bulgaria

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Sofia Svensson; [2022]
   Keywords : Bulgaria; Biography as Theology; Communism; Dehumanisation; Faith; Oppression;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to investigate how Todor Enchev sustained and negotiated his humanity, faith, and freedom of conscience in prison, labour, and concentration camps in late 1940’s-1950’s Bulgaria. Through a hermeneutic study, this investigation analyses Enchev’s book From Spiritual Death to Eternal Life (1998). READ MORE

4. 3. Saving a Saint : A Study of the Representation of Maria Goretti (1890-1902): a Saint, a Martyr, a Virgin, a Child

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kyrko- och missionsstudier

   Author : Helwi Margarita Cadavid Yani; [2018]
   Keywords : Saint Maria Goretti; Virgin Martyr; Representation; Papal discourse; Devotional discourse; Problematic aspects; Oversimplifications; Sexual violence; Rape; Hagiography; Catholic edificational biographies; Chastity; Charity; Forgiveness; Self-sacrifice in defence of virginal purity;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the legend of the Italian virgin martyr, Saint Maria Goretti (1890-1902). Her legend states that she died at the age of eleven protecting her virginity from her assailant Alessandro Serenelli who stabbed her numerous times, and that she granted him forgiveness before she died. READ MORE

5. 4. “She said she was called Theodore” : -        A modality analysis of five transcendental saints in the 1260’s Legenda Aurea and 1430’s Gilte Legende

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Author : Emmy Atterving; [2017]
   Keywords : saint; saints; transvestites; transvestism; transvestite; saint marina; marina; marinus; saint eugenia; eugenia; eugene; saint theodora; theodora; theodore; saint margaret; margaret pelagius; margaret; margaret pelagia; pelagius; pelagia; saint pelagia; jacopo de fazio; jacobus de voragine; jacopo da varazze; compiler; dominican; Golden legend; legenda aurea; legenda sanctorum; gilte legende; confessor; martyr; virgin; hagiographies; hagiography; biography; England; Middle English sweden; monastery; monk; abbot; social experimentation; space; feminisation of language; jesus as mother; saint bridget of sweden; saint mary; holy virgin; saint catherine of siena; le roman de silences; silence; caroline walker bynum; sanctity; transcendence; homi bhabha; post-colonial; postcolonial; loomba; hybridity; hybridity theory; gender; gender fluidity; crossdressing; cross-dressing; transgender; laqueur; linguistics; modality; nuyts; medieval; late medieval; late middle ages; middle ages; late medieval period;

   Abstract : This thesis explores modalities in two hagiographical collections from the late Middle Ages; the Legenda Aurea and the Gilte Legende by drawing inspiration from post-colonial hybridity theories.. READ MORE