Essays about: "monks"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word monks.

1. 1. Data driven fuzzy suitability modelling as a method for assessing habitat choice of migratory Red Kites (Milvus, milvus) across Spain

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : John-William Monks; [2019]
   Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystems analysis; Fuzzy suitability; GIS; Red Kite; Suitability modelling; Conservation; Habitat choice; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : As an increasing number of species drift onto the IUCN’s list of endangered species, it has become increasingly important to understand the fundamental aspects that are essential in maintaining the fitness of these threatened species. Using tracking data from 75% of a sample of Swiss juvenile Red Kites during their wintering period in Spain, various bioclimatic predictors (BCMPs) were taken into account to create fuzzy membership functions based on the spatial distribution of the related biogeographic elements within the operating range of the sample set of kites. READ MORE

3. 2. Monks & Oliver: Two Sides of the Same Coin in Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist

   University essay from Karlstads universitet

   Author : Sanna Oscarsson; [2018]
   Keywords : Oliver Twist; Monks; Dickens; hero; villain; character analysis;

   Abstract : Oliver Twist is a novel loved by many, read by more. It is a classic novel by Charles Dickens, portraying the life and hardships of a young boy named Oliver Twist, who was born in a work house. Oliver is bright and righteous, the exact opposite of his brother Edward “Monks” Leeford. READ MORE

4. 3. Woman Monks of Coptic and Christian Hagiography

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Madeléne Tjernqvist; [2017]
   Keywords : Woman monks; Coptic; Christianity; hagiography; Hilaria; saints;

   Abstract : Woman monks are not uncommon to find in Coptic and other hagiographic literature. They were described to dress into male attire and travel to anchoritic monasteries where they would get a single cell to devote their lives to God through seclusion, prayers, fasting, meditation, studies, and other daily chores, all the while not being known as women by most of the men in their brethren. READ MORE

5. 4. The Role of Buddhism in Society and Radical Buddhist Mobilization: An Explorative Study of Young Monks in Sri Lanka

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Theodora Pettersson; [2015-06-15]
   Keywords : Sri Lanka; religion; mobilization; radicalism; threats; protection; intolerance; violence; Buddhists; monks; Muslims;

   Abstract : Radical Buddhist mobilization in post-war Sri Lanka is taking place in an international context where religious groups are gaining a lot of attention in for instance media and by political leaders as well as by researchers. The aim of this thesis was to explore young monks’ perceptions of the role of Buddhism in society and on radical Buddhist mobilization in Sri Lanka by specifically looking at perception of threats, protection of Buddhism, and cases of religious intolerance and violence. READ MORE

6. 5. Jain Vegetarian Laws in the City of Palitana : Indefensible Legal Enforcement or Praiseworthy Progressive Moralism?

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etik; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Ruben van Popering; [2015]
   Keywords : Ahimsa; Animal Rights; Anthropocentrism; Ecology; Jainism; Minority Rights; Moral Vegetarianism; Palitana; Philosophy of Law; Religious Rights;

   Abstract : The city of Palitana, India, has become the first region known to legally install de facto meat bans, essentially making Palitana a vegetarian city by law. These legal steps seem to be the direct result of social pressure put on local legislators in the form of a mass hunger strike performed by local Jain monks. READ MORE