Essays about: "sacred values"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words sacred values.
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1. The Guardian Forest : sacred trees and ceremonial forestry in Japan
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : Forests have played a major role in the development of human society across the world. It is therefore no surprise that a natural resource which is such an integral part of human life gave rise to religious beliefs, superstition and notions of the supernatural in connection to trees. READ MORE
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2. Securing the society - a woman's risk to take? : A field study on how women’s perception of safety is impacted by engaging in prevention of violent extremism
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : This study explores how women’s perceptions of safety is impacted by participating in a program aimed at preventing violent extremism (PVE). The theoretical framework mainly draws on literature on women and conflict prevention, sacred values and human security studies. READ MORE
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3. The Self: Towards A Method for Queering Death : An Identity Testament
University essay from Konstfack/IndustridesignAbstract : “The Self: Towards A Method for Queering death” is an identity testament, a speculative method for designing the space of your own funeral before you die. It is a format to create a fair memorial of a person’s identity that does not feel welcome or fits in the current formats of burial ceremonies we have in Sweden today, usually connected to Christianity or other religious traditions. READ MORE
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4. A search for the sacred - contemporary shamanism in the north of Norway and Sweden
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : The research I present within this thesis is a meaning analysis of contemporary shamanism for practitioners in the north of Norway and Sweden. I have used ethnographic research methods of observation, participation, conversations, interviews, context research and analysis of written texts. READ MORE
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5. The Army of God : An examination of religiously motivated violence from a psychology of religion perspective.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/ReligionspsykologiAbstract : The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine psychological processes that can contribute to religiously motivated violence from a psychology of religion perspective in relation to the collective meaning-system of the Christian militant anti-abortion movement the Army of God. The study applied a single-case design and the data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 3 prominent figures within Army of God, as well as through 43 qualitative documents and 4 autobiographical books. READ MORE