Essays about: "worship"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 essays containing the word worship.

  1. 1. Thresholds to the ancestors : An examination of south-west portals with regards to cult and symbolism

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Oskar Bransell; [2023]
    Keywords : South-west portals; grave cult; ancestor worship; necromancy; doors of the dead ; Viking Age; Sydvästportar; gravkult; förfädersdyrkan; nekromanti; de dödas dörrar ; Vikingatiden;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the relevancy of south-west portals with regards to their potential usage in post-burial ritual activity with particular focus on the deposition of sacrificial offerings. South-west portals are a type of stone constructions found on the edges of mounds and stone settings in eastern central Sweden usually dating to the Viking Age (c. READ MORE

  3. 2. How to cope and how to resist : Religion, Culture and Courage Among Thai Women in Belgium Faced with Intimate Partner Violence.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Philip Lane; [2023]
    Keywords : Intimate Partner Violence ; Lived Religion ; Migration; Coping; Buddhism; Thai;

    Abstract : This thesis studies, through a series of interviews, the use of Lived Religion and cultural practices by migrant Thai women in Belgium as they seek to cope with the intimate partner violence they have suffered. The research looks at which strategies help the women to cope and which empower them to resist and leave their abusive context. READ MORE

  4. 3. From Dawn to Dusk: studying the origin of the Islamic fivefold daily liturgy in the Qur’ān

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

    Author : Davide de Francesco; [2023]
    Keywords : Islam; prayer; Qur anic studies; Qur anic exegeses; Christianity; Judaism; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : Despite prayer being one of the most central tenets of Islam, this subject has drawn the attention of surprisingly little scholarship, especially when it comes to studying its origin against pre-Islamic analogues. Thus, this thesis proposes a reconstruction of the very early history of the fivefold daily Islamic liturgy, attempting also to weigh the extent of the influence that pre-Islamic religions, primarily Middle Eastern Christianity and Judaism, might have had in its development. READ MORE

  5. 4. Music Preferences, Perceived Loudness, and Preferred Listening Levels : An investigation of sound level preferences for live sound reinforcement in Swedish free churches

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

    Author : Petrus Ericson; [2022]
    Keywords : Sound levels; live sound reinforcement; loudness; music preference; hearing impairments; sound level tolerance; church; congregation; mix philosophy; sound balance; role of sound; worship; worship music; Ljudvolym; ljudstyrka; musikpreferens; hörselskada; balans; kyrka; lovsång; kyrkomusik; församling; Pingstkyrkan;

    Abstract : Sound levels in live sound reinforcement have long been a topic for debate in live concerts, but the subject is also important elsewhere. Swedish Christian free churches have also struggled for many years to optimize how sound reinforcement can serve the community. READ MORE

  6. 5. “I come here to know” : Muslims navigating space, (in)visibility, and fluidity of religious practice in Uppsala, Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Hossam Eldin Sultan; [2022]
    Keywords : placemaking; space; Muslim; Islam; mosque; religious practice; religion; strategies; tactics; consensus; fluidity; Uppsala; Sweden;

    Abstract : This ethnographic study investigates the process of placemaking in the context of the newly built Al-Hamd Mosque as a Muslim place of worship in Uppsala, Sweden. I consider how access to space e.g., a mosque or a prayer room, affects the religious practices of Muslims in their everyday life at work, school, or in public. READ MORE