Essays about: "Buddhism christianity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Buddhism christianity.

  1. 1. Students’ Perception of Religious Phenomena in Japan and the Inadequacy of ’Religion’ as Conceptual Tool in a non-Western Context

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Natascha Eschweiler; [2019]
    Keywords : Religion in Japan; New religious movements; Perception of religion; Sōka Gakkai; Aum Shinrikyō; Religion and culture; Category of religion; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the attitude of Japanese university students towards religious phenomena in Japan, with specific emphasis on the ones labelled new religious movements. This has been achieved through ten semi-structured interviews with female and male university students based in Tokyo, all with varying personal experiences with religion. READ MORE

  3. 2. Leadership in the history of buddhism and christianity

    University essay from Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO); Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Davide Pasini; Jue Wang; [2013]
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  4. 3. Re-enchanting China: Private Religiosities in the Media Field in Beijing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Björn Schwartz; [2012]
    Keywords : chinese dialectics; chinese cosmology; Maoism; enchantment; disenchantment; VIP religion; guanxi-networking; post-socialist subjectivity; clubbing as networking and status affirmation; field analysis; status; the emerging structure of entitlement; social change in contemporary China; the private media field in Beijing; conversion; Vajrayana Buddhism; christianity; housechurch; religious revival; emergent social hierarchy; private religions; secret social movements; the Christian field in China; the Buddhist field in China. Housechurch as millenarianism. Comparing Housechurch with cult of Mao.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis examines two emergent religiosities which flourish among university students and young professionals connected with the private media field in Beijing. One case group consists of young successful professionals from the field of private media who have started to worship a living Buddha of the Vajrayana school. READ MORE

  5. 4. Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection and Mindfulness in Buddhism : A comparison between the teachings and practices of Brother Lawrence and Ajahn Sumedho

    University essay from Avdelningen för kultur-, religions- och utbildningsvetenskap

    Author : Stuart Hughes; [2012]
    Keywords : Brother Lawrence; Ajahn Sumedho; comparative religion; Christianity; Buddhism; mysticism.;

    Abstract : This work will explore some of the possible relationships between the teachings and spiritual practices of two religious teachers – Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection and Ajahn Sumedho. Brother Lawrence was a Discalced Carmelite brother that lived in France during the 17th century. READ MORE

  6. 5. Tri-Svabhava-Vada : Yogacara Buddhist theory applied on film

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Mattias Herbertsson; [2008]
    Keywords : Fight Club; Buddha; Buddhism; Yogacara; Cittamatra; Triple nature of reality; Tri-svabhava-vada;

    Abstract : A ‘religion means Christianity’ equivalence seem to be predominant within the academic publications on religion and film. If a ‘philosophical’ film does not fit within the Christian doctrine, secular philosophies are usually applied to it. This paper tries to do a Buddhist analysis of the film Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999). READ MORE