Essays about: "Hinduism"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 24 essays containing the word Hinduism.

1. 11. Balinese nurse's experience of patient death : Viewed in the light of their cultural background

   University essay from Ersta Sköndal högskola/Institutionen för vårdvetenskap

   Author : Claudia Kegel; [2016]
   Keywords : Death; Bali; Culture; Nursing; Experiences; Bali-Hinduism; Död; Bali; Kultur; Vårdvetenskap; Upplevelser; Bali-Hinduism;

   Abstract : Background: Nursing is a profession in which one will face death in different circumstances,and how the nurse will be affected by the death of their patient may vary with the nurses’ cultural and religious background. Bali-Hinduism is the most practised religion on Bali in Indonesia, permeating the inhabitants’ day-to-day life. READ MORE

3. 12. Mukti in Kristapurana. How Thomas Stephens S.J. (1549-1619) conveys a Christian message of salvation in words with Hindu connotations

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

   Author : Pär Eliasson; [2015-10-13]
   Keywords : Kristapurana; Father Thomas Stephens; Doutrina Christam em Lingoa Bramana Canarim; mission; inculturation; accomodatio; Christianity in India; Marathi; Konkani; Goa; salvation; mokṣa; mukti;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how the English Jesuit Father Thomas Stephens used a language full of Hindu connotations for conveying a Christian message in his Marathi epic Kristapurāṇa, written in Goa in the early years of the 17th century. Specifically it seeks to analyse (1) which words Stephens used for speaking about salvation, (2) which ideas about salvation he thereby conveyed, and (3) how he dealt with connotations of such words that are difficult to accommodate in a Christian worldview. READ MORE

4. 13. Christian – Vaishnava Dialogue in the US : An action-research minor field study

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för historia och samtidsstudier

   Author : John Doherty; [2015]
   Keywords : Christian predominance; Vaishnavism; ISKCON legitimacy; ecumenical; interfaith dialogue; boundary; exclusivism; inclusivism; pluralism; typology; religious diversity; faith religion religious;

   Abstract : Religious diversity is the inevitable corollary of globalization and with it comes the challenge and opportunities of greatly increased interaction with religious Others. The United States was founded on an Anglo-Saxon Protestant basis but has now become "the world’s most religiously diverse nation" according to one Harvard religious studies scholar. READ MORE

5. 14. Holy cows and dirty dogs : the influence of culture and religion on animal welfare in India

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Author : Jennie Allard; [2013]
   Keywords : india; animal welfare; attitudes; religion; culture; cows; dogs; cow; dog;

   Abstract : India is home to every sixth person in the world, some 30 million dogs and a quarter of the total world cattle population. A vast majority of Indians are Hindus, and even though the Hindu religion proclaims love, nurturing and worshipping of animals, sometimes the same religion constitutes an obstacle for animal welfare in practice. READ MORE

6. 15. Hathayoga in history and practice : Classical hathayoga in modern Varanasi

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för samhälls- och livsvetenskaper; Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

   Author : Gitte Poulsen; [2013]
   Keywords : Hathayoga; Rajayoga; Varanasi;

   Abstract : Abstract: The study investigates the field of haṭha yoga as it is described in the medieval Haṭhayogapradīpikā, a work on yoga composed in Sanskrit from the Nāth tradition. The study have then compared these practices, practitioners and the attitudes towards them, with interviews conducted in modern Varanasi, India. READ MORE