Essays about: "Hindus"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Hindus.
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1. Mass Media and Press Freedom as Mechanisms for Value Change: Evidence from 19th Century India
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationerAbstract : I analyze regional variation in the prevalence of press freedom and newspapers involved in socio- religious debate in 19th century colonial India, and test empirically whether they have had a persistent effect on values held by current day Indians. I find that press freedom is associated with a higher prevalence of socio-religious newspapers in colonial presidencies. READ MORE
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2. Peace promoting or spurring tension further? How The Indian Express frames Prime Minister Modi´s speeches in regard to identity groups in India
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Political leaders affect the ordinary citizen´s perception of the world, making them important to study in relation to the upsurge of tension and conflict. In this specific thesis the focus is on how The Indian Express frames the discourses of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India concerning the relationship between Hindus, minorities and Non-Hindus. READ MORE
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3. Tearing Down the Secular : Religion and violence in the reporting of the Ayodhya dispute by the Swedish daily press 1986-2002
University essay from Uppsala universitet/ReligionshistoriaAbstract : Using a discourse analytical method with the discourse theoretical framework of Laclau and Mouffe, this thesis aims to study the changing discourse of religion and violence in the Swedish media, and how this is presented in the Swedish daily press’s reporting of the Ayodhya dispute in India during the period 1986-2002; the dispute is often cited as a typical example of the religious violence between Hindus and Muslims in India, which has plagued the country for centuries. This study would argue, in relation to the trends observed in the studied material, that the discourse of religious violence seems to become an established part of the Swedish daily press’s discourse sometime during the latter part of the 1990’s, and that the discourse itself is characterized by a tendency to portray religion and religiosity in a dichotomy with the secular, where the secular state is depicted as being in an antagonistic relationship with fanatical and violent religiosity, which is constantly threatening to tear it apart. READ MORE
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4. "Love Thy Hindu Neighbor as Thyself" - A Field Study of North Indian Pentecostals' Perceptions of Hindu-Christian Relations
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskapAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to better understand Hindu-Christian relations in the experience of North Indian Pentecostals. The study proceeds from a social identity theory (SIT) framework and is guided by three research questions. READ MORE
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5. 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 HealthAbstract : 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
