Essays about: "History of religion"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 107 essays containing the words History of religion.

1. 16. Father Michael’s Gangsters: An Ethnography of Musical Community After Gang Life

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Genni Guglielmetti; [2023]
   Keywords : priest; religion; music; gang members; ethnography; interpretivism;

   Abstract : This qualitative exploratory case study covers Lebanon’s conflicted history that has left itspeople with unfulfilling history education. The purpose was to explore potential stakeholdersand possible factors to motivate participation in Lebanon’s process towards a formal historyeducation. READ MORE

3. 17. Celebrations in Dark Guise : A Definitional Study of Contemporary Satanic Ritual

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Religionsvetenskap

   Author : Ida Setfors; [2022]
   Keywords : Satanism; Ritual; Satanic ritual; Black mass; History of religions; Contemporary Satanism; Activism; Identity; Religious Community; Global Order of Satan;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to answer the question “what is contemporary Satanic ritual?” It explores the historical development of Satanic ritual from being a fictional nineteenth-century literary concept, to a means of giving voice to 21st century activism and identity. From its roots in Christian history when the Satanic Black Mass was once a polemic instrument for subduing the other, and its transformation into a meaningful practice with which the oft subdued raise their own voice. READ MORE

4. 18. The Atlas of Two Women: A Methodological Exploration for Seeing and Interpreting the Symptomatic Visual Motif

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Tatuli Japoshvili; [2022]
   Keywords : two women; female subjectivity; Irigaray; Benjamin; Warburg; Didi-Huberman; Arts and Architecture; Philosophy and Religion; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the under-recognised yet symptomatic visual motif of two women, a recurring theme within a vast array of pictorial examples. Its primary objective is to construct a theoretical and methodological framework capable of comprehending the multiplicity of images in the form of an image collection: The Atlas of Two Women. READ MORE

5. 19. Destination identity and projected online image in rural Southern Africa : A case study of Nyanga, Zimbabwe

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Shamiso Mahohoma; [2022]
   Keywords : Projected destination image; destination identity; destination image formation; rural destinations;

   Abstract : The value of tourism as a driver of economic and social development in Africa cannot be overstated. Tourism is regarded as a source of foreign currency, employment creation and more importantly, a means of achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). READ MORE

6. 20. Does religion impact economic growth? A study across countries and time.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Lamin Jammeh; Max Danielsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Religion; Econometrics; Macroeconomics; Economic Growth; Economic History.; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Since the inception of Hinduism some 3500-4300 years ago, religion has been at the forefront of human, cultural, and social development, but how influential has it been on economic growth during the past century? This study examines this intriguing question to find whether or not religion is as prominent in the prosperity and development of modern economies as it once was. Seven carefully selected economic control variables in addition to 3 dummies for religion, natural resources, and freedom, were used in 8 separate regressions spanning over 69 years and 95 countries. READ MORE