Essays about: "New religious movements"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words New religious movements.

  1. 6. A Eurocentric Study of New Terrorism - Assessing New Terrorism´s validity and applicability in describing European terrorism 2010-2018 using quantitative research.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Henrik Lindholm; [2020]
    Keywords : New Terrorism; Europe; CBRN-weapons; Religious terrorism; Lethality; Separatist terrorism.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : New Terrorism has been a highly regarded theory in the field of terrorism since the late 1990s, but how accurate is it in regards to European terrorism in 2010-2018? Are terrorists more lethal, primarily religious, part of transnational and decentralized organizations, and are they using CBRN-weapons? This paper uses a quantitative study, with a descriptive and retroductive approach, of all terror attacks in Europe 2010-2018, to examine New Terrorisms’ validity, and propose possible changes to the theory. I find that New Terrorism is partly correct. READ MORE

  3. 7. Satanic Battle for Social Change : A Discourse-Analytical Study of The Satanic Temple's Activism

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Zhivka Koleva; [2020]
    Keywords : New Religious Movements; Satanism; The Satanic Temple; activism; non-violence; discourse analysis;

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  4. 8. 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

  5. 9. Sekulära livsåskådningar och nyreligiösa rörelser i läromedel : En studie av olika läromedels presentation av nyreligiösa rörelser och sekulära livsåskådningar

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Fredrik Sundin; [2017]
    Keywords : Läromedel; digitala läromedel; nyreligiösa rörelser; sekulära livsåskådningar; läromedelsstudie; utbildning; gymnasiet.;

    Abstract : This essay aims to examine textbooks and digital textbooks for how they present new religious movements and secular world view in upper secondary school in Sweden. This essay also strives to examine if this presentation is non-confessional or non-religious. These results will then be compared between traditional textbooks and the digital textbooks. READ MORE

  6. 10. THE ROLE OF PRINT AND SOCIAL MEDIA IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: THE CASE OF BRING BACK OUR GIRLS

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS)

    Author : ABDULAZEEZ MAJEK KAREEM; [2017]
    Keywords : MEDIA; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; PRINT MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA; BRING BACK OUR GIRLS; SOCIAL MOBILISATION; RESOURCE MOBILISATION;

    Abstract : AbstractThis thesis critically examines the impact of print and social media in a social movement by using Bring Back Our Girls as a case study, which depicts the abduction of girls by warlords in Africa. Today, due to social inequality, activists do not possess the same budget as larger companies for advertising and mass communications. READ MORE