Essays about: "Philosophy of Jesus"

Found 5 essays containing the words Philosophy of Jesus.

1. 1. From Demonic Agency to Divine Presence: A Study of Human-Entity Relations at an Ayahuasca Treatment Centre

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

   Author : Christoffer Stuveback; [2015]
   Keywords : anthropology of religion; Ayahuasca; Peru; Amazon; demons; human-spirit relations; religious syncretism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The present thesis is a qualitative exploration of a group of patients’ experiences of going through an ayahuasca treatment as well as the human-entity relations they come to be constitutive of during the treatment. The ingestion of ayahuasca allows the drinker to enter a non-ordinary reality which opens up the possibility of having encounters with demons, spirits, angels, saints, animals and God, as perceived by informants. READ MORE

3. 2. Differences in the ascetic behaviour in the Sahih al-Bukhari and the synoptic gospels through the stories related to Muhammad and Jesus

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Rasuole Baleisaite; [2014]
   Keywords : Asceticism; synoptic gospels; hadith; gospel; Sahih al-Bukhari; Jesus; Muhammad; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : Asceticism is a widely discussed topic. The aim of the thesis is to compare two textual blocks – the Sahih al-Bukhari and the Synoptic Gospels - from two different religious traditions and deduce the most vivid particularities of the respective visions of asceticism, situating the findings in context of the related academic scholarship. READ MORE

4. 3. Why was Paul upset? (Gal. 2.11-14)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Luka Hansen; [2014]
   Keywords : Paul; Peter; apostle; Antioch; church; Galatians; Zetterholm; Nanos; Dunn; Martyn; exegesis; Roman; Greek; Judaism; Gospel; new perspective on Paul; radical perspective on Paul; old perspective on Paul; Vestergaard; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : The tension between Jews and Gentiles is a well-recorded and pregnant debate within the field of biblical exegesis today. One of the biblical passages that directly relates to this special situation, often labelled the ‘incident of Antioch’, is Gal 2.11-14. READ MORE

5. 4. Perceptions of Sacred Hamburgers : Alternation Processes Regarding Food Restrictions in the Apostolic Decree and the Clashes of Symbolic Universes

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Niklas Rosenlund; [2013]
   Keywords : Sacred Hamburgers; Symbolic Universes; Sacrificial meat; Antioch; The Apostolic Decree; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : The Apostle meeting in Jerusalem is an important event that leads to the Apostle Decree, condensing all rules into four main ones, in order to include the Gentiles. Regarding food restrictions in the Decree, what could have started a Gentile alternation of their old symbolic universe, in order to internalize a new plausibility structure? The focus seems to have been to describe in what way the Gentiles reacted on different sets of rules, thus disregarding the Jewish faction of Jesus-believers that created them. READ MORE

6. 5. Love your Enemy – as a Palestinian. A study on the Reception of Matthew 5:38 – 48 among Christian Palestinians

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Katja Ekman; [2013]
   Keywords : Enemy love; turn the other cheek; Matthew 5:38 – 48; Palestine; reception; non-violence; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : What does it mean to follow Jesus’ commandment to love your enemy and turn the other cheek, as a Palestinian Christian? In this work, the reception of Matthew 5:38 – 48 is examined in the context of Palestinian Christians under the present-day Israeli occupation. Six individuals were interviewed in September 2012. READ MORE