Essays about: "Protestantism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Protestantism.

1. 1. Accommodating Perspectives on Religious History : A Study of Satire and Narrative Structure in Aldous Huxley’s Crome Yellow

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Christian Fehn; [2023]
   Keywords : Huxley Religion Satire Narratology;

   Abstract : This essay is an analysis of Aldous Huxley’s novel Crome Yellow and how it can be read as exposing social hypocrisy and tracing social flaws through England’s religious history. The analysis uses narratology as a tool for exploring how the author can be perceived as offering a perspective on religious history that might have been controversial in his day. READ MORE

3. 2. Religion & Individualism-Collectivism in Nigeria- A study on the role of religion in explaining a person’s degree of individualism-collectivism for Protestants and Muslims in Nigeria

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Natanael Kvidal; [2022-10-11]
   Keywords : Individualism; Collectivism; Protestantism; Catholicism; Islam; Sharia; Nigeria; Protestant Work Ethic; Development Economics; Africa; Reformation;

   Abstract : The dimension of individualism-collectivism in values has been shown to affect both innovation and growth. Cross-country differences generally indicate that Protestant countries are highly individualistic, Roman Catholic countries are less individualistic (i.e. READ MORE

4. 3. The Choice of Effective Contraception for Women in Latin America: Inspecting the Role of Education, Empowerment and Religious Affiliation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Maria Errico; [2018]
   Keywords : Contraceptive use; Contraceptive Effectiveness; women; education; empowerment; religion; Latin America; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper studies the relationship between contraceptive adoption by women and three relevant predictors: women’s education, empowerment and religious affiliation. I employ recent information on women’s characteristics and the institutional environment for six Latin American countries, in the years 2013-2015, to perform a cross-section analysis with binary and multinomial logistic regressions, having contraception use and contraception effectiveness as outcome variables. READ MORE

5. 4. The Sacred Pilgrimage : The Concept of Truth in the Life and Work of Lars Skytte

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för idé- och lärdomshistoria

   Author : Karl Gustel Wärnberg; [2017]
   Keywords : Lars Skytte; Vasa; Catholicism; Trent; Intellectual History; Protestantism; Luther; Calvin; Polemics; 17th Century; Religion; Franciscan; Sweden; Truth;

   Abstract : This thesis studies the life and work of Lars Skytte (1610-1696), a Swedish Ambassador to Portugal who converted to Catholicism and became a Franciscan theologian, in relation to the concept of Truth. For Skytte, Truth and Catholicism are synonymous. The thesis focuses on his semi-autobiographical book Peregrinatio sancta fratris Laurentii a D. P. READ MORE

6. 5. For the grace of God - A study of religions' effect on economic behavior

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Maria Virgin Björkman; Fredrik Rendel; [2012]
   Keywords : religion; institutions; saving behavior; Germany; SOEP;

   Abstract : There has been a longstanding debate within the discourse of economics concerning the role of cultural aspects in determining economic behavior. In this thesis we examine the effect of religion on saving behavior performing a within country analysis in Germany. READ MORE