Essays about: "Religionsvetenskap"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 80 essays containing the word Religionsvetenskap.
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6. Celebrations in Dark Guise : A Definitional Study of Contemporary Satanic Ritual
University essay from Södertörns högskola/ReligionsvetenskapAbstract : 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
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7. Theology of Hope(lessness) : Constructing a Theological Understanding of Hopelessness and Searching for Theological Resources Relevant to Facing Hopelessness Experienced Due to Eco-Anxiety
University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för religionsvetenskap och teologiAbstract : This thesis aims to construct a theological understanding of hopelessness, as well as to explore what theological resources could be relevant in confronting and handling hopelessness that is endured due to the current day experience of eco-anxiety. Throughout the study hopelessness is viewed as a personal dysphoric state, as well as an individual's part in a collective response to an unjust system. READ MORE
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8. Face-to-face, Screen-to-screen : A qualitative ethnographic study of the digital adaptation by the Goddess Movement in Sweden during the Covid-19 pandemic
University essay from Södertörns högskola/ReligionsvetenskapAbstract : Den här studien är gjord i anslutning till projektet ReCoVirA: Religious communities in the Virtual Age, med syftet att undersöka religiösa gruppers eventuella digitala anpassning under Covid-19. Denna kvalitativa etnografiska studie undersöker hur representanter för tre svenska gudinnetempel resonerar om anpassningar som gjorts för att ersätta aktiviteter som tidigare gjorts i person, vilka konsekvenser dessa anpassningar genererade i relation till community, deltagande och auktoritet, samt i vilken utsträckning templen kommer fortsätta använda digitala verktyg efter restriktioner och rekommendationer har släppts. READ MORE
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9. A Case for Generative Linguistics in New Testament Exegesis : Surveying the Current Theoretical Landscape and Possible Applicability to Biblical Studies
University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för religionsvetenskap och teologiAbstract : This essay surveys the current theoretical landscape of modern linguistics, asking whethe generative and possibly transformational linguistics can be applied to syntactic analysis of New Testament texts written in Koine Greek to find lingual hallmarks in the form of personal usage of syntactic rules that uniquely identify the authors of the texts. The conclusion is that there seems to be evidence that an application of a minimalist approach could make the detection of such lingual hallmarks possible. READ MORE
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10. What Happens on Earth is Felt in Heaven : A Queer-Theological Study on the Anthropological Aspects of the Sinner in the Lutheran Concept of Justification in Relation to Indecency, Liberation, and Trauma
University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för religionsvetenskap och teologiAbstract : This textual analysis aims to identify and explore liberating, indecent, and anthropological understandings of the sinner in Lutheran interpretations of the doctrine of justification. The underlying assumptions and the themes discernible within the works of Martin Luther are examined along with “traditional,” and contemporary radical, queer interpretations of Lutheran justification. READ MORE
