Essays about: "Religious Criticism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words Religious Criticism.

  1. 1. Religious actors in conflict management : Where and how can they be most effective?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Fausto Prieto Pérez; [2023]
    Keywords : Religion; Conflict Management; Peacemaking; Peacebuilding; Theoretical Framework;

    Abstract : Criticism of the role of religious actors in conflict management rests primarily on the premise that evidence produced is largely anecdotal due to the lack of a theoretical underpinning that permits thorough analysis. As such, the added value of religious actors as practitioners is difficult to recognise officially and quantify. READ MORE

  2. 2. Of Chaos And Clockworks : A Formal Criticism Of The Modern Sustainability Paradigm

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Miljövetenskap

    Author : Sebastian Arnström; [2023]
    Keywords : sustainability; sustainability science; complexity; complex adaptive systems; Earth system; Earth system science; resilience theory; the adaptive cycle; chaos theory; eco-theology;

    Abstract : This thesis is a critical review of two central theories in the modern sustainability paradigm – namely… (1) the theory that the Earth’s geosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere and atmosphere form a complex adaptive system – the Earth system, and (2) the theory that all human activities are intrinsically dependent on, and constrained by, non-anthropogenic states and processes in the Earth system. The thesis explains the origins and the logic of these theories, and subjects them to formal, semi-formal and comparative criticism. READ MORE

  3. 3. The role of teacher education in preparing the student teacher to face the multicultural classroom. : A qualitative study focusing on the content and literature of educational science courses.

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Helena Svanberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Multicultural classroom; Educational science core; Education; Teacher education; Religious studies;

    Abstract : This paper is about how teacher education programs today provide tools for new teachers to face the multicultural classroom. The paper uses a qualitative method chosen to compare the content and literature of different teacher education programs in the courses that make up the educational science core. READ MORE

  4. 4. Hybridization of the Self, Colonial Discourse and the Deconstruction of Value Systems : A Postcolonial Literary Theory Perspective of Literature inculpating Colonialism

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Brian Burns; [2021]
    Keywords : Postcolonialism; Postcolonial Literary Theory; Hybridization; Walker; Malouf; Phillips; Achebe; Freud; Nietzsche; Bhabha; Siad; McLeod; Barry;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to provide a perspective on literature inculpating colonialism using postcolonial literary theory and method. The subject material incorporates four novels studied during the literature modules for the English course at Högskolan Gävle (HIG). READ MORE

  5. 5. The Complexity of Conversion Cases : A critical and constructive analysis of the management of conversion cases at the Swedish Migration Agency

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Isaksson; [2021]
    Keywords : The Swedish Migration Agency; conversion; conversion cases; and the conversion process;

    Abstract : The Swedish Migration Agency has, through the years, received criticism regarding its management and assessments of different cases. One of these critiques has been towards the Agency’s management of asylum seekers claiming to have converted as a refugee claim. Therefore, this thesis aims to strengthen the Agency’s management of these cases. READ MORE