Essays about: "Ritualization"

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

  1. 1. Hjärtat av en sann student : First curators, performativity and reproducing tradition at an Uppsala Student Nation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Kaitlin May; [2022]
    Keywords : Student nations; student life; nation life; first curators; performativity; embodiment; tradition; ritual; ritualization; repetition; norms; generational continuity; Uppsala; Sweden;

    Abstract : In the city of Uppsala, Sweden the experiences of the student population are very connected to the world of the student nations. This study explores the position of first curator at a student nation as the leader of the student societies hierarchy and how their position influences the production of community and tradition. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Architecture of Pilgrimage : A study on the Ziyara Bogal and charismatic authority in the Tijaniyya

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Religionsvetenskap

    Author : Filip Holm; [2018]
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    Abstract : Pilgrimage plays an important role in many religious traditions. Indeed, one of the five pillars of Islam is the Hajj – the pilgrimage to Mecca that every Muslim is expected to perform at least once in their life. But this isn’t the only ritual of its kind present in Islam. READ MORE

  4. 3. Ring Out Your Dead : Distribution, form, and function of iron amulets in the late Iron Age grave fields of Lovö

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Meghan Mattsson McGinnis; [2016]
    Keywords : archaeology; Iron Age; Late Iron Age; Viking Age; Viking Studies; Vendel period; practice theory; cognitive archaeology; grave goods; New Materialism; neo-materialism; Thor s hammer rings; burial analysis; post-structuralism; Early Medieval; medieval studies; Scandinavian archaeology; Scandinavia Sweden; Swedish archaeology; Mälardalen; cultural history; ritual theory; ritual; rituals studies; burial rituals; ritualization; deviant burial; history of religions; Old Norse religion; Viking Age religion; cult places; material culture; rites of passage; amulets; magic; ancient magic; medieval magic; pratice; praxis;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to analyze the distribution, forms, and function(s) of iron amulets deposited in the late Iron Age gravefields of Lovö, with the goal of ascertaining how (and so far as possible why) these objects were utilized in rituals carried out during and after burials. Particular emphasis is given to re-interpreting the largest group of iron amulets, the iron amulet rings, in a more relational and practice-focused way than has heretofore been attempted. READ MORE

  5. 4. Religiosity and the Development of Ego-Identity : A sequential mixed-methods study of the enculturation and acculturation process of Assyrians/Syrians in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Religionspsykologi

    Author : Victor Dudas; [2014]
    Keywords : Assyrian; Syrian; Sweden; religiosity; acculturation; enculturation; ego- identity; ritualization; communitas; mixed-methods.; assyrier; syrian; Sverige; religiositet; ackulturation; enkulturation; ego-identitet; ritualisering; communitas; mixed-methods.;

    Abstract : The purpose of the current sequential mixed-methods study is to bring further knowledge to the field of psychology of religion concerning the role of religion for Assyrians/Syrians in Sweden. Guiding the current study are theories concerning enculturation, acculturation, ego-identity, ritualization and communitas. READ MORE

  6. 5. Religion, the body and eating : The lived experiences of religious individuals as a believer, through the body, and of eating

    University essay from Religionspsykologi

    Author : Yukako Kawanaka; [2012]
    Keywords : Attachment to God other supernatural figures; body image; eating behaviors; psychological acculturation;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between the individual’s relationship with God, body image, eating attitudes and eating behaviors amongst religious individuals in Sweden. This study is designed as a qualitative research study. READ MORE