Essays about: "Sociology of Religion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Sociology of Religion.

  1. 1. Woven from Hundreds of Flowers : Religion, Conflict, and Collective Memory in Nepal as Seen Through Deepak Rauniyar’s Film White Sun

    University essay from

    Author : Zara Luna Hjelm; [2023]
    Keywords : Nepal; Nepali Civil War; Religion; Gender; Film; Film Theory;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how religious traditions, collective memory, and conflict are represented in the Nepali film White Sun (2016), which was co-written and directed by Deepak Rauniyar. The film focuses on an anti-regime partisan who returns home to the rural areas of Nepal to bury his father. READ MORE

  3. 2. Belief in Karma and Political Attitudes

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Albin Östervall; [2022]
    Keywords : karma; karmic belief; political attitudes; ideology; India; Indian politics; conservative dispositions; caste; caste system; varnas; political psychology; political sociology; conservatism; laissez faire; authoritarianism; status quo conservatism; equality; BJP; motivated social cognition; Weber; death penalty; capital punishment; ableism; ableist attitudes; personal responsibility; samsara; ahimsa; retributivism; theodicy; just world belief; karmic causation; justice reasoning; legitimizing myth; legitimizing ideology; Hinduism; Hindutva; politics; religion; karma index;

    Abstract : Many scholars have discussed the sociopolitical consequences of belief in karma but few have investigated such relationships quantitatively. This study aims to establish empirical patterns concerning the connection between karmic beliefs and attitudes related to (i) political ideology, (ii) ableism, and (iii) views on the death penalty. READ MORE

  4. 3. Amammerɛ ne Amanneɛ: Towards the indigenisation of the sociology of law concept of norms

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Thomas Labik Amanquandor; [2020]
    Keywords : Amammerɛ; Amanneɛ; Norms; Ashanti; Akan; Twi; Social control; Ghana; Sociology of law; Norm perspective; Saayɔ; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The global coverage of sociology of law (SoL) has remained limited to the Western world, due to the difficult and problematic application of its current theories and concepts in non-Western societies. Thus, the sociology of law norm concept was studied in relation to the culture of Ashanti people of Ghana. READ MORE

  5. 4. Water carved out the mountains. Policy communication of Engaged Buddhists related to international development cooperation

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Kristin Olson; [2016]
    Keywords : Engaged Buddhism; Civil Society Organizations; Faith-Based Organizations; Human Right Based Approach; participation; complexity systemic approaches; power; Thich Nhath Hanh; Sister Chan Khong; Sulak Sivaraksa; Bikkhuni Dhammananda; A.T. Ariyaratne; Sarvodaya;

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  6. 5. To Die in Rage. Violence, masculinity and aesthetics in the narrative of ISIS

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion

    Author : Clara Lebedinski Arfvidson; [2015-06-25]
    Keywords : ISIS; Dabiq; narrative; discourse; islamophobia; neo-tribes; masculinity; aesthetics; play; violence; emotional regimes;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to map general themes which the Islamic Sate of Sham (ISIS) presents in its media, both textual and visual, in order to pin down the group’s constitutionalizing narrative. The study focuses on the magazine Dabiq and the short film Although the Disbelievers Dislike it produced by the ISIS media center Alhayat Media. READ MORE