Essays about: "Symbolic Universes"

Found 2 essays containing the words Symbolic Universes.

1. 1. Perceptions of Sacred Hamburgers : Alternation Processes Regarding Food Restrictions in the Apostolic Decree and the Clashes of Symbolic Universes

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Author : Niklas Rosenlund; [2013]
   Keywords : Sacred Hamburgers; Symbolic Universes; Sacrificial meat; Antioch; The Apostolic Decree; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : The Apostle meeting in Jerusalem is an important event that leads to the Apostle Decree, condensing all rules into four main ones, in order to include the Gentiles. Regarding food restrictions in the Decree, what could have started a Gentile alternation of their old symbolic universe, in order to internalize a new plausibility structure? The focus seems to have been to describe in what way the Gentiles reacted on different sets of rules, thus disregarding the Jewish faction of Jesus-believers that created them. READ MORE

3. 2. Picturing difference. An investigation of Maori women’s characters in New Zealand picturebooks

   University essay from Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Kathrin Rochow; [2011]
   Keywords : New Zealand; picturebooks; content analysis; social construction; gender; Kinderbücher; Sozialkonstruktionismus; Neuseeland; Kolonialismus;

   Abstract : Children’s books have been around since the early 1500s. They reflect the traditionalvalues of the times, yet they still serve as a socializing tool transmitting values from onegeneration to the next in today’s society (Gooden and Gooden 2001). READ MORE