Essays about: "christianity"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 102 essays containing the word christianity.
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21. Nikāḥ as precondition for paradise? Spiritual corporeality and al-Ghazālī’s theology of marriage in the Kitāb ādāb al-nikāḥ
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskapAbstract : With the 11th century text Kitāb ādāb al-nikāḥ, the “Book on the Proper Conduct of Marriage”, the Islamic thinker al-Ghazālī (1056 –1111/447–504) replies to a contemporaneous debate within Sufi asceticism with a theology of nikāḥ. The text is part of his opus magnum, the “Renaissance of the Knowledge of dīn”, which aims at a renewal of Muslim piety and provides practical guidance to the male audience addressed. READ MORE
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22. Passion and Feeling versus Religion and ‘Pure’ Affection in Jane Eyre
University essay fromAbstract : The purpose of this essay is to investigate the protagonist and narrator in Charlotte Brontës Jane Eyre, it explores how Jane to a certain extent both represents and challenges the norms set by the Victorian society since it was during this time that the novel was published. By taking a closer look at the novel in relation to Victorian society’s norms and ideals the essay will show that the conflict that Jane faces in the novel is between love, feeling and passion versus religious norms and principles. READ MORE
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23. Hagiographical discourse in Medieval Arabic Christianity : A study of Anthony al Qurashi and Bulus ibn Raja as a discourse of parrhesia
University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för östkyrkliga studierAbstract : Scholars have faced many challenges in the classification of the literary genre of the hagiographical texts. In addition to their various styles and structures, hagiographical texts tend to move beyond the classical rhetorical approach. READ MORE
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24. How the Covid-19 pandemic closed 2000-year-old doors. : A case study about the Christian Churches Covid-19 pandemic crisis management and what affect it had on the parish members.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : This study discusses the Christian churches crisis management in one of modern time´s most expansive and deadly pandemics, Covid-19. The main purpose of the study is to find out if the churches were equipped with a crisis management plan to handle an external crisis of this magnitude. READ MORE
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25. A Spiritual Organizaion for Sustainability? : The case of the Salvation Army Visby
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This case study of the Salvation Army Visby (SAV) describes the theoretical concepts of a Christian narrative and sustainable action within a local organizational context. As a result, one of the main contributions of this research is the consideration of narratives within a Christian organization from the angle of current ecotheological debates. READ MORE