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1. 1. Reception of Antiquity in18th century Opera : A Study of Divine Elements in the Story of Alcestis

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Filip Swital; [2023]
   Keywords : 5th century B.C. Athenian theatre; 18th century opera; divinity; enlightenment; reformed opera; Atensk teater under 400-taket f.Kr.; 1700-talsopera; upplysningstid; reformerad opera;

   Abstract : The story of Alcestis is an interesting case of divine agency pervading the narrative and the characters in the play. It intimately concerns the mortal players, who, though largely powerless in the struggle, are central to the story. READ MORE

3. 2. Catholicism and the Catholic Church in Contemporary Ireland : The Church-State Relationship, the Societal Role of Catholicism and the Applicability of Secularisation Theory in the Aftermath of the Ryan, Murphy and Cloyne Reports

   University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för östkyrkliga studier

   Author : Graeme Stirling; [2023]
   Keywords : Catholicism; culture and social issues; Catholicism in Ireland; Religiosity and secularisation;

   Abstract : Abstract Throughout the period of 1972-2022 and previously, Catholicism has been a robust aspect of Irish national culture and identity and the institutional Catholic church has enjoyed a degree of sociopolitical influence and extensive co-operation with the Irish state. This has led to characterisations of Ireland as an outlier amidst secularisation patterns worldwide, whilst the 2009 scandals following the publication of the Ryan, Murphy and Cloyne Reports into clerical sexual abuse have led to claims of the collapse of Irish Catholicism and the church. READ MORE

4. 3. Death's reflection in the water : Mortuary ritual, ancestral worship and the cosmological significance of water on the island of Gotland during the Pitted Ware culture

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Maja Hed; [2021]
   Keywords : ritual; neolithic; grave goods; cosmology; flowing water; divinity; death; Pitted Ware culture; ritual; neolitikum; gravgåvor; kosmologi; rörligt vatten; gudomlighet; död; Gropkeramisk kultur;

   Abstract : The Pitted Ware culture on Gotland presents a multitude of material that allow archeologists to re-construct and visit the socio-economic structure of a middle-neolithic settlement in the Baltic sea. I will be analyzing the archaeological material in accordance to the ocean, and to what we can interpret as ritual and cosmological variables at the site through ritual theory, and with a method of comparative analogy and research. READ MORE

5. 4. The Lily of the Nile : A work on the ritualistic use of an ancient flower of immortality

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för forskning om religion och samhälle (CRS)

   Author : Christie Gutierrez Haddad; [2021]
   Keywords : Ancient Egypt; water lily; entheogen; medicine; content analysis; immortality; lotus;

   Abstract : In pharaonic times, religion, magic and medicine had little distinction between each other due to the commonly held belief that all parts of life were influenced and even controlled by divinity and the supernatural. To navigate life easier, and in true Egyptian fashion, a large corpus of text was composed of magic, medicine and religion. READ MORE

6. 5. Holy Hybridity. On the Role of Mixture in the Holy Sphere

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

   Author : Jenny Elfwering; [2020-06-22]
   Keywords : hybridity; mixture; separation; difference; holiness; angels; cherubim;

   Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to explore the role of mixture in relation to holiness and separation. By examining the angelic hosts, specifically the cherubim, as hybrids, and how they relate to the holy realm and the divine, it investigates the association between holiness and hybridity. READ MORE