Essays about: "lived religion"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 24 essays containing the words lived religion.

  1. 16. Individualized Islamic practices and proving ‘normality’ - Thoughts and experiences of Muslim international students regarding their Muslim identities and everyday religious practices in Swedish society

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Negin Mohaghegh Harandi; [2019-10-18]
    Keywords : Muslims; international students; individualization of religion; stigmatization; identity- practicing Islam- lived religion.;

    Abstract : Due to a rapid growth of immigration from Muslim majority countries, the number of Muslims living in Sweden has dramatically increased since 1950s. Sweden has a very diverse Muslim population in terms of cultural, ethnic, political, linguistic and educational background. READ MORE

  3. 17. “And God saw that it was good”: ecotheology and ecclesial environmental work

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Philipp Kuhn; [2019]
    Keywords : ecotheology; anthropocentrism; creation; Catholic Church; Christianity and nature; human ecology; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Theology has, also as result of the critique directed at it, undergone an ecologization that takes shape in ecotheology. It is theology’s attempt to deliver answers to the ecological crisis. READ MORE

  4. 18. Education as an Empowerment Tool for Afghan Women

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Maliha Shir Mohammad; [2018]
    Keywords : gender equality; women’s agency; women’s rights to education; women’s empowerment; cultural value; Afghanistan; feminism and family; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explored how highly educated women in Afghanistan relate to the multiple challenges affronting women’s education, and what they see as possible pathways forward. It raised questions about the women's lived experiences, their motivations and positionings, as well as their readings of the situation and perspectives on the cause. READ MORE

  5. 19. What would we come back to? : Decision-making about return and repatriation by Burmese migrants and refugees in Northern Thailand

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Eva-Maria Munck; [2018]
    Keywords : migration; migrants; migrant workers; refugees; Myanmar; Burma;

    Abstract : This research focuses on the special considerations and reasons for Burmese migrants and refugees from Burma living in Mae Sot, Tak province, Northern Thailand to stay in Thailand or return to Burma/Myanmar. The researcher has more than three-years of experience of living and working in Northern Thailand. READ MORE

  6. 20. Broadening the Scope of Poverty and Sexuality: Should Non-Conforming Sexuality be a Dimension of Development?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Tanja Dittfeld; [2015]
    Keywords : development; capability; LGBT; poverty; Uganda; sexuality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The existence and deepening of (global) poverty and inequality is at the core of development. However, the close connection between non-conforming sexuality and poverty is habitually overlooked. The study seeks to underpin that non-conforming sexuality should be a dimension of the social development paradigm. READ MORE