Essays about: "popular religion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words popular religion.

1. 1. Re-imagining the World Through Popular Poetry Set in Motion by the Ultimate Signalling Officer Alan Alexander Milne

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Anja Skogberg Lundin; [2023]
   Keywords : 20th Century war-poets; Alan Alexander Milne; Winnie-the-pooh; The Great War; soldiers; pacifism;

   Abstract : Alan Alexander Milne’s authorship was never limited to being the author of the very beloved teddy-bear, far from it. In addition to being a successful playwrite and editing Punch, Milne also wrote several poetry collections which all have been out of print since the 1940s in the entire English-speaking world. READ MORE

3. 2. Servants on Earth : The Death-transcending Social Network of a Saint, as Evidenced by Early Fifteenth-century Swedish Miracle Tales

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Author : Jonas Bengtsson; [2023]
   Keywords : saints; canonization processes; popular religion; medieval Sweden;

   Abstract : The cult of the saints was a widespread and important element of medieval European society. It is also an area of history where historians’ explanations of events are usually very different from those of the historical actors studied. This thesis is an attempt to find some common ground between them. READ MORE

4. 3. The Polarizing Abortion Debate on TikTok

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Agnes von Reis; [2023]
   Keywords : affective polarization; political antagonism; TikTok; abortion; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The rise of TikTok as one of the most popular social media platforms has created a new space for political debates, such as the debate surrounding abortion, to grow and evolve. In a politically polarized and divided society such as the United States, the impacts of new social media platforms are relatively unknown. READ MORE

5. 4. Beyond the music : Exploring the Dynamics of National and European Identity in the Eurovision Song Contest

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Maja Ahlberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Eurovision Song Contest ESC ; European identity; national identity; popular culture; nation-building; Imagineering; constructivism; imagined communities; soft power;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how member nations manage their national identities within the supranational context of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) and the significance of the ESC in creating a shared European identity. Patterns of identification and attitudes relating to culture, ethnicity/nationality, religion/faith, and gender/sex are discovered by studying the winning submissions from 1998 to 2022 through content analysis and discourse analysis. READ MORE

6. 5. Wicca and Witchcraft on Instagram : a study of femininity and empowerment within the wicca and witchcraft movements as portrayed on Instagram

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Siri Sofie Premfors; [2022]
   Keywords : Wicca; Witchcraft; Instagram; Feminism; Empowerment;

   Abstract : In this essay, I have examined how wicca and witchcraft interacts with femininity and female empowerment. Wicca and witchcraft have become popular new-age movements which has a large presence online, where different accounts post content relation to their beliefs and practises. READ MORE