Essays about: "religion and nationalism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 22 essays containing the words religion and nationalism.

  1. 6. WAR AND FAITH - COPING STRATEGIES AMONG CHRISTIANS SURVIVING ISIS IN NORTHERN IRAQ

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Beatrice Eriksson; [2019]
    Keywords : Strategies; survival; resilience; resistance; health; religion; faith; identity; peace; altruism; activism; Christianity; Assyrian; Chaldean; Syriac; sense of coherence; coping; northern Iraq; Mosul; Nineveh; Erbil; war; genocide; terrorism; ISIS; extremism; nationalism;

    Abstract : During the last decades, the Christian population of Iraq is estimated to have decreased from about 1.5 million people to about 120,000. READ MORE

  3. 7. Canonising Culture: Collective Identity Construction in the Denmark Canon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Stine Ebbesen; [2018]
    Keywords : Denmark Canon; collective identity; cultural heritage; canonisation; identity narrative; Danish identity; nationalism; European Studies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Inspired by what appears to be a nationalist turn in cultural policy-making across Europe, this thesis is concerned with the recent upsurge in the canonisation of Danish culture as it seems to somewhat contradict the cultural policy priorities pursued by the supranational and intergovernmental bodies of which Denmark is a member. The purpose of the research is to investigate how collective identity is constructed in the Denmark Canon. READ MORE

  4. 8. Home of the Japanese Heart : Socio-historical Contextualization of Gender Politics, Commodity Animism and Super State-Nationalism of Japanese Modernity through the Indigenous Faith

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Juno Crown; [2018]
    Keywords : Shrine Maidens; Miko; Shinto; Acculturation; Super State-Nationalism; Ethnic Religion; Monoethnicity; Gender Politics; Hegemonic Femininity; Commodity Animism; Uniform Fetishsm; Rupture of Modernity.;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to contextualize gender politics, nationalism, and animism as interconnected cultural patterns reflecting 19th century acculturation and post-WWII national reconstruction of Japan. In particular, state-nationalism, hegemonic femininity, commodity animism, uniform fetishsm, and power structure are analyzed through the symbolisms and discourse of the Japanese indigenous faith: Shinto, female practitioners, and followers. READ MORE

  5. 9. Political Buddhism and the Exclusion of Rohingya in Myanmar : Exploring targeted religious nationalism using Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority as a case study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Simon Knuters; [2018]
    Keywords : Rohingya; Myanmar; political Buddhism; ethnicity; nationalism; refugees;

    Abstract : The Rohingya Muslim minority, originally living in Rakhine state in western Myanmar, has been marginalized and harassed for decades. The Rohingya minority has been stateless since 1982 and they strive to become Burmese citizens. READ MORE

  6. 10. Transformative gender narratives in South Caucasus: Conversations with NGO women in the Armenian-Azeri conflict

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Mindaugas Jocbalis; [2016]
    Keywords : gender; conflict; Caucasus; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Kvinna; Georgia; displacement; activism; Nagorno-Karabakh;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to discuss the role of women as intermediaries, mediators and arbitrators in conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the de facto region of Nagorno-Karabakh. It is highly relevant to comdev due to several reasons. First, it is an active issue. READ MORE