Essays about: "religion."

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1. 21. Analysing the role of Religion inAfghan and International newsmedia coverage prior to theTaliban's Resurgence

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : John Kane; [2023]
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   Abstract : Introduction This study explores the role of religion in Afghan and international news media coverageduring the lead-up to the Taliban's resurgence and takeover of Kabul in August 2021.Through an analysis of approximately one thousand news articles using a grounded theoryapproach, the research seeks to understand how religion was represented, framed, anddiscussed. READ MORE

3. 22. Serious Triviality : A Serious Societal Critique in a Trivial Setting in Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Fredrik Zadig; [2023]
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   Abstract : In the late Victorian era, the British upper-class seemed to have set up their own standard of morals where truthfulness and religious conviction gave way for manners and appearance. Oscar Wilde was an outspoken socialist and talented author who shared his critique towards the ills of this society within his literary works. READ MORE

4. 23. "We're here, and we don't know why" : An analysis of the postmodernist rejection of a universal meaning to life in Ken Grimwood’s novel Replay

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Samuel Berglund; [2023]
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   Abstract : The question of the meaning of life is at the centre of this study without being directly addressed. The study does not analyse the meaning of life but rather how the main characters of the novel Replay (Jeff and Pamela) approach the question. READ MORE

5. 24. Deep Breath - An auto-reflexive account of a collective journey into the healing practices of shared, embodied, breathing meditation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap

   Author : Michel Starco; [2023]
   Keywords : Quality of safety; Belly2Belly; Liminality; Interpretive drift; Embodiment of intimacy; Embodiment; Lived religion; Intimacy; Co-regulation; Intercorporeity; Ritual; Auto-reflexive ethnography; Negotiating somatic consent; Habitus; Socialization; Polyvagal theory.; Philosophy and Religion;

   Abstract : When we first encounter past traumatic experiences in ourselves, we are left with a conundrum; how are we to move forward in our everyday lives and thrive, rather than just cope and survive? By participating in the Belly2Belly ritual, providing analytical reflections and a detailed account from an auto-reflexive perspective, I attempt in this thesis to show, through the Belly2Belly ritual, how participants progress from a state of ill-being into a state of well-being, a form of evolution of well-being. This, it can be argued, takes form when the ritual participants are provided with the opportunity to engage with their unconscious habitus and autonomous physiological reactions through embodiment of intimacy. READ MORE

6. 25. Mitigating Unintended Bias in Toxic Comment Detection using Entropy-based Attention Regularization

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Fabio Camerota; [2023]
   Keywords : XLNet; BERT; Toxic Comment Classification; Entropy-based Attention Regularization; XLNet; BERT; Toxisk Kommentar Klassificering; Entropibaserad uppmärksamhetsreglering;

   Abstract : The proliferation of hate speech is a growing challenge for social media platforms, as toxic online comments can have dangerous consequences also in real life. There is a need for tools that can automatically and reliably detect hateful comments, and deep learning models have proven effective in solving this issue. READ MORE