Essays about: "religionshistoria"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 34 essays containing the word religionshistoria.

  1. 11. The Quest for Gnosis : G. R. S. Mead’s Conception of Theosophy

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

    Author : Paulina Gruffman; [2020]
    Keywords : theosophy; theosophical society; gnosis; g.r.s. mead; helena blavatsky; annie besant; c.w. leadbeater; occultism; esotericism; western esotericism; new religious movements; new spirituality; quest society; the quest; teosofi; teosofiska samfundet; gnosis; ockultism; esoterism; västerländsk esoterism; nyreligiösa rörelser;

    Abstract : G. R. S. Mead is an important but neglected historical personality of the British fin-de-siècle occult, Theosophical, and post-Theosophical milieu. READ MORE

  3. 12. Two Sides of the Same Coin : A Comparative Study of Salafi Jihadi and White Nationalist use of History of Religion in Propaganda

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Religionshistoria

    Author : Christian Haag; [2020]
    Keywords : Comparative propaganda; ISIS; Tarrant; sacred history; Dabiq; The Great Replacement;

    Abstract : This master’s thesis is a comparative propaganda analysis that studies the use of history with a religion dimension, similarities and framing of propaganda messages in the Islamic States propaganda magazine Dabiq and Brenton Tarrant’s manifesto The Great Replacement. The propaganda has been analysed with Jowett and O’Donnell’s propaganda model, combined with Jan Assmann’s theories about cultural memory, historia sacra and cultural semantics. READ MORE

  4. 13. The Apex of Magic and Science : Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society's Practice and View of Astral Projection

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

    Author : Erik A. Karlström; [2020]
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    Abstract : The rise of spiritualism in the late nineteenth century raised new ways to perceive the dead. A new possibility to communicate with the deceased attributed novel characteristics to the human soul. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Colonized Cyborgs : A feminist postcolonial perspective and intersectional exploration of feminized digital avatars in the West

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för etnologi, religionshistoria och genusvetenskap

    Author : Sara Margrét Sigurðardóttir; [2020]
    Keywords : CGI influencers and social media; feminist postcolonial theory; the Other; cyborgs; intersectionality; critical discourse analysis;

    Abstract : Colonial legacies continue to impact representational practices in contemporary society. Social media platforms have provided a patriarchal marketplace in which female bodies become commodifiable products as ‘influencers’ and processes of racialisation and Othering are reproduced. READ MORE

  6. 15. The actualities of Actual Play : A qualitative study on interaction within the netnographic landscape of Actual Play

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för etnologi, religionshistoria och genusvetenskap

    Author : Felix Gardner; [2020]
    Keywords : Actual Play AP ; tabletop role-playing game TRPG ; interactionism; dramaturgy; actors; frames framing; netnography; Actual play AP ; bordsrollspel; interaktionism; interaktionism; dramaturgi; aktörer; ram inramning; nätnografi;

    Abstract : This study’s purpose is to explore the online medium known as “Actual Play” through the perspective of both content creators, who work within the format as well as their audience who consume and interact with the content. This is a qualitative interview and observation study on the subject of Actual Play. READ MORE