Essays about: "religionshistoria"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 34 essays containing the word religionshistoria.

  1. 16. A Journey to the Inner World : A Hermeneutic Analysis of Matsuo Bashō’s Prose from a Transcendent-Immanent Perspective

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Religionshistoria

    Author : Adam Hedenmo; [2020]
    Keywords : Bashō; Secular; Transcendent; Immanent; Literature; Japan;

    Abstract : The following study investigates the impact of the secular processes present in Early Modern Japan on Matsuo Bashō's prose. The theoretical basis for exploring this development is found in Durkheim’s distinction between the transcendent and the immanent, as well as the theoretical framework for secularism. READ MORE

  3. 17. Women of the Fäbod : An Ethnological Study of the Swedish Fäbod Culture at the Turn of the 20th Century

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

    Author : Stina Gray; [2019]
    Keywords : Womanhood; transhumance; gender; initiation; rite of passage; nordic; Genus; fäbod; fäbodkultur; initiationsrit; fäbodväsen;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to explore the meaning of womanhood in relation to the Swedish fäbod culture at the turn of the 20th century. The study is based upon a questionnaire from 1928 and the material is collected from the archives at the Nordic Museum in Stockholm and the Institute for Language and Folklore in Uppsala. READ MORE

  4. 18. Hiding in plain sight : A descriptive content analysis of the Muslim Brotherhood politicizing Islam 2005-2011

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Religionshistoria

    Author : Ian Holmes Julius Fernström; [2019]
    Keywords : Egypt; Muslim brotherhood; Islam; Politicized religion; Ikhwanweb;

    Abstract : This thesis highlights the ways in which the Muslim brotherhood politicizes Islam, depicted in the group’s official documents. The study theorizes a social-constructivist approach to politicized religion and argues the concept as an effort to manipulate an understanding of religion with political intentions. READ MORE

  5. 19. Decoration and Death : The Sringar of Baba Shamshan Nath

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

    Author : Julia Ask; [2019]
    Keywords : Sringar; Banaras; Shiva; Nagar vadhu; Aghori;

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  6. 20. The Castle & The Keep : A Gender Study of the Lives and Written Works of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Religionshistoria

    Author : Ryan Jurison; [2018]
    Keywords : St. Teresa of Avila; St. John of the Cross; Gender Studies; Catholic Church; Counter Reformation; Discalced Carmelites; Spanish Mysticism; Doctors of the Church; Spanish Inquisition; mysticism; Alfred C. Kinsey; Judith Butler; Corporeal Realm; Ethereal Realm;

    Abstract : An examination of Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross, applying modern theories of gender and sexuality to the textual analysis of a selection of primary written works and biographical works, in order to determine the roles that they play, not only in the case of these two saints of the Catholic Church, but also within the mystical tradition as a whole. . READ MORE