Essays about: "religious activity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words religious activity.

  1. 1. Churchdemic : A digital ethnographic study of religious online practices in Hillsong church Sweden during Covid-19

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Elizaveta Grozman; [2021]
    Keywords : Affordance; Mediatization of religion; Media effects; Hillsong; Covid-19; Online church;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the negative and positive effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the religious practices of the pentecostal Hillsong church in Malmö, Sweden. To do so it draws on theoretical concepts of affordance, mediatization of religion, and media effects, in order to explore what emerged through digital ethnographic research that included church event observations, interviews, and qualitative surveys. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Work, Social Enterprise and Mental Health Promotion : A psychology of religious analysis of work as a mental health promotion activity

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Dirk Kehr; [2019]
    Keywords : social enterprise; work environment; health promotion; and disability;

    Abstract : The intent of this paper is to investigate social enterprise, and the Swedish work environment regulations as expressed in the Organizational and social work environment provisions of the Swedish Work Environment Authority (AFS 2015:4) within the context of mental health promotion. This investigation will generate hypotheses regarding how social enterprises and the individuals working in these environments utilize work in creating mental health promotional activities. READ MORE

  5. 4. Artificial Agendas: Polarization and Partisanship in the Turkish Mainstream Media through Fake News

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Ali İhsan Akbaş; [2019]
    Keywords : fake news; mainstream media; Turkey;

    Abstract : This thesis revolves around the subject of fake news, a phenomenon that has been highly discussed with the advent of the internet-based media. It aims to shed light on the problem of fake news and its implications in the Turkish mainstream media by mainly departing from the discourse theory, as well as by using additional theoretical approaches over fake news and media in polarized settings. READ MORE

  6. 5. Globaliserad snittblomsproduktion och svensk kyrkogårdsförvaltning ur ett hållbarhetsperspektiv

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Therése Rydsberg; [2016]
    Keywords : kyrkogårdsförvaltning; miljöcertifiering; snittblommor; rosor; Kenya; miljöetik;

    Abstract : När en blomma klippts från plantan är den ytterst förgänglig. Detta faktum var tidigare avgörande vid val av plats för kommersiell odling av snittblommor, då verksamheten var begränsad till områden nära den konsumerande marknaden. Idag är dock avståndet inte längre av någon betydelse. READ MORE