Essays about: "religious institution"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words religious institution.
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1. Stop. Record From Taxi Park to Film Park
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : This project explores strategies to effectively address the challenges surrounding the ‘dissonant’ heritage of totalitarian regimes. The difficulties associated with this heritage rises from multiple factors, such as the characteristics of materials and objects involved, historical and cultural contexts, political influences, ethical considerations, religious aspects, and personal beliefs of individuals involved. READ MORE
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2. From Dawn to Dusk: studying the origin of the Islamic fivefold daily liturgy in the Qur’ān
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskapAbstract : Despite prayer being one of the most central tenets of Islam, this subject has drawn the attention of surprisingly little scholarship, especially when it comes to studying its origin against pre-Islamic analogues. Thus, this thesis proposes a reconstruction of the very early history of the fivefold daily Islamic liturgy, attempting also to weigh the extent of the influence that pre-Islamic religions, primarily Middle Eastern Christianity and Judaism, might have had in its development. READ MORE
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3. Are Pious Protesters Powerful? : A quantitative analysis assessing the effect of religious support on the success of unarmed civil resistance campaigns
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : There is an ample body of literature which seek to investigate the role of religion in armed conflict. Yet, the role of religion in unarmed civil resistance has not received an equal amount of scholarly attention. READ MORE
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4. LGBTQIA+ Voices from the Christian Church : A small intersectional interview study on LGBTQIA+ experiences within the Catholic and Protestant church in contemporary Germany
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema GenusAbstract : The study starts with a historical overview of the notion of gender and sexual identity and belonging in the German Christian church as seen from a queer and intersectional gender studies perspective. The following study moves to explore three individual experiences and encounters with the Christian church. READ MORE
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5. Out of Sight, Out of Mind. The ‘Social Death’ of Institutionalized Women and Children and the ‘Social Amnesia’ of Irish Society in the Twentieth Century, Depicted in Forensic Evidence from the Children's Mass Grave at a former Mother and Baby Home in Tuam, Co. Galway.
University essay fromAbstract : The twentieth century was a time of social and political changes. Victims of trauma, genocide, massacres and abuse in a largely Post-Colonial era would increasingly gain recognition and places of suffering, death and pain would become places of remembrance. READ MORE