Essays about: "sacred values"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words sacred values.

  1. 1. The Guardian Forest : sacred trees and ceremonial forestry in Japan

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Oscar Nilzén; [2021]
    Keywords : sacred forests; shrine; Japan; religion; forest management;

    Abstract : Forests have played a major role in the development of human society across the world. It is therefore no surprise that a natural resource which is such an integral part of human life gave rise to religious beliefs, superstition and notions of the supernatural in connection to trees. READ MORE

  3. 2. Securing the society - a woman's risk to take? : A field study on how women’s perception of safety is impacted by engaging in prevention of violent extremism

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Fanny Arendt; [2019]
    Keywords : PVE; women; sacred values; perception of safety; Indonesia;

    Abstract : This study explores how women’s perceptions of safety is impacted by participating in a program aimed at preventing violent extremism (PVE). The theoretical framework mainly draws on literature on women and conflict prevention, sacred values and human security studies. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Self: Towards A Method for Queering Death : An Identity Testament

    University essay from Konstfack/Industridesign

    Author : Lisa Berkert Wallard; [2019]
    Keywords : Speculative; Method; Design; Master Project; Death; Burial; Ceremonies; Sculpture; Scenery; Film; Wax; Moulding; Testament;

    Abstract : “The Self: Towards A Method for Queering death” is an identity testament, a speculative method for designing the space of your own funeral before you die. It is a format to create a fair memorial of a person’s identity that does not feel welcome or fits in the current formats of burial ceremonies we have in Sweden today, usually connected to Christianity or other religious traditions. READ MORE

  5. 4. A search for the sacred - contemporary shamanism in the north of Norway and Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Frederika Wennermo; [2016]
    Keywords : contemporary shamanism; ethnographic research; meaning analysis; psychology of religion; social engagements; spiritual transformation;

    Abstract : The research I present within this thesis is a meaning analysis of contemporary shamanism for practitioners in the north of Norway and Sweden. I have used ethnographic research methods of observation, participation, conversations, interviews, context research and analysis of written texts. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Army of God : An examination of religiously motivated violence from a psychology of religion perspective.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Religionspsykologi

    Author : Sacharias Wirén; [2016]
    Keywords : Religiously motivated violence; social identity; sacred values; meaning-system; anti-abortion; religious fundamentalism; selective moral disengagement; staircase to terrorism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine psychological processes that can contribute to religiously motivated violence from a psychology of religion perspective in relation to the collective meaning-system of the Christian militant anti-abortion movement the Army of God. The study applied a single-case design and the data was collected through semi-structured interviews with 3 prominent figures within Army of God, as well as through 43 qualitative documents and 4 autobiographical books. READ MORE