Search for dissertations about: "“the religious vision of the world”"

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2. 1. Origins of Kingship Traditions and Symbolism in the Great Lakes Region of Africa

   Author : Birgitta Farelius; Tord Fornberg; Arvi Hurskainen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; interlacustrine; “the religious vision of the world”; the Creator; the first owners of the soil; the white cow; the hammer of smith ; Bigo bya Mugenyi; social stratification; the Bacwezi; the Babiito ideology of statecraft; the Bunyoro centre of creation; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

   Abstract : Considering myth as the bearer of important symbolism with potentials to reveal history, this dissertation undertakes a historical interpretation of kingship traditions and/or myths in the Great Lakes region. While the historical sources describe the cultures of the peoples of the interlacustrine region, this study goes a step further to develop analytic categories using symbolism to interpret and explain the socio-political developments, which previously have been mystified and hence crystallised in theories as the well-known Hamitic theory. READ MORE

4. 2. The Hermetic Piety of the Mind : A Semiotic and Cognitive Study of the Discourse of Hermes Trismegistos

   Author : J. Peter Södergård; Anders Hultgård; Jörgen Podemann Sörensen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of religions; Religionshistoria; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

   Abstract : The present work explores how the concept mind is used in the discourse of Hermes Trismegistos for the bringing forth of a Hermetic piety of mind, which culminates in mystical vision and in the divinization of the initiand. In focus are some constitutive elements of a religious discourse stemming from Hellenistic and Roman Egypt, and which has survived largely in the form of spiritually instructive dialogues, written in the name of Hermes Trismegistos or in the names of those associated with him. READ MORE

5. 3. John Rufus and the World Vision of Anti-Chalcedonian Culture

   Author : Jan-Eric Steppa; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of the Christian church; here; visions; holy man; propaganda; hagiography; Anastasius I; Zeno; Peter the Iberian; Severus of Antioch; John Rufus; Gaza; Palestine; asceticism; monasticism; monophysitism; anti-Chalcedonianism; Chalcedon; Patristics; Byzantine Empire; Late Antiquity; Kristna kyrkans historia; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ;

   Abstract : The present study deals with the works of John Rufus, disciple of Peter the Iberian at Gaza. There are three works preserved from him, composed in Greek at the turn of the sixth century, and preserved in Syriac: the Life of Peter the Iberian, the Commemoration of the Death of Theodosius, and the Plerophories. READ MORE

6. 4. Unification and Conflict. The Church Politics of Alonso de Montúfar OP, Archbishop of Mexico, 1554-1572

   Author : Magnus Lundberg; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Kristen teologi allmän; systematic and practical Christian theology; General; New Spain; Alonso de Montúfar; Mexico; Mission; Missionary Methods; Roman Catholic Church; Religious Orders; Our Lady of Guadalupe; Cathedral Chapters; systematisk och praktisk ; Alonso de Montúfar;

   Abstract : This dissertation focuses on Archbishop Alonso de Montúfar OP (ca. 1489-1572). It seeks to explore two decades of sixteenth century Mexican Church History mainly through the study of documents found in Spanish and Mexican archives. READ MORE

7. 5. Prospects for Theology in Peacebuilding : A Theological Analysis of the Just Peace Concept in the Textual Process towards an International Ecumenical Peace Declaration, World Council of Churches 2008-2011

   Author : Sara Gehlin; Mika Vähäkangas; Geraldine S Smyth; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Peace-building; Ecumenical movement; Religion and sociology; Church and social problems;

   Abstract : This study takes its starting point in the questions of whether and how theology might serve as a faith-basedpeacebuilding resource. Based on an exploration of the textual process towards an international ecumenicaldeclaration on just peace in the World Council of Churches, it suggests that theology can indeed serve as sucha resource and it sketches how theology can make such a contribution. READ MORE