Search for dissertations about: "Anna Tessmann"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the words Anna Tessmann.

2. 1. On the Good Faith : A Fourfold Discursive Construction of Zoroastrianism in Contemporary Russia

   Author : Anna Tessmann; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Zoroastrianism; Russia; new religious movement; mass culture; esotericism; discourse; science; new mass media; literature;

   Abstract : Zoroastrianism, a religion originating in the ancient East and having survived to the present day, is currently being practiced on a very small scale throughout the whole world. Since the early 1990s there has been a gradually increasing public interest in Zoroastrianism in Russia and some of the former Soviet republics where small pockets of new non-ethnic Zoroastrians have sprung up. READ MORE

4. 2. On the Good Faith : A Fourfold Discursive Construction of Zoroastrianism in Contemporary Russia

   Author : Anna Tessmann; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

   Abstract : Zoroastrianism is ascribed to the teachings of the legendary prophet Zarathustra and originated in ancient times. It was developed within the area populated by the Iranian peoples, and following the Arab conquest, it formed into a diaspora. In modern Russia it has evolved since the endof the Soviet era. READ MORE