Search for dissertations about: "Henrik Rydell Johnsén"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Henrik Rydell Johnsén.

2. 1. Reading John Climacus: Rhetorical Argumentation, Literary Convention and the Tradition of Monastic Formation

   Author : Henrik Rydell Johnsén; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hermogenes; Late Antiquity; Early Christianity; Sinai; rhetoric; cardinal vices; moral formation; John Climacus; monasticism; Religious Studies and Theology; Evagrius Ponticus; progymnasmata; Seneca; Apophthegmata Patrum; Plutarch; Religion och teologi;

   Abstract : This thesis offers an investigation of the literary form and the literary composition of The Ladder by John Climacus, as well as a study of how the author uses the tradition to form his reader. Besides a brief introduction with a survey of the previous research, the study comprises four chapters. READ MORE