Search for dissertations about: "Islamic social ethics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words Islamic social ethics.

  2. 1. Theologies Speak of Justice : A Study of Islamic and Christian Social Ethics

    Author : Teresa Callewaert; Elena Namli; Mattias Gardell; Ola Sigurdson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Islamic social ethics; Christian social ethics; comparative religious ethics; interpretative method; identity; authenticity; political theology; secularity; religious arguments; public discourse; justice; sociality; Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na’im; Duncan B. Forrester; Ali Shariati; Gustavo Gutierrez; Tariq Ramadan; John Milbank; Etik; Ethics;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate how religious ethics, while retaining its identity, can contribute to political debate and to the understanding of justice. The inquiry addresses these issues by focusing on theological perspectives which challenge the solutions offered to these questions by the liberal paradigm. READ MORE

  4. 2. Teaching Islam : Islamic Religious Education at Three Muslim Schools in Sweden

    Author : Jenny Berglund; Carl-Anders Säfström; Göran Larsson; Caroline Liberg; Ron Geaves; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; islamic religious education; IRE; religious education; Muslim school; ethnography; teaching; educational choices; Islam; Quran; Islamic history; singing;

    Abstract : This study concerns the formulation of Islamic religious education (IRE) at three Swedish Muslim schools which offered IRE as an extra curricular subject, one to three hours per week. The study contributes to the understanding of how IRE is formed as a confessional school subject within the framework and under the jurisdiction of the Swedish school system. READ MORE

  5. 3. Islamic Semiotic Resources in US Hip-Hop Culture

    Author : Anders Ackfeldt; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; islam; hip-hop; social semiotik; afroamerikansk islam; religion;

    Abstract : This dissertation contributes to the field of Islamic Studies by analyzing how the production of Islam can be seen as the outcome of interactions between actors who define themselves as Muslims as well as those who do not. The argument of this dissertation is that Muslims as well as non-Muslims have used Islamic themes in their artistic productions throughout the history of African American music making, making this historical legacy essential to this musical tradition because parts of it are repeatedly evoked in lyrics, sounds, and imagery. READ MORE

  6. 4. An Afghan Dilemma: Education, Gender and Globalisation in an Islamic Context

    Author : Pia Karlsson; Amir Mansory; Holger Daun; David Stephens; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Islamic education; Western type of education; girls’ education; farz; maktab; madrasa; adab; akhlaq; Islam; globalisation; gender; folk theory; International education; Internationell pedagogik; internationell pedagogik; International Education;

    Abstract : Afghanistan has a long history of Islamic education while Western type of education (maktab) is of more recent date. The latter type of education has expanded rapidly recently. However, girls’ enrolment remains low, around 35 per cent.The present study examines children’s, particularly girls’, participation in the two educational systems. READ MORE

  7. 5. The True New Testament : Sealing the Heart’s Covenant in al-Tabarî’s Ta’rîkh al-Rusul wa’l-Mulûk

    Author : Ulrika Mårtensson; Claude Gilliot; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; al-Tabarî; Islamic history; Islamic historiography; Islamic Bible exegesis; Orientalism; comparative religious studies; covenant; promised land; testament; redistributive justice; Abbasid caliphate; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

    Abstract : This study is an interpretation of the Muslim jurist Abû Ja‘far Muhammad b. Jarîr al-Tabarî’s (d. 923 C.E. READ MORE