Search for dissertations about: "buddhism and society"

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2. 1. Religion in Dialogue with Late Modern Society: A Constructive Contribution to a Christian Spirituality Informed by Buddhist-Christian Encounters

   Author : Ann Aldén; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Thich Nhat Hanh; Aloysius Pieris; Constructive Theology; Buddhist-Christian; Christian; Buddhism; Spirituality; Christian Spirituality; Society; Religion and Modernity; Modernity; Religion; Late Modern; Dialogue; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ;

   Abstract : In this dissertation I make a constructive contribution to a Christian spirituality for late modern religiously plural society. The words ‘a constructive contribution’ designate the methodological approach of the study. READ MORE

4. 2. The Buddhist World Emperor's Mission : Millenarian Buddhism in Postcolonial Burma

   Author : Niklas Foxeus; Per-Arne Berglie; Erik af Edholm; Guillaume Rozenberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Buddhism; millenarianism; weizzā weikza ; esotericism; supernatural powers; identity; politics; Burma; Theravāda Buddhism; cakkavattin; authority; legitimacy; charisma; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Abstract : In early postcolonial Burma, a number of so-called royal esoteric associations with a millenarian and eschatological orientation, and founded by persons believed to be the world emperor, emerged in response to political turmoil, nation-building projects, modernization, and after-effects of colonialism. These Theravāda Buddhist esoteric congregations, revivalist and innovative at the same time, were indicative of a general crisis of authority and identity. READ MORE

5. 3. Religion and politics among the Chin people in Burma (1896-1949)

   Author : Lian H. Sakhong; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; American Baptist Foreign Mission Society; American Baptist Chin Mission; Buddhism - Burma; Chin; Chin Baptist Association; Christians - Burma Chin; ethnicity Chin; indigenous church; missionaries; na-tionalism and religion; politics and religion Burma Chin; religion and culture Chin; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

   Abstract : In many Asian countries today, there are potential conflicts between the majority religionand culture and ethnic minorities who practice another religion or religions. Problems areeasily aggravated if the government applies a confessional policy on religion, which favorsthe majority religion, while minority religions are marginalized or even suppressed. READ MORE

6. 4. The Taizhou Movement : Being Mindful in Sixteenth Century China

   Author : Johanna Lidén; Olof Sundqvist; Roger Greatrex; Joachim Gentz; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Taizhou movement; Confucianism; Neo-Confucianism; Wang Gen; religious ideas; religious praxis; self-respect; self-protection; calming the mind; Wang Yangming; Buddhism; Yan Jun; Daoism; He Xinyin; Luo Rufang; religious persecution; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to define and analyze the religious ideas, praxis and organizations of the Taizhou movement using the earliest sources from the Ming dynasty. The Taizhou movement originated with a salt merchant named Wang Gen (1483–1541), who became a disciple of the well-known Neo-Confucian philosopher Wang Yangming (1472–1529). READ MORE

7. 5. Making fields of merit: Buddhist nuns challenge gendered orders in Thailand

   Author : Monica Lindberg Falk; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; Thailand; sex; gender; Buddhism; nuns; rituals; gifts; education;

   Abstract : This anthropological study addresses the interaction and interconncectedness between religion and gender relations in Thailand, analysing this through the lens of the Buddhist nuns' (mae chiis') lives, actions and role in Thai society. The mae chiis have a long hstory in Thailand. READ MORE