Search for dissertations about: "hinduism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the word hinduism.

2. 1. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. The Context and Significance of a Modern Hindu Personalist

   Author : Ferdinando Sardella; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; bhakti; Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati; Bengal intellectual life; Bhaktivinoda; caste; Chaitanya doctrines; colonialism; Gaudiya Math; globalization; India religion 20th century; missionaries; modern Hinduism; postcolonialism; Vaishnavism Vishnuism; Vedanta; Vivekananda; worship Hinduism ; Modern Hinduism; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

   Abstract : This study explores the life and work of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874-1937), a Vaishnava guru of the school of Chaitanya (1486-1534), who, at a time that Hindu non-dualism was most prominent, managed to establish a pan-Indian movement for the modern revival of traditional personalist bhakti that today encompasses both Indian and non-Indian populations throughout the world. To most historians, the period between 1815 and 1914 is known as Britain’s Imperial Century, when the power of British cultural influence was at its height, most especially in Calcutta, India, the jewel of the British crown. READ MORE

4. 2. Neither Here - Nor There : An Anthropological Study of Gujarati Hindu Women in the diaspora

   Author : Elizabeth Åsa Hole; Hugh Beach; Eleanor Nesbitt; Frank Korom; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Cultural anthropology; Anthropology; Diaspora; Gujaratis; Uganda Asians; Hinduism; Women; Agency; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi;

   Abstract : During the 1950s, a wave of migrants left India to find work in the West. Many never returned, but instead settled in the West. There were also many Asians who left to live in East African countries. In the beginning of the 1970s, Idi Amin decided to finalise the Africanisation of Uganda. READ MORE

5. 3. In conversation with the Kolam practice: Auspiciousness and artistic experiences among Women in Tamilnadu, South India

   Author : Anna Laine; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; kolam; visual culture; multisensoriality; aesthetics; art; artistic practice; photography; gender; efficacy; agency; hinduism;

   Abstract : This anthropological study explores the kolam, a South Indian practice where women daily draw geometrical images in front of their homes to invite the deities. Through this practice, women engage in social and religious processes. They generate an auspicious atmosphere and become constructed as feminine beings. READ MORE

6. 4. Not Just Any Water : Hinduism, Ecology and the Ganges Water Controversy

   Author : Sidsel Hansson; Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ecology; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ; Hinduism Ganges river Religious change Environmental awareness; Non-Christian religions; Ekologi; Environmental health; Miljömedicin;

   Abstract : Whether the Ganges river in Varanasi (India) is pristinely pure or heavily polluted depends on by whom it qualities are defined, the Brahmin religious specialists in the city or the science oriented environmentalists. While the controversy continues, some Hindu religious leaders are searching for ways to adjust their respective traditions to the environmental paradigms, an initiative that reflects a larger global religious trend. READ MORE

7. 5. The myth of Manasā : a study in the popular Hinduism of medieval Bengal

   Author : William L. Smith; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

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