Search for dissertations about: "public theology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words public theology.

  2. 1. Pastor in the Shadow of Violence : Gustavo Gutiérrez as a Public Pastoral Theologian in Peru in the 1980s and 1990s

    Author : Olle Kristenson; Kajsa Ahlstrand; Jorge Castillo Guerra; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Bartolomé de Las Casas; CELAM; discourse analysis; Christian hope; God of life; Gustavo Gutiérrez; hermeneutic of hope; human rights; institutionalised violence; La República; liberation theology; pastoral theology; political theology; political violence; preferential option for the poor; reconciliation; resurrection; theology of life; Roman Catholicism in Peru; Sendero Luminoso; social movements; Truth and Reconciliation Commission.; Missionsvetenskap; Studies of Missions;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a study of the role of Gustavo Gutiérrez as a public pastor in the 1980s and 1990s in Peru. His collaboration with the Lima newspaper La República from the early 1980s gave him a figurative pulpit from which he addressed the Peruvian public on specific occasions. READ MORE

  4. 2. The art of love : A study of Dag Hammarskjöld's mystical theology

    Author : Andrew Thomas Kania; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Dag Hammarskjöld; Mystical Theology; Meister Eckhart; Juan de la Cruz; Friedrich Schiller; Thomas Aquinas; Gustaf Aulén Nathan Söderblom; William James; Thomas à Kempis; Brian Urquhart; Van Dusen; Goethe; Dante; Hägerström; Maritain; Gerson; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; Studies In Faiths and Ideologies;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the roots of Hammarskjöld's interest in Mystical Theology bytracing both Vägmärken and the Public Papers of the Secretaries-General (1953-1961)back to the original text material found in Hammarskjöld's private libraries, at theKungliga Biblioteket in Stockholm, and at his Cottage in Backåkra, Skåne. The first partof the thesis seeks to illustrate the principle concepts of Mystical Theology by recourseto the Mystical theologian Jean Gerson, and those writers on Mystical Theology whowere available to Hammarskjöld during his formative years. READ MORE

  5. 3. Andelivets agitator : J A Eklund, kristendomen och kulturen

    Author : Johan Sundeen; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Culture; cultural struggle; public theology; Christianity; personalism; idealism; spiritual life; history.; humanities; naturalism; science; nationalism; teologi;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to study the formation of opinions in issues related to the problem area of Christianity and culture of Public Theologian J A Eklund (1863-1945). The concept of Public Theologian refers to a theologian, who by participating in the cultural debate, strives to convince the public that Christianity is a superior theory of life even in modern society, and of Christianity’s relevance in every area of society. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Persistence of Christian Realism : A Study of the Social Ethics of Ronald H. Preston

    Author : Normunds Kamergrauzis; Alan Suggate; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Christian ethics; social ethics; Christian Realism; R. Niebuhr; J. Bennett; Anglican ethics; moral theology; W. Temple; R. Preston; love; justice; solidarity; middle axioms; economic theory; economic practice; social responsibility; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; etik; Ethics;

    Abstract : The persistence of the tradition of Christian Realism in England is exemplified by the lifelong contribution of Anglican moral theologian Ronald H. Preston. READ MORE

  7. 5. 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