Search for dissertations about: "religious conflict"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words religious conflict.

  2. 1. Placing Conflict : Religion and politics in Kaduna State, Nigeria

    Author : Henrik Angerbrandt; Henrik Berglund; Morten Bøås; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conflict; decentralisation; ethnic conflict; ethnicity; federalism; identity; Nigeria; religion; religious conflict; scale; territory; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Decentralisation and federalism are often said to mitigate conflict by better meeting the preferences of a heterogeneous population and demands for limited autonomy. But it is argued in this thesis that this perspective does not sufficiently address the ways in which conflict-ridden relations entangle processes across different scales ‒ local, regional as well as national. READ MORE

  4. 2. Patterns of Care : Relating Altruism in Sociobiology and the Christian Tradition of Agape

    Author : Eva-Lotta Grantén; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; kunskapsteori; metafysik; estetik; Praktisk filosofi; ideology; epistemology; Sociobiology; Agape; Altruism; Science and Religion; Independence; Conflict; Integration; Care; Systematic philosophy; ethics; metaphysics; aesthetics; ideologi; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to relate sociobiological theories of altruism to theories within the Christian tradition of agape. Firstly, it discusses the relation between scientific, ethical and theological understandings of altruism, and argues that it is possible to compare discussions of benevolent acts towards others or other-directedness. READ MORE

  5. 3. Unification and Conflict. The Church Politics of Alonso de Montúfar OP, Archbishop of Mexico, 1554-1572

    Author : Magnus Lundberg; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Kristen teologi allmän; systematic and practical Christian theology; General; New Spain; Alonso de Montúfar; Mexico; Mission; Missionary Methods; Roman Catholic Church; Religious Orders; Our Lady of Guadalupe; Cathedral Chapters; systematisk och praktisk ; Alonso de Montúfar;

    Abstract : This dissertation focuses on Archbishop Alonso de Montúfar OP (ca. 1489-1572). It seeks to explore two decades of sixteenth century Mexican Church History mainly through the study of documents found in Spanish and Mexican archives. READ MORE

  6. 4. Theology in Conflict. Readings in Afrikaner Theology : The Theologies of F.J.M. Potgieter and B.J. Marais

    Author : Hans S. A. Engdahl; Sven-Erik Brodd; John de Gruchy; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Church studies; close reading; contrast reading; fundamentalism; deconstruction; ecclesiology; neo-Calvinism; life system; biblical principia; verbal inspiration; Word become Scripture; pluriformity; ecumenism; moral community; ‘Christian brotherhood’; radical and conservative principle; slavery; universalism; cosmopolitanism; nationalism; colour; race; apartheid; Kyrkovetenskap; Church studies; Kyrkovetenskap; kyrkovetenskap; kyrkovetenskap;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a critical study of Afrikaner theology during the apartheid era in South Africa. Focus in this systematic, theological inquiry is on two Dutch Reformed theologians, F. J. M. READ MORE

  7. 5. Muslim Rights and Plights. The Religious Liberty Situation of a Minority in Sweden

    Author : Jonas Alwall; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theology; Religious Culture; Religious Minorities; Muslims; Islam; Integration; Immigrant Policy; Immigration; Minority Rights; Religious liberty; Human Rights; Teologi; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

    Abstract : This dissertation deals with the religious liberty situation of the Muslim minority in Sweden. The Muslim minority has grown considerably in recent decades as a consequence of labour and refugee immigration of a large scale, which has caused a change in Swedish society from an etnically, culturally and religously homogeneous situation to one of a significant heterogeneity. READ MORE