Search for dissertations about: "religious crisis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words religious crisis.

2. 1. The Eucharist as Orikonso : A Study in Eucharistic Ecclesiology from an Igbo Perspective

   Author : Damian Onwuegbuchulam Eze; Sven-Erik Brodd; De May; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Church studies; Theology; Ndigbo; Catholic Church; Eucharist; Omenakristi; Covenant; Eucharistic Ecclesiology; Catholic Church in Igboland; Kyrkovetenskap; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

   Abstract : Since the coming of the Spiritan missionaries to Onitsha in December 1885, the Catholic Church in Igboland has grown and expanded. All the parishes in the 14 dioceses are alive and growing. There has been steady growth in vocations to the priesthood and the religious life. READ MORE

4. 2. Conversion and Contextual Conceptions of Christ: A Missiological Study among Young Converts in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

   Author : Carl Sundberg; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of the Christian church; Kä Mana; Buana Kibongi; B.; Bujo; Kongo; Ta Kimbangi; Brazzaville; Republic of Congo; Conversion conversion stories; Christology Africa; Missiology Congo Brazzaville; Eglise Evangélique du Congo; African Traditional Religion; Africa youth; African Independent Churches; Nganga; Ndoki; Kindoki; Kristna kyrkans historia;

   Abstract : This study presents contextual conceptions of Christ among young urban converts, within the Evangelical Church of Congo (EEC). The basic data consists of interviews, conversion stories, gathered during fieldwork in 1995-1997. From the data explicit and implicit conceptions of Christ were deducted and accounted for in the study. READ MORE

5. 3. A synchronic approach to the Serek ha-Yahad (1QS) : from text to social and cultural context

   Author : Kamilla Skarström Hinojosa; Mikael Winninge; Jutta Jokiranta; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; 1QS; Serek ha-Yahad; Serekh; Yahad; Text linguistics; synchronic; Qumran; Dead Sea Scrolls; Rule texts; René Girard; Scapegoat; social context; cultural context; Hebrew; Second Temple; hierarchy; mimetic violence; discourse analysis; discourse; serek; serekh; covenant; truth; falsehood; text; Micah 6:8; wilderness; community; messianic; law; atone; judge; intertextuality; allusions; quote; echo; intertext; apocalyptic; Hebrew bible.; gamla testamentets exegetik; Old Testament Exegesis;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to investigate the social and cultural contexts of 1QS (Serek ha-Yahad) by means of a textual study. The analysis of the text is performed in a synchronic perspective. This means that lexical choices, grammatical forms, references, topics, themes, and intertextuality are analyzed text-internally. READ MORE

6. 4. Medicine for Uncertain Futures : A Nigerian City in the Wake of a Crisis

   Author : Ulrika Andersson Trovalla; Jan Ovesen; Sten Hagberg; Rachel Spronk; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Abstract : The Nigerian city of Jos used to be seen as a peaceful place, but in 2001 it was struck by clashes that arose from what was largely understood as issues of ethnic and religious belonging. The event, which would become known as ‘the crisis’, was experienced as a rupture and a loss of what the city had once been, and as the starting point of a spiral of violence that has continued up to today. READ MORE

7. 5. Assisting in the Shadows : Humanitarianism, Shelters and Transit Migration Politics

   Author : Priscilla Solano; Sociologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; class; criminalisation; human rights; humanitarian crisis; humanitarianism; movement; poverty; transit migration;

   Abstract : The Tamaulipas tragedy in 2010 proved a turning point for transit migration politics. This was one of the worst massacres on Mexican territory, in which 72 undocumented migrants, mostly from Central America, were kidnapped, tortured, and their dead bodies piled up in a ditch at a local ranch in the northern Mexican state. READ MORE