Search for dissertations about: "religious pluralism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 swedish dissertations containing the words religious pluralism.

  2. 1. Religion, rock och pluralism : En religionssociologisk studie av kristen diskurs om rockmusik

    Author : Andreas Häger; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; discourse; institutional Christianity; legitimation; pluralism; popular culture; popular music; qualitative analysis; religion; religious symbols; rock music; symbolic universe; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; religionssociologi; The Sociology of Religion;

    Abstract : Rock music has during all of its almost 50 years of existence been the subject of criticism and debate. Much of this criticism has risen from religious circles. But also in these circles, rock music has its advocates. This thesis studies the reactions to rock music by spokespersons for institutional Christianity. READ MORE

  4. 2. A Risk or a Resource? : A Study of the Swedish State’s Shifting Perception and Handling of Minority Religious Communities between 1952-2019

    Author : Linnea Lundgren; Lars Trägårdh; Annette Leis-Peters; Elisabeth Christiansson; Grace Davie; Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; religion; religious diversity; faith community; state; government documents; mixed method; policy; civil society; religion-state; pluralism; religious schools; Människan i välfärdssamhället; Social välfärd med inriktning mot civilsamhället; The Individual in the Welfare Society; Social Welfare and the Civil Society;

    Abstract : In Sweden, as in many other European countries, governments and other public authorities increasingly seem to view religious communities as an important resource that should be included in welfare provision and help combat problems that societies are facing, thereby intentionally or unintentionally bringing religion back into the public arena. However, religious communities also seem to be perceived as a risk and a problem that needs to be further regulated and controlled. READ MORE

  5. 3. Spirit of Christ Inculturated- A Theological Theme Implicit in Shusaku Endo's Literary Works

    Author : Emi Masé-Hasegawa; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Kristen teologi allmän; systematic and practical Christian theology; General; Christ.; religious pluralism; multiple religious affiliation; spirituality; koshinto; literature; Japanese religions; Japanese literature; Japan; Christianity; Japanese Christianity; Endo; inculturation; systematisk och praktisk ; Paleo-Siberian languages and literatures; Korean; Japanese; Koreanska; japanska och paleosibiriska språk; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

    Abstract : Shusaku Endo (1923-1996) is a Roman Catholic, Japanese novelist. From 1950 to 1953, he studied French literature in Lyon, France. Returning from Lyon, Endo began his career as a novelist. His early works include: White Men, Yellow Men(1954), A Wonderful Fool(1959), The Women in the Bible(1960), Foreign Studies(1965), etc. READ MORE

  6. 4. Understanding Religious Diversity : A Contribution to Interreligious Dialogue from the Viewpoint of Existential Philosophy

    Author : Willy Pfändtner; Eberhard Herrmann; Hendrik M. Vroom; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Humanities and religion; religious diversity; interreligious dialogue; cross-culture understanding; the Enlightenment project; postmodern theology; theological post-liberalism; existential philosophy; attunement; mood; W.P. Alston; J. Hick; P.J. Griffiths; D. Cupitt; J. Milbank; G. D Costa; W.C. Smith; M. Heidegger; humaniora; religionsvetenskap; HUMANITIES and RELIGION; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : This dissertation addresses the question of the role of religion in a world to come. It presupposes that for religion to play a positive and constructive role in future society interreligious dialogue is of utmost importance. READ MORE

  7. 5. Pluralism and unity in education : on education for democratic citizenship and personal autonomy in a pluralist society

    Author : Joachim Rosenquist; Tomas Englund; Klas Roth; Walter Feinberg; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pluralism; democratic education; citizenship education; children s rights; autonomy-promotion; school choice; deliberative democracy; political philosophy; educational philosophy; Pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : The overarching theme of this thesis concerns the possibility of balancing the values of unity and pluralism in education in developed nation states characterized by an increasing pluralism when it comes to the beliefs and values of its citizens. The author suggests that democracy has a normative basis in the principle of reciprocity which can be supported in an overlapping consensus by reasonable persons who differ in their moral, religious and philosophical beliefs. READ MORE