Search for dissertations about: "Buddhism"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 23 swedish dissertations containing the word Buddhism.

  2. 16. Making Mindfulness : Highlighting the Social and Existential Dimensions

    Author : Håkan Nilsson; Åke Sander; Ali Kazemi; Mats Hilte; Högskolan i Skövde; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mindfulness; social mindfulness; existential mindfulness; Buddhism; resilience; logotherapy; psychological stages; hermeneutic methods;

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  4. 17. Rituals of a Secular Nation : Shinto Normativity and the Separation of Religion and State in Postwar Japan

    Author : Ernils Larsson; Mattias Gardell; Mark Teeuwen; Levi McLaughlin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Shinto; Japanese religion; Critical religion theory; religion and law; Shin Buddhism; Nippon Kaigi; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how the concept of “religion” has been interpreted and negotiated in postwar Japanese courts of law, with a particular focus on its relationship to the adjacent concept “Shinto.” Particular attention is given to the landmark rulings by the Supreme Court on the Tsu Groundbreaking Ceremony case in 1977 and the Ehime Tamagushiryō case in 1997. READ MORE

  5. 18. Religion and politics among the Chin people in Burma (1896-1949)

    Author : Lian H. Sakhong; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; American Baptist Foreign Mission Society; American Baptist Chin Mission; Buddhism - Burma; Chin; Chin Baptist Association; Christians - Burma Chin; ethnicity Chin; indigenous church; missionaries; na-tionalism and religion; politics and religion Burma Chin; religion and culture Chin; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

    Abstract : In many Asian countries today, there are potential conflicts between the majority religionand culture and ethnic minorities who practice another religion or religions. Problems areeasily aggravated if the government applies a confessional policy on religion, which favorsthe majority religion, while minority religions are marginalized or even suppressed. READ MORE

  6. 19. Breaking the Pot: Contextual Responses to Survival Issues in Malaysian Churches

    Author : Göran Wiking; Malmö Medicinsk strålningsfysik; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Non-Christian religions; inculturation Malaysia; islamisation; Contextual theology; Malaysian church history; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

    Abstract : Protestantism in Malaysia is in many cases the result of labour migration from China and India in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Under the British colonial administration, it enjoyed a certain degree of protection. READ MORE

  7. 20. Deconstructing Tradition in Japanese Music : A Study of Shakuhachi, Historical Authenticity and Transmission of Tradition

    Author : Gunnar Jinmei Linder; Gunilla Lindberg-Wada; Mitsuru Saito; Thomas Hare; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Japanese music; tradition; transmission; historical authenticity; shakuhachi; honkyoku; Kinko-ryū; Zen; Fuke; komusō; komosō; boro; Edo period; form; kata; Yamaguchi Gorō; Nattiez; poietic; esthesic; context; museme; idiomeme; 尺八　暮露　薦僧　虚無僧　普化　伝統　伝承　琴古流; Japanology; japanologi;

    Abstract : In the present study I examine the vertical bamboo flute shakuhachi, as an example of how a tradition can be constructed. There are two main issues: the historical authenticity of the believed origins and development of the shakuhachi tradition, and how the transmission of this tradition is conducted. READ MORE