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Showing result 21 - 22 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words Christianity and literature.

2. 21. Sharers in Divine Nature : 2 Peter 1:4 in Its Hellenistic Context

   Author : James M Starr; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hellenistic philosophy; incorruption; virtue; ethics; participation; knowledge; koinônos; divine nature; Epictetus; Seneca; Stoicism; Plutarch; Philo; Josephus; Old Testament; Paul; 2 Peter; General Epistles; Bible; New Testament; Corpus Hellenisticum; Bibelvetenskap;

   Abstract : This book offers a theological study of an expression unique in biblical literature concerning the purpose of life: “that you might become sharers in divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4). Following an analysis of the text-immanent features in 2 Peter 1:1—11, the study delineates comparable notions of “sharers in divine nature” in selected writings that were current in the first century and contrasts these with 2 Peter. READ MORE

4. 22. Satanic Feminism : Lucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture

   Author : Per Faxneld; Erik af Edholm; Peter Jackson; Henrik Bogdan; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Satanism; feminism; gender; esotericism; witches; Lilith; theosophy; socialism; homosexuality; gothic; decadence; romanticism; counter-reading; counter-myth; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Abstract : Enligt Bibeln var Eva först med att lyssna till ormen och äta av den förbjudna frukten. Tanken på kvinnan som Satans utvalda är framträdande under stora delar av kristendomens historia. Under 1800-talet kom feminister att börja läsa denna misogyna tradition motvalls. READ MORE