Search for dissertations about: "Legitimacy of ritual"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Legitimacy of ritual.
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1. Sacrifice and Symbol : Biblical Shelamim in a Ritual Perspective
Abstract : For the sacrifice shelamim in the Hebrew Bible, scholars have suggested a number of different interpretations and uses. This sacrifice also had an ambiguous role in Israelite culture. READ MORE
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2. American Dervish: Making Mevlevism in the United States of America
Abstract : In the late 1970s, the Turkish Mevlevi Sufi sheikh Süleyman Dede arrived from Konya, Turkey, in the United States. There he initiated a number of individuals primarily belonging to American esoteric groups as sheikhs in the Mevlevi order, known in Euro-America as the whirling dervishes. READ MORE
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3. The Vulnerable Power of Worship A Study of a Power Approach to Contextualization in Christian Mission
Abstract : This dissertation deals with the process of contextualizing the Christian discourse with a specific focus on worship and power negotiation. The study is based on literature, interviews and approximately six months of fieldwork in the U.S. in the years 1996,1998, and 2004. READ MORE
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4. Dazzling Dining : Banquets as an Expression of Imperial Legitimacy
Abstract : This study examines how banquets hosted by the Roman emperor were vehicles of imperial propaganda and expressions of the ruler’s political legitimation. The focus will be on the banquets held in the palace of Domus Augustana in Rome and in the Great Palace in Constantinople during the period AD 330-580. READ MORE
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5. Freyr's offspring : Rulers and religion in ancient Svea society
Abstract : This study attempts to elucidate the relationship between rulers and religion among the Svear of the Late Iron Age. Previous research has to a large extent followed the paradigm of sacral kingship when interpreting the Scandinavian sources. READ MORE