Search for dissertations about: "Nativity"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the word Nativity.

  2. 1. Virginity Recast : Romanos and the Mother of God

    Author : Thomas Arentzen; Samuel Rubenson; Ingela Nilsson; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Saint 6th cent; Romanus Melodus; Hymns; Greek Byzantine ; Virgin Mary – History of doctrines – 030–600; Virgin Mary – Annunciation; Virgin Mary – veneration; Bible – use in hymns; Akathists; Hymns – Theology; Theotokos; Nativity; Byzantine rite – Liturgy; Kontakion; Mariology; Orthodox Eastern Church – Liturgy; Orthodox Eastern Church – Hymns; Body; Human – religious aspects – Christianity; Late Antiquity; asceticism; breast feeding; gender and sexuality issues; Justinian Era.; Romanos the Melodist; Virgin Mary; kontakion; Constantinople; hymns; Mariology; virginity;

    Abstract : The Virgin Mary has always stood out in the Christian scenery, yet in ever-changing guises. This study explores the characterization of the Virgin in the poetic works of Romanos the Melodist (ca. 490–560), the great composer of the so-called kontakion. Written for liturgical use, these dramatic songs soon became well-known and immensely popular. READ MORE

  4. 2. Success at work and in family life : studies in selected Western fertility and family dynamics

    Author : Diana Corman; Elizabeth Thomson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Nativitet; Familjebildning; Invandrare; Sverige; Frankrike; 1970-talet; 1980-talet; 1990-talet; Nativity; Family structure; Immigrants; Sweden; France; demografi; Demography;

    Abstract : This thesis contains three studies that address the issues of childbearing and working life and the connection between working life and success in family life. The first two studies investigate third-birth rates in two West-European countries, based on two national surveys concerning the family and working life. READ MORE

  5. 3. Trying to make a living - Studies in the economic life of women in interwar Sweden

    Author : Linda Lane; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; demography; discrimination; gender; income; labour market; occupations; standard of living; Sweden; trade unions;

    Abstract : Studies of the emerging economic roles of women have been dominated by the Anglo-American discourse. Female experiences of economic life in these countries are often interpreted as universal. This dissertation argues that institutional arrangements particular to specific societies generate different outcomes. READ MORE