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Showing result 11 - 15 of 26 swedish dissertations containing the words Non-Christian religions.

2. 11. Portrait of a Villain: Laban the Aramean in Rabbinic Literature

   Author : Karin Zetterholm; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ; Bibelvetenskap; Bible; Jacob; literary theory; deceiver; Aramean; Laban; narrative analysis; narrative expansion; targum; midrash; ideology; intertextuality; interpretation; hermeneutics; literature criticism; General and comparative literature; Non-Christian religions; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; litteraturkritik; litteraturteori;

   Abstract : This study attempts to answer the question of why Laban the Aramean, a rather harmless character as presented in the biblical text, is generally portrayed in rabbinic literature as a major enemy of Jacob and Israel. It is argued that the portrait of Laban as a villain developed as a result of rabbinic hermeneutics, and that the characteristics which are attributed to him in rabbinic literature were not arbitrarily chosen due to a particular interest in his person or a wish to endow him with a certain set of negative characteristics, but rather derive from interaction between the rabbis and the biblical text in a process where the rabbis filled in the gaps that they perceived in the biblical text and explained inconsistencies with material provided by the Bible itself and by material taken from their ideological code. READ MORE

4. 12. 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

5. 13. The Origins of the Synagogue : A Socio-Historical Study

   Author : Anders Runesson; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ritual; archaeology; city gate; secondary state; Nehemiah; Ezra; Deuteronomy; ideology; Babylonia; Egypt; Palestine; cult centralisation; Artaxerxes I; Darius; Cyrus; administration; Persian imperial politics; origin; church; temple; Synagogue; proseuche; History of the Christian church; Kristna kyrkans historia; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

   Abstract : In the first century CE, synagogues existed not only in the land of Israel but in all parts of the Roman Empire where Jews lived. Although incorporating a number of activities, the most characteristic features of this institution were the public reading and teaching of torah, making the synagogue an unparalleled institution in the ancient world. READ MORE

6. 14. Religion in Dialogue with Late Modern Society: A Constructive Contribution to a Christian Spirituality Informed by Buddhist-Christian Encounters

   Author : Ann Aldén; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Thich Nhat Hanh; Aloysius Pieris; Constructive Theology; Buddhist-Christian; Christian; Buddhism; Spirituality; Christian Spirituality; Society; Religion and Modernity; Modernity; Religion; Late Modern; Dialogue; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ;

   Abstract : In this dissertation I make a constructive contribution to a Christian spirituality for late modern religiously plural society. The words ‘a constructive contribution’ designate the methodological approach of the study. READ MORE

7. 15. Muslim Rights and Plights. The Religious Liberty Situation of a Minority in Sweden

   Author : Jonas Alwall; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theology; Religious Culture; Religious Minorities; Muslims; Islam; Integration; Immigrant Policy; Immigration; Minority Rights; Religious liberty; Human Rights; Teologi; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

   Abstract : This dissertation deals with the religious liberty situation of the Muslim minority in Sweden. The Muslim minority has grown considerably in recent decades as a consequence of labour and refugee immigration of a large scale, which has caused a change in Swedish society from an etnically, culturally and religously homogeneous situation to one of a significant heterogeneity. READ MORE