Search for dissertations about: "Religion"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 988 swedish dissertations containing the word Religion.
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16. Evocatio deorum : Historical and mythical interpretations of ritualised conquests in the expansion of ancient Rome
Abstract : The dissertation examines the historical evidence, and the historiographical and mythical aspects of the sources, of the evocatio-ritual of Republican Rome. According to some ancient sources, the tutelary deity of an enemy city was, just before a conquest, "called out", that is, asked to abandon the city and promised a new temple in Rome. READ MORE
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17. The Outsider in Our Midst : A Study of Language and Norms Concerning the “Outsider” in Persian Period Yehud
Abstract : The topic for the present study concerns how values and norms are conveyed through language. I explore two texts set in the Persian period—Isaiah 56:1–8 and Nehemiah 13:1–3, 23–31—and how these texts discuss those literary figures described as not belonging to the community. READ MORE
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18. Zvinorwadza : being a patient in the religious and medical plurality of the Mberengwa district, Zimbabwe
Abstract : This thesis deals with patients in a rural area of southern Africa and poses these basic questions: What does it mean to be ill in this part of the world and what do patients' life-worlds look like? In order to find answers to these questions, an in-depth fieldwork was carried out through which I was able to study how patients reacted to illness. I followed twenty patients in their search of ease, of which ten were members of Chief Mataga's family, with whom I was staying. READ MORE
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19. Artifacts and Supraphysical Worlds : A Conceptual Analysis of Religion
Abstract : It is a contested question in contemporary theories of religion whether the concept of religion can be defined in a sound way or not. Many theorists maintain that a universal but delimiting definition is impossible. READ MORE
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20. Keeping Religion in the Closet : How Legible Religion Shapes Multi-Faith Spaces
Abstract : This dissertation focuses on multi-faith spaces and the tendencies in approaching religion that lie behind them. It argues that an overarching conceptual framework exists that conditions these tendencies, and which is described in the dissertation as “legible religion. READ MORE