Search for dissertations about: "Religionshistoria och global kristendom"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Religionshistoria och global kristendom.
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1. Guilty Pleasures : Kāma in ancient India and the Pali Vinaya
Abstract : While most heavily associated with treatises such as the Kāmasūtra, the notion of kāma (‘sensual desire,’ ‘sensual pleasure’) has deep roots in South Asian intellectual and cultural history. Strongly associated with eroticism, kāma in fact extends far beyond mere sexuality encompassing what may be called sensuality broadly understood. READ MORE
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2. Your Cradle Is Green : The Islamic Foundation and the Call to Islam in Children's Literature
Abstract : This thesis deals with the conceptualisation of da‘wa, ‘the call to Islam’, of the British organisation the Islamic Foundation, and focuses its 25 years of publication of Islamic-English children’s literature. In order to analyse the implications of the new modalities of da‘wa in the late modern Muslim minority context, the present study applies a genealogical perspective. READ MORE
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3. Piety and Politics : Nurcholish Madjid and His Interpretation of Islam in Modern Indonesia
Abstract : This dissertation in the field of Islamic studies offers a critical analysis of Nurcholish Madjid's attempt to interpret Islam within the framework of modern Indonesia. Nurcholish, who recently passed away at the age of sixty-six, had been active in the reform of Islamic thought for over thirty years, and while remaining deeply coloured by the local Indonesian context, was also part of a global and century-old tradition of reform. READ MORE
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4. Not Just Any Water : Hinduism, Ecology and the Ganges Water Controversy
Abstract : Whether the Ganges river in Varanasi (India) is pristinely pure or heavily polluted depends on by whom it qualities are defined, the Brahmin religious specialists in the city or the science oriented environmentalists. While the controversy continues, some Hindu religious leaders are searching for ways to adjust their respective traditions to the environmental paradigms, an initiative that reflects a larger global religious trend. READ MORE
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5. Lived Pentecostalism in India : Middle Class Women and Their Everyday Religion
Abstract : In recent decades, the Pentecostal movement in India has not only grown significantly, it has also become increasingly diverse. While the majority of the movement’s adherents still belong to marginalized groups in Indian society, middle-class Pentecostals are growing in number and changing the dynamics and identity of the movement. READ MORE