Search for dissertations about: "Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap"

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2. 1. Perseverance without doctrine : Adorno, self-critique, and the ends of academic theology

   Author : Mattias Martinson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; academic theology; academy; Adorno Th. W.; aesthetics; critical theory; dialectics; dogmatism; fundamental theology; ideology; materialism; negativity; philosophy of music; self-critique; Tracy D; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Systematic theology; Systematisk teologi; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; Studies In Faiths and Ideologies;

   Abstract : The study approaches the question of the role and legitimacy of academic theology given a certain theoretical conception of the intellectual situation. From the perspective of a critical interpretation of some contemporary problems of theology, on the one hand, and some problematic aspects of secular thought, on the other, the study inquires into the notion of theology for a self-critical theoretical potential of general academic value. READ MORE

4. 2. Frames : Social Philosophy and Hermeneutics as Focal Points for Theology-Related Readings of Theodor W. Adorno's Critical Theory

   Author : Mattias Martinson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Adorno Th. W; critical theory; hermeneutics; Horkheimer M; postmodernity; social philosophy; theology; Systematic theology; Systematisk teologi;

   Abstract : Avhandlingen söker svara på två förberedande frågor: hur man kan tolka Theodor W. Adornos kritiska teori idag? Samt hur en sådan tolkning kan göras relevant för aktuell teologisk problematik?... READ MORE

5. 3. God as Problem and Possibility : A Critical Study of Gordon Kaufman's Thought toward a Spacious Theology

   Author : Kenneth Nordgren; Carl Reinhold Bråkenhielm; Jan-Olav Henriksen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; the concept of God; constructive theology; Gordon Kaufman; theological method; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

   Abstract : The study investigates the American theologian Gordon D. Kaufman’s (born 1925) work, and focuses on the concept of God reflected in his theological method and construction. The examination of Kaufman’s thought implies an inquiry of methodological issues in contemporary academic theology and leads into discussion of central Christian ideas. READ MORE

6. 4. Mobile Performances : A Philosophical Account of Linguistic Undecidability as Possibility and Problem in the Theology of Religion

   Author : Patrik Fridlund; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; O?Leary; Netland; Knitter; Derrida; Theology of religion; Religious diversity; Philosophy of language; Linguistic Mobility Stability; Evaluation of religions; Interreligious relations; Ric?ur; Religious Studies and Theology; Religion och teologi;

   Abstract : How to judge religions other than one's own when the means are lacking due to linguistic mobility? In the present thesis this question is mainly analysed in a Christian setting through a reading of the theologians Paul Knitter and Harold Netland. It is, however, claimed that the same question could be asked in other religious settings, also with regard to one's own tradition, and could be treated as a general question?how to judge, evaluate, and criticise religion if the means to do that are lacking? The thesis starts by maintaining that the question of linguistic mobility/stability is an issue in theology. READ MORE

7. 5. Community, Justice, and Freedom : Liberalism, Communitarianism, and African Contributions to Political Ethics

   Author : Isaias Ezekiel Chachine; Carl-Henric Grenholm; John Atherton; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Ethics; community; justice; freedom; ubuntu; liberalism; libertarianism; communitarianism; view of human; individualism; justification; liberation; opppression; relationship; belonging; universalism; contextualism; Etik; Etik; Ethics;

   Abstract : This study deals with theories of community, justice, and freedom within liberalism, communitarianism, African philosophy and theology. The study maintains that there are different latitudes on how to formulate and articulate theories of community, justice and freedom informed by particualr moral experiences with bearing on different views of human. READ MORE