Search for dissertations about: "ethics of interpretation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 112 swedish dissertations containing the words ethics of interpretation.

2. 21. The Birth of Religion among the Balanta of Guinea-Bissau

   Author : Inger Callewaert; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Herbal medicine 3.Modernisation; Divination; Ritual songs; Witchcraft; Ritual; Prophetic movement; Ancestor cult; Anthropology of Religion; Balanta 2.History of Religions; 1.West Africa; Guinea-Bissau; Gender; Theology; Teologi;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with a recent event within the history of religions, the rise and development of a non-Christian prophetic movement named Kiyang-yang within the oral, kinship and ancestor based society of the Balanta in Guinea-Bissau. Kiyang-yang is headed by young women and men under the leadership of a woman prophet. READ MORE

4. 22. 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

5. 23. Deflating selection : On the interpretation and application of evolutionary theory

   Author : Björn Brunnander; Sören Häggqvist; Paul Needham; Denis Walsh; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ambiguity; causal factor; drift; evolutionary theory; force; function; intentional psychology; interpretation; multiple realisation; natural selection; philosophical method; pre-theoretical influence; redundancy; Theoretical Philosophy; teoretisk filosofi;

   Abstract : Although the theory of evolution is well-established it nevertheless presents us with a few unresolved matters of interpretation. One key task is to get clear about what exactly one should take the term 'natural selection' to denote. READ MORE

6. 24. What did you expect? : A human-centered approach to investigating and reducing the social robot expectation gap

   Author : Julia Rosén; Jessica Lindblom; Erik Billing; Maurice Lamb; Christian Balkenius; Iolanda Leite; Högskolan i Skövde; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Interaction Lab ILAB ; Interaction Lab ILAB ;

   Abstract : We live in a complex world where we proactively plan and execute various behaviors by forming expectations in real time. Expectations are beliefs regarding the future state of affairs and they play an integral part of our perception, attention, and behavior. READ MORE

7. 25. Change and Identity : Protestant English Interpretations of John Henry Newman's Secession, 1845–1864

   Author : Erik Sidenvall; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Kristna kyrkans historia; History of the Christian church; Anglo-Catholicism; Evangelicalism; anti-Catholicism; Roman Catholic Church; Church of England; John Henry Newman; communication; national identity; interpretation; Change of religious affiliation; England; Nineteenth century; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

   Abstract : This dissertation argues that the English Protestant interpretations between 1845 and 1864 of John Henry Newman’s secession were related to the notions which formed part of the British national identity. It demonstrates how various writers modelled their interpretations of Newman’s secession on the beliefs of British anti-Catholicism. READ MORE