Search for dissertations about: "liturgical studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words liturgical studies.

2. 1. Entering the Holy Place in Syriac Orthodox Liturgy : A Ritual and Theological Analysis

   Author : Gabriel Bar-Sawme; Ninna Edgardh Beckman; Kathleen McVey; Michael Hjälm; Bryan Spinks; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Syriac Orthodox liturgy; rite of entrance; ritual theory; Ronald Grimes; Victor Turner; liturgical studies; liturgics; liturgical history.; Kyrkovetenskap; Ecclesiology;

   Abstract : Questions concerning sacred spaces and their relationship to ritual is of interest to historians of religion and others as well. How sacred spaces emerge and are constructed and what relationship they have to rituals are some of the areas that are dealt with in this study in relation to Syriac Orthodox liturgy. READ MORE

4. 2. Liberation of the Ecclesia : The Unfinished Project of Liturgical Theology

   Author : Michael Hjälm; Sven-Erik Brodd; Richard Schneider; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; communicative action; disclosure; ecclesia; emancipation; identity; lifeworld; liturgical theology; ordo; ortho; otherness; rationalization; ritual action; theory and practice; Kyrkovetenskap; Ecclesiology;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a critical study of the paradigm of Liturgical Theology. Focus in this systematic inquiry has been on the Russian school with the focal point in the works of Alexander Schmemann, who was active in the late 20th century. The main question of the thesis concerns the relation between theory and practice in Liturgical Theology. READ MORE

5. 3. Ordination of Deacons in the Churches of the Porvoo Communion : A Comparative Investigation in Ecclesiology

   Author : Tiit Pädam; Sven-Erik Brodd; Paul Avis; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ecclesiology; Porvoo communion; Porvoo Common Statement; Porvoo Declaration; Anglican churches; Lutheran churches; ecumenical agreements; ordination; diaconate; diaconal ministry; deacon’s ministry; Church studies; Kyrkovetenskap; Kyrkovetenskap; Ecclesiology;

   Abstract : The thesis investigates the rites of ordination to the diaconate in the churches of the Porvoo communion. The research includes, in total, four Anglican churches of the British Isles and six Lutheran churches in the Nordic and Baltic countries – all of the churches which signed the Porvoo Declaration in 1996 and thus founded a new communion: Church in Wales, Church of England, Church of Ireland, Scottish Episcopal Church, Church of Norway, Church of Sweden, Estonian Evangelical-Lutheran Church, Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Iceland and Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Lithuania. READ MORE

6. 4. Sanctity and Environment in Ethiopian Hagiography : The Case of Gedle Gebre Menfes Qiddus

   Author : Abate Gobena; Samuel Rubenson; Thomas Arentzen; Susan Harvey; Avdelningen för östkyrkliga studier Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hagiography; Ethiopian Orthodox Church; Sanctity of nature; Gebre Menfes Qiddus; Reconciliation of heaven and earth; Eastern Christian Studies; Östkyrkliga studier;

   Abstract : The original forests of the central and northern highlands of Ethiopia are almost entirely confined to the “sacred groves” surrounding the churches and monasteries of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church. In Ethiopian tradition sanctity starts from the Tabot on the altar of the church and extends to the outer periphery of the compound. READ MORE

7. 5. Paradisi recuperatio : Den romersk-germanska kyrkoinvigningens form och innebörd : [the Romano-Germanic rite for the dedication of churches: shape and sense]

   Author : Per Ström; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Church building church community; altar; bishop; consecration dedication; relics; liturgy; action; wording form; sense; ottonian; ottonian art; fall redemption; manuscript; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; kyrkohistoria; kyrkohistoria;

   Abstract : This dissertation, to be subsequently published in German, deals with the Romano-Germanicrite for the dedication of churches in the Romano-Germanic Pontifical (PRG), also called the"Mainz Pontifical", composed c. 950-962 in Mainz, Germany. The pontifical belongs to theachievements of the Ottonian era. READ MORE