Search for dissertations about: "native faith"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words native faith.

2. 1. Searching for Authentic Living Through Native Faith : The Maausk Movement in Estonia

   Author : Jenni Rinne; Maria Zackariasson; David Thurfjell; Laura Stark; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; native faith; neo-paganism; affect; affective pattern; emotions; place; tradition; authenticity; neoliberalism; globalisation; identity; Estonia; lived religion; post-soviet; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Abstract : The broad aim of this thesis is twofold: firstly, I contextualise the Maausk movement and its practitioners’ understandings in relation to history and the surrounding society; secondly, I analyse the affective and embodied experiences of being a Maausk practitioner from a phenomenological perspective.The thesis focuses on the formation and practice of Maausk, which is perceived to be deeply tied to the society and history where it exists. READ MORE

4. 2. Do Satyrs Wear Sneakers? : Hellenic Polytheism and the Reception of Antiquity in Contemporary Greece – a study in serious play

   Author : Tao Thykier Makeeff; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Antiquity; Ancient Greece; Contemporary Hellenic Pol ytheism; Contemporary Paganism; Greece; Ludic Theory; Native Faith Movem ents; New Religions; Play; Rece ption Studies; Ritual Studies;

   Abstract : This dissertation investigates the reception of ancient Greek religion (and to some extent also renaissance Platonism) among contemporary Pagans in Greece - a phenomenon the author refers to as contemporary Hellenic polytheism. The study looks at how and why historical narratives and notions of Hellenicity are constructed by contemporary Hellenic polytheists. READ MORE

5. 3. Protestant Women Novelists and Irish Society 1879-1922

   Author : Lisbet Kickham; Engelska; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; literature criticism; English language and literature; General and comparative literature; Engelska språk och litteratur ; literary theory; Allmän och jämförande litteratur; litteraturkritik; litteraturteori;

   Abstract : This thesis reviews a great number of novels by Anglo-Irish women novelists that - with few exceptions - have attracted little attention from contemporary and modern literary critics. My main focus is on the literature and its society. READ MORE

6. 4. After idealism and difference : subjects of yellow feelings and sentimental narratives of migration

   Author : Lan Kieu; Maria Carbin; Linda Berg; Lene Myong; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Idealism; difference; universality; ethics; ethnicity; love; migration; endurance; mimetic desire; monolingualism; power; gratitude; agency.; genusvetenskap; gender studies;

   Abstract : After Idealism and Difference is a critical and ethical project of reading the postcolonial other. Taking a void from postcolonial and poststructuralist feminist critique, my thesis aims to deconstruct the privilege of the “marginalia” as the beloved object of feminist scholarship. READ MORE