Search for dissertations about: "normative Islam"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words normative Islam.

2. 1. Ramadan in Java : The Joy and Jihad of Ritual Fasting

   Author : André Möller; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; traweh; tarawih; holy month; Blora; Yogyakarta; anthropology; lived Islam; written Islam; normative Islam; jihad; Muslim ritual; Java; Muslim; religion; Indonesia; Islam in Indonesia; Islam in Java; Ramadan; fasting; slametan; ruwahan; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

   Abstract : FASTING DURING THE holy month of Ramadan is both a joy and a jihad for the Islamic community in Java, and it is arguably the most highly esteemed Muslim ritual in Indonesia (and beyond). To be given the opportunity to abstain from food, drink and sexual relations from the early morning hours until sunset during an entire month in a tropical climate - only to fill the nights with additional and supererogatory Ramadanic rituals - is thus waited upon each year and seen as a true blessing. READ MORE

4. 2. Deciphering the Meaning of Revealed Law : The Sur´shian Paradigm in Shi’i Epistemology

   Author : Ashk Dahlén; Yann Richard; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Languages and linguistics; Islam; Shi’i; Iran; sharīʿat; fiqh; uṣūl al-fiqh; ikhtilāf; qabḍwa basṭ; Surūsh; Jawādī-Āmulī; Mujtahid-Shabistarī; Rūmī; epistemology; hermeneutics; history of philosophy and science; postmodernism; modernity; mysticism; relativism; interpretation; Språkvetenskap; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; Iranska språk; Iranian Languages;

   Abstract : This study analyses the major intellectual positions in the philosophical debate on Islamic law that is occuring in contemporary Iran. As the characteristic features of traditional epistemic considerations have a direct bearing on the modern development of Islamic legal thought, the contemporary positions are initially set against the established normative repertory of Islamic tradition. READ MORE

5. 3. Gayted Communities : Marginalized Sexualities in Lebanon

   Author : Erica Li Lundqvist; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Queer Theory; Gay; Homosexuality; LGBTQ; Sexuality; Islam; Muslims; Religion; Orientation; Masculinity; Filedwork; Observations; Interviews; Lebanon;

   Abstract : This dissertation offers a unique examination of Muslim masculinities and marginalized sexualities in Lebanon, and is a contribution to the growing body of gay and lesbian studies with a focus on Muslims living in The Middle East. It contributes to the theoretical and methodological development of Islamic studies by introducing and using a queer approach to study marginalized sexualities in relation to Islam. READ MORE

6. 4. Artifacts and Supraphysical Worlds : A Conceptual Analysis of Religion

   Author : Johan Modée; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Philosophy of special sciences; Two-dimensionality; Supraphysical worlds; Possible worlds; Global supervenience; Physicalism; Tools; Symbols; Rituals; Representations; Proper funtion; Artifacts; Definition of religion; Conceptual analysis; Särskilda vetenskapers filosofi; religion;

   Abstract : It is a contested question in contemporary theories of religion whether the concept of religion can be defined in a sound way or not. Many theorists maintain that a universal but delimiting definition is impossible. READ MORE