Search for dissertations about: "north european religion"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words north european religion.

2. 1. The In-between Church : A Study of the Church of England's Role in Society through the Prism of Welfare

   Author : Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon; Anders Bäckström; Per Pettersson; Linda Woodhead; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Church of England; contemporary society; Europe; individual; institutional religion; late modernity; religious change; social welfare; welfare systems; Sociology of religion; Religionssociologi; Religionssociologi; Sociology of Religion;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis has been to explore the role of institutional religion in western Europe between individual and society. This is achieved through an empirical study of the role of the Church of England at local level, using the area of social welfare as the prism through which broader issues of the place of the Church in society can be brought to light. READ MORE

4. 2. Countdown to Armageddon : minister Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam in the latter days

   Author : Mattias Gardell; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Afro-amerikaner; Islam-- Förenta staterna; Islam och politik-- Förenta staterna; Black nationalism-- Förenta staterna; Black muslim-rörelsen; Religion;

   Abstract : Being both black and Islamic, the main subject of this study represents a combined opposition to "Americanity", i.e., the civil religion of the United States. READ MORE

5. 3. Sámi Prehistories : The Politics of Archaeology and Identity in Northernmost Europe

   Author : Carl-Gösta Ojala; Kjel Knutsson; Noel D. Broadbent; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sámi; Sápmi; Sweden; Norway; Finland; Russian Federation; Soviet Union; history of archaeology; ethnogenesis; origins; South Sámi prehistory; ethnicity; nationalism; indigeneity; indigenous archaeology; ethnopolitics; cultural heritage management; repatriation; reburial; ethics; actor-network theory; Archaeology; North European; Arkeologi; nordeuropeisk; arkeologi; Archaeology;

   Abstract : Throughout the history of archaeology, the Sámi (the indigenous people in northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in the Russian Federation) have been conceptualized as the “Others” in relation to the national identity and (pre)history of the modern states. It is only in the last decades that a field of Sámi archaeology that studies Sámi (pre)history in its own right has emerged, parallel with an ethnic and cultural revival among Sámi groups. READ MORE

6. 4. Exploring Individual Motivation for Social Change : Mobilization of the Muslim Brotherhood's Youth in Prerevolutionary Egypt

   Author : Emin Poljarevic; Donatella della Porta; Abby Peterson; European University Institute; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social mobilization; Muslim Brotherhood; Your activism; Motivations; Egypt; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociology of Religion; Religionssociologi;

   Abstract : During the 2010s islamist activism is on the rise across the Middle East and North Africa. In the light of the postrevolutionary elections in Egypt and Tunisia, Islamist parties are sweeping the polls supported by theoverwhelming majority of voters. This dissertation investigates the dynamic of this support for theEgyptian Muslim Brotherhood. READ MORE

7. 5. Studies on the perception of mental illness and epilepsy in Tehran, Iran : a study in stigma and discrimination

   Author : Helia Ghanean; Lars Jacobsson; Wolfgang Rutz; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Stigma; mental illness; epilepsy; Iran; Tehran; Sweden;

   Abstract : BackgroundStigma and discrimination because of medical conditions is a global phenomenon. Epilepsy and mental illness belong to the most stigmatizing disorders world-wide. Culture, religion, education, life-style influences the perception of stigma. READ MORE