Search for dissertations about: "prayer books"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the words prayer books.

  2. 1. Prayer in Peasant Communities : Ideals and Practices of Prayer in the Late Medieval Ecclesiastical Province of Uppsala, Sweden

    Author : Viktor Aldrin; Bertil Nilsson; Martin Berntson; Brian Patrick McGuire; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; prayer; devotion; peasantry; medieval; Middle Ages; laity; Practical Theology; Church History; theology; Sweden; Finland; prayer; devotion; peasantry; medieval; Middle Ages; laity; Practical Theology; Church History; theology; Sweden; Finland;

    Abstract : The aim of this study has been to identify, explain and delineate praying among peasant communities in the ecclesiastical province of Uppsala, Sweden. Four aspects have been examined through the perspectives of ideals and practices, namely the standards of prayer, devotional prayer, prayer in times of need and prayer cultures. READ MORE

  4. 2. Vindicating Vengeance and Violence? : Exegetical Approaches to Imprecatory Psalms and their Relevance for Liturgy

    Author : Elisabet Nord; Bibelvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Förbannelsepsalmer; Psaltaren; Liturgi; tolkningsstrategier; Hermeneutik; exegetik; generisk tolkningsstrategi; tidegärden; kommentarlitteratur; reception; imprecatory psalms; cursing psalms; vengeance; violence; generic interpretative strategy; generic hermeneutical approach; liturgy; Liturgy of the Hours; prayer; hermeneutics; commentary; exegesis; ethics; philosophy; performativity; logic of self-involvement ; Ps 58; Ps 109; Ps 137; Ps 139; prayer books;

    Abstract : Due to their calls for vengeance and violence the so called imprecatory psalms are generally considered ethically difficult and subsequently omitted from liturgy. This becomes particularly evident in breviaries, such as the Roman Catholic Church’s Liturgy of the Hours, where both entire psalms and individual verses have been omitted. READ MORE

  5. 3. MRI Studies of the Fetal Brain and Cranium

    Author : Nuno Canto Moreira; Johan Wikström; Raii Raininko; Daniela Prayer; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Fetal MRI; Brain; Cranium; Development; Normal; Ear; Lip; Palate; Biometry; Hippocampus; Measurements; Radiologi; Radiology;

    Abstract : Ultrasound is the primary modality for fetal imaging, but Magnetic Resonance Imaging nowadays has a valuable complementary role as it often reveals findings that alter pregnancy management. Knowledge on some clinically relevant areas of the normal fetal development is still lacking, and this was the aim of this project. READ MORE

  6. 4. Piety, Intimacy and Mobility : A Case Study of Charismatic Christianity in Present-day Stockholm

    Author : Jessica Moberg; Tuija Hovi; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Charismatic Christianity; Pentecostalism; habituation; learning religion; mobility; ritualization; ritual appropriation; religious consumption; commodification; materiality; embodiment; narrative; late modernity; globalization; inward turn; subjective turn; authenticity; intimacy; prayer; worship; music; testimony; urban religion; religious eclecticism; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Charismatic Christianity; Pentecostalism; habituation; learning religion; mobility; ritualization; ; ritual appropriation; religious consumption; commodification; materiality; embodiment; narrative; late modernity; globalization; inward turn; subjective turn; authenticity; intimacy; prayer; worship; music; testimony; urban religion; religious eclecticism.;

    Abstract : Stockholm County is a post-industrial Swedish region characterized by high levels of mobility and technologization as well as ethnic and religious diversity. Among its religious minorities exist various strands of charismatic Christianity, some of which originate from the Pentecostal revival of the early 20th century and some of which belong to more recent movements. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Book of Hours of Johannete Ravenelle and the Parisian Book Illumination Around 1400

    Author : Eva Lq Sandgren; Susie Nash; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art history; Illumination of Books and Manuscripts; Miniature Painting; Painting; Gothic; Book Production; Medieval; Artists’ workshops; Illuminators; Books of Hours; Manuscript Design; Art Patronage; Jean de France; duc de Berry; Johannete Ravenelle; late 14th Century; 1390–1410; the Master of BN fr. 159; Uppsala university Library ms UUB C 517e; Petites Heures de Jean de Berry BN lat. 18014 ; Iconography; Konstvetenskap; Art; Konstvetenskap; Konstvetenskap; History of Art;

    Abstract : Within the French book of hours C 517e in the manuscript collection of the University Library in Uppsala, the name of the owner, Johannete Ravenelle, appears in a prayer. Examination of the decoration, miniatures and texts demonstrates that ms C 517e is consistent with Parisian art and books of hours around 1400. READ MORE