Search for dissertations about: "religion minority sweden"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words religion minority sweden.

  1. 1. Muslim Rights and Plights. The Religious Liberty Situation of a Minority in Sweden

    Author : Jonas Alwall; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Theology; Religious Culture; Religious Minorities; Muslims; Islam; Integration; Immigrant Policy; Immigration; Minority Rights; Religious liberty; Human Rights; Teologi; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

    Abstract : This dissertation deals with the religious liberty situation of the Muslim minority in Sweden. The Muslim minority has grown considerably in recent decades as a consequence of labour and refugee immigration of a large scale, which has caused a change in Swedish society from an etnically, culturally and religously homogeneous situation to one of a significant heterogeneity. READ MORE

  2. 2. Public Religions in Swedish Media : A Study of Religious Actors on Three Newspaper Debate Pages 2001-2011

    Author : Marta Axner; Mia Lövheim; Anders Sjöborg; Knut Lundby; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; religion; media; public sphere; public religion; content analysis; mixed-methods; media logic; public debate; secularization; post-secular; mediatization; Religionssociologi; Sociology of Religion;

    Abstract : This study addresses issues concerning religion in the public sphere, brought about by the debates over the perceived resurgence of religion and the post-secular. The aim is to analyze the participation of religious actors in the public, using three newspaper debate pages as the empirical material. READ MORE

  3. 3. A Risk or a Resource? : A Study of the Swedish State’s Shifting Perception and Handling of Minority Religious Communities between 1952-2019

    Author : Linnea Lundgren; Lars Trägårdh; Annette Leis-Peters; Elisabeth Christiansson; Grace Davie; Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; religion; religious diversity; faith community; state; government documents; mixed method; policy; civil society; religion-state; pluralism; religious schools; Människan i välfärdssamhället; Social välfärd med inriktning mot civilsamhället; The Individual in the Welfare Society; Social Welfare and the Civil Society;

    Abstract : In Sweden, as in many other European countries, governments and other public authorities increasingly seem to view religious communities as an important resource that should be included in welfare provision and help combat problems that societies are facing, thereby intentionally or unintentionally bringing religion back into the public arena. However, religious communities also seem to be perceived as a risk and a problem that needs to be further regulated and controlled. READ MORE

  4. 4. The second wave : the Urak Lawoi after the tsunami in Thailand

    Author : Ann-Charlotte Granbom; Christer Lindberg; Thomas Malm; Peter Ian Crawford; Sweden Lund University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Urak Lawoi; Chao Ley; sea nomads; sea gypsies; sea people; Thailand; disaster; vulnerability; resilience; tourism development; land policies; Indigenous people; Religion; Urak Lawoi; Turismvetenskap; Tsunami; landrättigheter; Thailand; Havsnomader; ursprungsfolk; visuell antropologi; havsfolk; sårbarhet; religion;

    Abstract : Urak Lawoi är en ursprungsbefolkning i Andamansjön som bl.a. bor på kända turistöar som Phuket, Phi Phi, Ko Lanta Yai och Ko Lipe utanför Thailands västkust. Deras språk och kultur skiljer sig från övriga thailändares, inte minst ifråga om kunskap att navigera på havet. READ MORE

  5. 5. Sacred Ideals : Diversity and Equality in Swedish Reproductive Healthcare

    Author : Jonna Arousell; Aje Carlbom; Birgitta Essén; Sara Johnsdotter; Anne Sofie Roald; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; diversity; equality; gender equality; religion; reproductive health; migration; multicultural encounters; Scandinavia; Sweden;

    Abstract : To promote diversity (mångfald) and equality (jämlikhet) is a key task for a wide range of welfare institutions in Sweden. The two terms appeal to several aspects simultaneously: inclusiveness, moral goodness, awareness and willingness to facilitate a positive social change. READ MORE