Search for dissertations about: "religion other"

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  2. 11. Geographies of eHealth: Studies of Healthcare at a Distance

    Author : Jesper Petersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; eHealth; telehealthcare; Actor-network theory; space; information and communication technology; Governmentality;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the proliferation of healthcare services using information and communication technology to overcome spatial and temporal obstacles. These services are given such names as telemedicine and telecare, which are sometimes grouped together as telehealthcare under the umbrella term eHealth. READ MORE

  4. 12. Lived Pentecostalism in India : Middle Class Women and Their Everyday Religion

    Author : Julia Kuhlin; Kajsa Ahlstrand; Jan-Åke Alvarsson; Kirsteen Kim; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Christianity in India; Pentecostalism in India; middle class Pentecostalism; religion and gender; lived religion; everyday religion; agency; emotion; intersectionality; Gurugram; global pentekostalism; medelklass pentekostalism; kristendom i Indien; levd religion; agens; känslor; intersektionalitet; Religionshistoria och global kristendom; History of Religions and World Christianity;

    Abstract : In recent decades, the Pentecostal movement in India has not only grown significantly, it has also become increasingly diverse. While the majority of the movement’s adherents still belong to marginalized groups in Indian society, middle-class Pentecostals are growing in number and changing the dynamics and identity of the movement. READ MORE

  5. 13. Freyr's offspring : Rulers and religion in ancient Svea society

    Author : Olof Sundqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; rulership ideology; ancient Scandinavian religion; Svear; genealogies; legitimacy of power; redistribution system; sacral kingship; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

    Abstract : This study attempts to elucidate the relationship between rulers and religion among the Svear of the Late Iron Age. Previous research has to a large extent followed the paradigm of sacral kingship when interpreting the Scandinavian sources. READ MORE

  6. 14. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. The Context and Significance of a Modern Hindu Personalist

    Author : Ferdinando Sardella; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; bhakti; Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati; Bengal intellectual life; Bhaktivinoda; caste; Chaitanya doctrines; colonialism; Gaudiya Math; globalization; India religion 20th century; missionaries; modern Hinduism; postcolonialism; Vaishnavism Vishnuism; Vedanta; Vivekananda; worship Hinduism ; Modern Hinduism; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

    Abstract : This study explores the life and work of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874-1937), a Vaishnava guru of the school of Chaitanya (1486-1534), who, at a time that Hindu non-dualism was most prominent, managed to establish a pan-Indian movement for the modern revival of traditional personalist bhakti that today encompasses both Indian and non-Indian populations throughout the world. To most historians, the period between 1815 and 1914 is known as Britain’s Imperial Century, when the power of British cultural influence was at its height, most especially in Calcutta, India, the jewel of the British crown. READ MORE

  7. 15. Sidama and Ethiopian : The emergence of the Mekane Yesus Church in Sidama

    Author : Arne Tolo; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Ethiopia; Sidama; Amhara; culture; religion; colonialism; modernisation; missionary movement; evangelical movement; revival; persecution; church growth; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; missionsvetenskap; missionsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The present work belongs to local African church history and international mission history.The author shows why and how the Sidama people in south Ethiopia became part of theevangelical movement. READ MORE