Search for dissertations about: "religionshistoria"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 107 swedish dissertations containing the word religionshistoria.

  2. 16. Localising Salafism : Religious Change among Oromo Muslims in Bale, Ethiopia

    Author : Terje Østebø; David Westerlund; David Thurfjell; Anne Kubai; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethiopia; Bale; Islam; Salafism; Religious Change; Locality; Ethnicity; Identity; History of religion; Religionshistoria; religionshistoria; History of Religion;

    Abstract : The political transition in 1991 and the new regime’s policy towards the ethnic and religious diversity in Ethiopia have contributed to increased activities from various Islamic reform movements. Among these, we find the Salafi movement which expanded rapidly throughout the 1990s, particularly in the Oromo-speaking south-eastern parts of the country such as Hararge, Arsi and Bale. READ MORE

  4. 17. Extending the tracks : A cross-reductionistic approach to Australian Aboriginal male initiation rites

    Author : Monica Engelhart; Michael Vaeth; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

    Abstract : The thesis stresses two points regarding mandatory initiation rites where a young person is introduced into adult rights and obligations: first, that a poly-angular approach is necessary to get a fair picture of rites in general and initiation rites in particular, second, that each culture, into which a young person is initiated, contributes in a very special way to the design of the initiation rite. Therefore, a survey of some modes of interpretations is presented, after a description of Australian Aboriginal culture from early contact periods and a summary of recurrent themes in the Aboriginal male initiation rites. READ MORE

  5. 18. Bahā’ī Identity and the concept of Martyrdom

    Author : Per-Olof Åkerdahl; Manfred Hutter; Per-Olof Schalk; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of religions; Religionshistoria; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

    Abstract : The Bahā’īs have been persecuted in Iran for the greater part of the existence of this movement, especially during the 1850’s and the period after 1979. The persecution has been a dominating part of the Bahā’ī history and an active part of the creation of a special Bahā’ī identity. READ MORE

  6. 19. Guilty Pleasures : Kāma in ancient India and the Pali Vinaya

    Author : Anthony Fiorucci; Jens Wilhelm Borgland; Rupert Gethin; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; ancient India; aesthetics; asceticism; Buddhism; kāma; Pali literature; monasticism; senses; sensuality; Vinaya; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

    Abstract : While most heavily associated with treatises such as the Kāmasūtra, the notion of kāma (‘sensual desire,’ ‘sensual pleasure’) has deep roots in South Asian intellectual and cultural history. Strongly associated with eroticism, kāma in fact extends far beyond mere sexuality encompassing what may be called sensuality broadly understood. READ MORE

  7. 20. 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