Search for dissertations about: "religious belief"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the words religious belief.

  2. 6. Death and the Self : A Metaphysical Investigation of the Rationality of Afterlife Beliefs in the Contemporary Intellectual Climate

    Author : Johan Eddebo; Mikael Stenmark; Karin Johanneson; Charles Taliaferro; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; death; subjectivity; selfhood; afterlife; irreducibility; critique of naturalism; immaterialist ontologies; dualism; idealism; philosophy of religion; quantum theory; interpretations of quantum mechanics; modernity; Philosophy of Religion; Religionsfilosofi;

    Abstract : This dissertation's purpose is to test the hypothesis that beliefs in the possibility of post-mortem survival can be rationally held within the context of the contemporary scientific and philosophical environment. In terms of criteria of rationality, a basic evidentialism is assumed, such that propositions which are sufficiently supported by the available evidence can be rationally held. READ MORE

  4. 7. Limited and universal salvation : A text-oriented and hermeneutical study of two perspectives in Paul

    Author : Sven Hillert; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Bible; New Testament; Paul; universal salvation; limited salvation; perspectives; function; argumentation; multidimensionality; liberation theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; New Testament Exegesis; nya testamentets exegetik;

    Abstract : The purpose of this dissertation is to determine whether the letters of Paul can be said to support or to refute a modern belief in universal salvation. Theoretically many scholars would regard views of limited and universal salvation as mutually exclusive. READ MORE

  5. 8. A Beautiful Failure : The Event of Death and Rhetorical Disorder in the Gospel according to Mark

    Author : Joel Kuhlin; Bibelvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Death of Jesus; he Gospel according to Mark; Mk 15:6–39; Papias of Hierapolis; Progymnasmata; rhetoric; failure hamartêma ; narrative διήγησις; diêgêsis ; taxis τάξις ; lexis λέξις ; ; disorder; social death; The Logic of Sense; Gilles Deleuze; event; ataxia; diêgêma διήγημα ; chreia χρεία ; parataxis; paradox; parable; Franz Kafka; Der Prozeß; Josef K.; suspension-execution σταυροῦν: staurôn ; suspension-pole σταυρός: stauros ; Aelius Theon; dianoia διάνοια ; Francis Bacon;

    Abstract : Is there beauty in rhetorical failure? This study is an exploration of disorder and death in the Gospel according to Mark (Mk). With a surviving fragment from the second-century theologian Papias of Hierapolis, the early reception of Mk locates insights into the composition of Jesus’s death, especially through the concepts of ataxia and rhetorical failure. READ MORE

  6. 9. Religion and politics among the Chin people in Burma (1896-1949)

    Author : Lian H. Sakhong; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; American Baptist Foreign Mission Society; American Baptist Chin Mission; Buddhism - Burma; Chin; Chin Baptist Association; Christians - Burma Chin; ethnicity Chin; indigenous church; missionaries; na-tionalism and religion; politics and religion Burma Chin; religion and culture Chin; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

    Abstract : In many Asian countries today, there are potential conflicts between the majority religionand culture and ethnic minorities who practice another religion or religions. Problems areeasily aggravated if the government applies a confessional policy on religion, which favorsthe majority religion, while minority religions are marginalized or even suppressed. READ MORE

  7. 10. The Persistence of Christian Realism : A Study of the Social Ethics of Ronald H. Preston

    Author : Normunds Kamergrauzis; Alan Suggate; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Christian ethics; social ethics; Christian Realism; R. Niebuhr; J. Bennett; Anglican ethics; moral theology; W. Temple; R. Preston; love; justice; solidarity; middle axioms; economic theory; economic practice; social responsibility; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; etik; Ethics;

    Abstract : The persistence of the tradition of Christian Realism in England is exemplified by the lifelong contribution of Anglican moral theologian Ronald H. Preston. READ MORE