Search for dissertations about: "religious language and spiritual experience"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words religious language and spiritual experience.

2. 1. Varieties of Supernatural Experience : the Case of High-Functioning Autism

   Author : Ingela Visuri; Pehr Granqvist; David Thurfjell; Olov Dahlin; Andreas Roepstorff; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Autism; religious cognition; supernatural experience; invisible agency; parasocial relations; embodiment; bracketed ethnography; participatory autism research; atypical cognition; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Innovative Learning;

   Abstract : It is argued in the cognitive science of religion (CSR) that the empathic ability to ‘mindread’ others underpins  the experience of supernatural communication with gods, ghosts, and spirits. As autism is characterized by mentalizing difficulties, CSR scholars have expected autistic individuals would find supernatural agency incomprehensible. READ MORE

4. 2. Courage of Faith : Dag Hammarskjölds Way in Quest of Negotiated Peace, Reconciliation and Meaning

   Author : Paul R. Nelson; Bo Larsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Faiths and ideologies; Profile; Way; White Book; existential-ontological dimension; faith and ethical mysticism; reverence for life; mystery of Jesus Christ; faithful realism; creative evolution; hermeneutics; negotiated peace; religious language and spiritual experience; diplomacy of reconciliation; human dignity imperative; UN Charter; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

   Abstract : Dag Hammarskjöld categorically affirmed in his undated letter which accompanied his manuscript that the entries in Vägmärken (Markings) “provide the only true ‘profile’ that can be drawn” of his personal spiritual form of life. My research focuses on Dag Hammarskjöld’s negotiations with himself and with God; his ultimate concern for self-knowledge and authentic existence, world-view, interpretation of reality, ethical praxis for human rights and a diplomacy of reconciliation. READ MORE

5. 3. Walking on the Pages of the Word of God : Self, Land, and Text Among Evangelical Volunteers in Jerusalem

   Author : ARON ENGBERG; Mika Vähäkangas; James S. Bielo; Simon Coleman; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Agency; Anthropology of Christianity; Christian ZIonism; Evangelicalism; Identity; Israel; Language Ideology; Literalism; Materiality; Mediation; Narrative; Sacred Space; Volunteering;

   Abstract : During the last thirty years, the Evangelical relationship with the State of Israel has drawn much academic and popular attention, particularly from historical, theological, and political perspectives. This dissertation engages with this literature but also complements it with an ethnographic account of the discursive practices of Evangelical Zionists through which, it is suggested, much of the religious significance of the contemporary state is being produced. READ MORE

6. 4. Jazz in Worship and Worship in Jazz: Exploring the musical language of Liturgical, Sacred, and Spiritual Jazz in a Postsecular Age

   Author : Uwe Steinmetz; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religious Jazz; Postsecularity; Spiritual Jazz; Christian Music; Sacred Music; George Russell; Twelve Tone Tonality in Jazz;

   Abstract : The aim of this dissertation is to identify musical elements that contribute to the generation of religious meaning in jazz performance and to explore how religious experience can inspire jazz composition. In this study, the history of jazz, specifically tailored to the aspects of my inquiry is imbricated with relevant theories and musical interventions from my own artistic practice in composition and performance. READ MORE