Search for dissertations about: "religious practice"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 80 swedish dissertations containing the words religious practice.

  2. 16. Liberation of the Ecclesia : The Unfinished Project of Liturgical Theology

    Author : Michael Hjälm; Sven-Erik Brodd; Richard Schneider; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; communicative action; disclosure; ecclesia; emancipation; identity; lifeworld; liturgical theology; ordo; ortho; otherness; rationalization; ritual action; theory and practice; Kyrkovetenskap; Ecclesiology;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a critical study of the paradigm of Liturgical Theology. Focus in this systematic inquiry has been on the Russian school with the focal point in the works of Alexander Schmemann, who was active in the late 20th century. The main question of the thesis concerns the relation between theory and practice in Liturgical Theology. READ MORE

  4. 17. Reading Romans, Constructing Paul(s) : A Conversation between Messianic Jews in Jerusalem and Paul within Judaism Scholars

    Author : Jennifer Nyström; Bibelvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Messianic Jews; Messianic Judaism; Paul within Judaism; Paul; Rom 11; empirical reception studies; social life of Scripture; Jerusalem; Bible-reading interviews; textual biblical ideology; textual biblical practice; identity; Torah; Relations; Yeshua; Yeshualogy; Land of Israel; post-supersessionism; relevance; eschatology;

    Abstract : “Something is going on in Pauline studies,” Paula Fredriksen said of the recent emergence of the “Paul within Judaism” (PWJ) perspective. Almost in parallel, Messianic Judaism has entered the religious scene. READ MORE

  5. 18. Contemplation et dialogue : Quelques exemples de dialogue entre spiritualités après le concile Vatican II : [examples of spiritualities in dialogue emerging after the Second Vatican Council]

    Author : Katrin Åmell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Benedictine; contemplation; dialogue of religious experience; inculturation; interreligious dialogue; Japan; Monastic Interreligious Dialogue; zazen; zen; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Missionsvetenskap; Studies of Missions;

    Abstract : In the latter half of the 20th century interreligious dialogue has become a necessary and important feature in human co-existence. This study discusses the dialogue of religious experience. The essentials in this dialogue are mutual understandings of prayer and contemplation as practiced in differing religious and cultural contexts. READ MORE

  6. 19. The Taizhou Movement : Being Mindful in Sixteenth Century China

    Author : Johanna Lidén; Olof Sundqvist; Roger Greatrex; Joachim Gentz; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Taizhou movement; Confucianism; Neo-Confucianism; Wang Gen; religious ideas; religious praxis; self-respect; self-protection; calming the mind; Wang Yangming; Buddhism; Yan Jun; Daoism; He Xinyin; Luo Rufang; religious persecution; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to define and analyze the religious ideas, praxis and organizations of the Taizhou movement using the earliest sources from the Ming dynasty. The Taizhou movement originated with a salt merchant named Wang Gen (1483–1541), who became a disciple of the well-known Neo-Confucian philosopher Wang Yangming (1472–1529). READ MORE

  7. 20. Cultivating the Sacred : Ritual Creativity and Practice among Women in Contemporary Europe

    Author : Åsa Trulsson; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; dance; sacred places; authority; pilgrimage; power; intersubjectivity; somatic modes of attention; the body; embodiment; habitus; goddess spirituality; new age; paganism; practice; ritual criticism; multi-sited fieldwork; ritual; anthropology of religion; performance; music; healing; gender; sacralisation; everyday spirituality;

    Abstract : Ritual creativity may seem like a contradiction in terms, yet the religious landscape in contemporary Euro-America is permeate with experimentation of ritual forms, different modalities of action, imagination and play as routes to authenticity. The present study examines different settings in Europe involved in such ritual creativity, which would commonly be classified as postmodern spirituality, new age or Paganism. READ MORE