Search for dissertations about: "sanctity of life"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words sanctity of life.

  2. 1. The Moral Rubicon. A Study of the Principles of Sanctity of Life and Quality of Life in Bioethics

    Author : Axel Carlberg; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; secular ethics; bioethics; sanctity of life; quality of life; procedural ethics; utilitarianism; deontology; Peter Singer; Helga Kuhse; H.T. Engelhardt; Theology; Teologi;

    Abstract : The principles of sanctity of life and quality of life are often appealed to in medical decisions at the "edges of life." Notwithstanding their importance in bioethics, these principles are still badly understood. This study is an attempt to clarify their normative significance and content. READ MORE

  4. 2. Sanctity and Environment in Ethiopian Hagiography : The Case of Gedle Gebre Menfes Qiddus

    Author : Abate Gobena; Samuel Rubenson; Thomas Arentzen; Susan Harvey; Avdelningen för östkyrkliga studier Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hagiography; Ethiopian Orthodox Church; Sanctity of nature; Gebre Menfes Qiddus; Reconciliation of heaven and earth; Eastern Christian Studies; Östkyrkliga studier;

    Abstract : The original forests of the central and northern highlands of Ethiopia are almost entirely confined to the “sacred groves” surrounding the churches and monasteries of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church. In Ethiopian tradition sanctity starts from the Tabot on the altar of the church and extends to the outer periphery of the compound. READ MORE

  5. 3. Sketching the Invisible : Patterns of Church and City in Theodoret of Cyrrhus' Philotheos Historia

    Author : Andreas Westergren; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Late Antiquity; biography; hagiography; panegyric; asceticism; monasticism; Syria; Antioch; Symeon the Stylite; pilgrimage; relics; cult of the saints; civic ideals; invention of tradition; the role of the bishop; ecclesiology; sacralization; christianization; philosophy; Neoplatonism; Libanius; Dionysius Areopagita;

    Abstract : The fundamental question in this work concerns the ideal relation between asceticism and society in a 5th c. writing (C.E.), the Philotheos Historia (PH), written in elaborate Greek by the learned bishop of Cyrrhus, Theodoret. READ MORE

  6. 4. End-of-life care and euthanasia : attitudes of medical students and dying cancer patients

    Author : Marit Karlsson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Introduction: In end-of-life care, supporting the factors required for a good death is a goal. Core concepts in a good death are dignity, autonomy, and the relief of suffering. Paradoxically, these concepts are used both in palliative care and to promote euthanasia, which are traditionally seen as conflicting alternatives. READ MORE