Search for dissertations about: "theology of religions"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 41 swedish dissertations containing the words theology of religions.

  2. 6. What's in a name? : A study of sobriquets in the Pesharim

    Author : Håkan Bengtsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Dead Sea Scrolls; Qumran; sobriquets; code-names; nicknames; pesharim; the Yahad; 1QpHab; 4QpNah. 4QpPsa; 4QpIsaa-e; 1QpMic; 4QpHosb; CD; 1QHa; king of the South; king of the North; Pompey; Babylon; the synagogue of Satan; the woman Jezebel; the Wicked Priest; the Man of the Lie; the Spreader of the Lie; the Seekers of Smooth Things; Ephraim; Manasseh; the House of Peleg; the House of Absalom; the traitors; the Teacher of Righteousness; the Doers of the Torah; the Kittim; the Angry Lion; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

    Abstract : The present study addresses the problem of a simplistic historical interpretation of the sobriquetsin the pesharim. An alternative approach is advocated taking its beginning in perceiving themessage in the pesharim as primarily an ideological vindication of the Qumran community, theYahad. READ MORE

  4. 7. Beyond the Controversy: A Study of African Theologies of Inculturation and Liberation

    Author : Stephen I Munga; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Manas Buthelezi.; Charles Nyamiti; incarnation; African personality; the Church; Christ; ancestorship; integral-synthesis approach; Inculturation theology; liberation theology; General; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ;

    Abstract : When Harry Sawyerr wrote his essay "What is African Theology?", published first in African Theological Journal, vol. 4 (1971), it appeared from its contents that he was making short comments about James Cone's Black theology that could have disappeared in the midst of more pressing African theological issues. READ MORE

  5. 8. The Alevi-Bektasi Legacy: Problems of Acquisition and Explanation

    Author : Ilhan Ataseven; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Teologi; Theology; Religion; Science; Irrational; Rational; Bektasi; Alevi; Turkey; Sufism;

    Abstract : Mystics and amateur politicians in the margin of Turkish society. The specific case of marginalisation in the specific context of my choice provides a wealth of details to be accounted for. All details taken together are real life itself and can thus not be accounted for in a book. READ MORE

  6. 9. Inside the Guru's Gate : Ritual Uses of Texts among the Sikhs in Varanasi

    Author : Kristina Myrvold; Tord Olsson; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; anthropomorfism; personification; liturgies; ritual practices; religious worship; sacred places; gurdwara; migration; counter-narrative; emic historiography; speech act theory; ritual studies; oral tradition; performance studies; guru; holy scriptures; Adi Granth; Guru Granth; Benares; Varanasi; Punjab; Sikhism; Sikhs; Religious Studies and Theology; Religion och teologi; social agency; Övriga religioner; Humanities; Humaniora; rites of passage; festivals; rites of affliction; Other Religions; religious education; Religionsvetenskap;

    Abstract : Summary: For religious Sikhs, the Guru Granth Sahib is a holy scripture which enshrines ontologically divine words and the teaching and revelatory experiences of historical human Gurus. Simultaneously the Sikhs have taken the concept of a sacred scripture much further than any other religious community by treating the Guru Granth Sahib as a living Guru invested with spiritual authority and agency to guide humans and establish relationships to the divine. READ MORE

  7. 10. The Prophetic Voice of the South African Council of Churches after 1990 : Searching for a Renewed Kairos

    Author : Anders Göranzon; South Africa the University of the Free State (UFS) Faculty of Theology The Department of Ecclesiology; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; South African Council of Churches; SACC; hermeneutics; discourse theory; order of discourse; intersectionality; the Kairos Document; Walter Brueggemann; nodal point; prophetic; reconciliation; liberation; development; Missionary studies; Missionsvetenskap; Kyrko- och samfundsvetenskap; Studies of Churches and Denominations;

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