Search for dissertations about: "theology of work"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words theology of work.

  2. 6. The Outsider in Our Midst : A Study of Language and Norms Concerning the “Outsider” in Persian Period Yehud

    Author : Karin Tillberg; Göran Eidevall; Mikael Larsson; Katherine Southwood; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Persian period; Nehemiah; Deuteronomy; Pentateuch; Isaiah; Trito-Isaiah; Bourdieu; doxa; capital; agents; fields; Derrida; hospitality; eunuchs; exile.; Gamla testamentets exegetik; Old Testament Exegesis;

    Abstract : The topic for the present study concerns how values and norms are conveyed through language. I explore two texts set in the Persian period—Isaiah 56:1–8 and Nehemiah 13:1–3, 23–31—and how these texts discuss those literary figures described as not belonging to the community. READ MORE

  4. 7. The Mystery of the House of Royal Women

    Author : Tal Davidovich; Bo Isaksson; Stig Norin; Antti Laato; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Semitic languages - general; concubine; royal women; secondary women; secondary wives; harem; Old Testament; gender; theology; Semitic languages; women in the Old Testament; women in the ancient Near East; Rizpah; Maacah; Abigail; Abishag; royal sons; pilagshim; Semitiska språk - allmänt;

    Abstract : This study focuses on one of the groups of royal women in the OT who were considered the spouses of the king: the group of the royal pilagshim, who had a kind of secondary status in the household.Having pilagshim was not a privilege reserved to the kings, but was also practiced by other leaders, like the forefathers and the judges. READ MORE

  5. 8. God as Problem and Possibility : A Critical Study of Gordon Kaufman's Thought toward a Spacious Theology

    Author : Kenneth Nordgren; Carl Reinhold Bråkenhielm; Jan-Olav Henriksen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; the concept of God; constructive theology; Gordon Kaufman; theological method; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

    Abstract : The study investigates the American theologian Gordon D. Kaufman’s (born 1925) work, and focuses on the concept of God reflected in his theological method and construction. The examination of Kaufman’s thought implies an inquiry of methodological issues in contemporary academic theology and leads into discussion of central Christian ideas. 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. Women and economic justice : Ethics in feminist liberation theology and feminist economics

    Author : Ann-Cathrin Jarl; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Basic human needs; critical theory; economic justice; equality; feminist economics; feminist ethics; feminist hermeneutics; feminist theology; feminist theory; gender; justice; liberation; liberation theology; oppression; poverty; right relations; women s rights; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; etik; Ethics;

    Abstract : This work focus on women, justice and economics. The work of feminist economists and feminist ethicists is analyzed with regard to economic justice. READ MORE