Sökning: "written Islam"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden written Islam.

  1. 1. Ramadan in Java : The Joy and Jihad of Ritual Fasting

    Författare :André Möller; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; traweh; tarawih; holy month; Blora; Yogyakarta; anthropology; lived Islam; written Islam; normative Islam; jihad; Muslim ritual; Java; Muslim; religion; Indonesia; Islam in Indonesia; Islam in Java; Ramadan; fasting; slametan; ruwahan; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

    Sammanfattning : FASTING DURING THE holy month of Ramadan is both a joy and a jihad for the Islamic community in Java, and it is arguably the most highly esteemed Muslim ritual in Indonesia (and beyond). To be given the opportunity to abstain from food, drink and sexual relations from the early morning hours until sunset during an entire month in a tropical climate - only to fill the nights with additional and supererogatory Ramadanic rituals - is thus waited upon each year and seen as a true blessing. LÄS MER

  2. 2. Islam på svenska : tidskriften Salaam och islams globalisering

    Författare :Jonas Otterbeck; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Non-Christian religions; History of Religions; Islamology; Islam in Europe; Islam in Sweden; Muslims in Sweden; Salaam; globalization; privitization; genealogy; Rabita.; discourse; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation focuses on written Islamic discourses in Swedish, especially the journal Salaam - Islamisk tidskrift. The journal first appeared in 1986 and is a part of the activities of Islamiska Informationsföreningen. From the beginning, Salaam has been edited by female converts to Islam in their twenties or early thirties. LÄS MER

  3. 3. The Mahdi Wears Armani: An Analysis of the Harun Yahya enterprise

    Författare :Anne Ross Solberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Harun Yahya; Adnan Oktar; Said Nursi; Turkish Islam; creationism; da‘wa; Mahdi; Islamic messianism; apocalypticism; neo-Ottomanism; conspiracy theories; anti-Semitism; market Islam; social movement theory; rhetorical analysis;

    Sammanfattning : The prolific Turkish author and preacher Adnan Oktar has built up a large Islamic publishing enterprise under the name of Harun Yahya, and has attracted international attention in particular for his campaign against the theory of evolution. The aim of this dissertation is to shed light on the Harun Yahya enterprise by describing, analyzing and contextualizing four key themes in the works of Harun Yahya, namely conspiracy theories, nationalism/neo-Ottomanism, creationism and apocalypticism/Mahdism. LÄS MER

  4. 4. People of reliable loyalty… : Muftiates and the State in Modern Russia

    Författare :Renat Bekkin; Jenny Berglund; Mark Bassin; Galina M. Yemelianova; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Muftiate; spiritual administration of Muslims; mufti; the economics of religion; the institution of the muftiate; Islam in Russia; Islam in the USSR.; History of religion; Religionshistoria; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation presents a full-fledged portrait of the muftiate (spiritual administration of Muslims) in modern Russia. Designed initially for the purpose of controlling religious activity, over time the institution of the muftiate was appropriated by Muslims and became a key factor in preserving national identity for different ethnic groups of Tatars. LÄS MER

  5. 5. Uniformity or Diversity? : Facing Portrayals of Ganda Religion

    Författare :Leuben Njinya-Mujinya; David Westerlund; Raimo Harjula; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of religions; Buganda; change; conformity; dissent; diversity; ethnicity; Ganda; Ganda religion; Great Lakes Region; Kabaka; ba lubaale; Luganda; mmandwa; non-conformity; uniformity; Religionshistoria; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : This study researches, in a primarily historiographical way, conforming as well as, and in particular, dissenting thought and behavioural dispositions in Ganda religion. It lets the Ganda's existence, by and large, speak for itself on this matter. This occurs in two major ways. LÄS MER