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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 50 avhandlingar innehållade orden American philosophy.
11. Mirakel, mysterier och moraliteter. Från puritanism till New Age - en religionshistorisk studie av Helen Shucman och A Course in Miracles
Sammanfattning : A Course in Miracles (ACIM) is a spiritual teaching that was said to be channelled by Helen Shucman during 1965-1972. Shucman received what she described as an inner dictation, which she wrote down in shorthand. Her collegue and friend; William Thetford was then copy-typing the text. LÄS MER
12. "Who are you to tell us our history?" : kultur och religion i hawaiianers möte med amerikansk mission
Sammanfattning : The life and history of the Hawaiians has been documented ever since the contact with Western adventurers at the end of the 18th century. In connection with the arrival of American missionaries in 1820, these missionaries introduced and established a puritanical doctrine and method of communicating knowledge by way of the written word. LÄS MER
13. Universal Burdens : Stories of (Un)Freedom from the Unitarian Universalist Association, The MOVE Organization, and Taqwacore
Sammanfattning : Zen Buddhists have long given the following advice to attain liberation: “Eat when you’re hungry. Sleep when you’re tired.” In other words: “Freedom” is the “knowledge of necessity” (Hegel, Marx, and Engels). LÄS MER
14. Teologi som kritik : Graham Ward och den postsekulära hermeneutiken
Sammanfattning : The British theologian Graham Ward has since the 1990 ́s been one of the most prominent voices in the theological discussions of the Anglo-American cultural sphere. As one of the key figures in the academic field that has been known as “post secularism”, “the resurgence of religion” or “the new visibility of religion” Ward has developed an independent theological position that most properly could be described as a Christian cultural critique. LÄS MER
15. Mutual implications: otherness in theory and John Berryman's poetry of loss
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines John Berryman’s poetry of loss together with four different theoretical perspectives. It is the purpose of the study to involve Berryman’s poetry and critical theory in a dialogue which attempts to break down the hierarchy that positions theory as the subject and literature or poetry as the object of study. LÄS MER
