Sökning: "American philosophy"

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  1. 21. Two Quests for Unity : John Dewey, R. G. Collingwood, and the Persistence of Idealism

    Författare :Bruno Hamnell; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; John Dewey; R. G. Collingwood; Idealism; Pragmatism; Liberalism; Unity; Experience; Practical Knowledge; Intellectual History; History of Philosophy; Anglo-America;

    Sammanfattning : After having dominated philosophical thought in Britain and the United States during the end of the nineteenth century, idealism was in steady decline by the outbreak of World War I. Its ideas and ideals seemed unsuited to face the transition from Victorianism to modernism and the rapid social changes of the post-war era. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Den kristna gnosticismens återkomst : ett studium av Ulf Ekmans teologi

    Författare :Kent Gunnarsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Modern gnosticism; gnostic grammar; the faith movement; christian gnosticism; cultural context; the matrix; loss of transcendence; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis, The Return of Christian Gnosticism. An Investigation of the Theology of Ulf Ekman, is divided into two main sections. In the first section I address the question of what can be seen as characteristic of modern Gnosticism. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Lutheran Missions in a Time of Revolution : The China Experience 1944-1951

    Författare :Jonas Jonson; Bengt Sundkler; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; China; Chinese Church; Lutheran missions; Three-Self Movement; Church of Sweden Mission; Lutheran World Federation; student work; Christian Mission to the Buddhists; Reichelt; ecumenical; Cinese Revolution; New Democracy; Missionary studies; Missionsvetenskap; Missionsvetenskap; Studies of Missions;

    Sammanfattning : In January, 1951, the Lutheran Church of China denounced all relations with the American, German and Scandinavian missions, which for more than half a century had worked in the country. As one of the first, this church made a clear and corporate stand in favour of the New Democracy and the Three-Self Movement, while most of the missions made their political choice, retreated with the Nationalists and finally went to Taiwan. LÄS MER

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

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

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Liv och över nog. Den tidiga pingströrelsens spiritualitet

    Författare :Ulrik Josefsson; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; General; Teologi; Theology; Religious Identity; Spirituality; Pentecostalism; Swedish Pentecostal Movement; systematic and practical Christian theology; Kristen teologi allmän; systematisk och praktisk ;

    Sammanfattning : In this thesis the spirituality in the early Swedish Pentecostal Movement is studied. The main material is the Movement's weekly magazine Evangelii Härold (EH). The period is 1913?1921. Spirituality is defined here as the lived religious life. LÄS MER