Sökning: "Civil religion"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 43 avhandlingar innehållade orden Civil religion.
1. Religion in Nordic Politics as a Means to Societal Cohesion : An Empirical Study on Party Platforms and Parliamentary Debates 1988–2012
Sammanfattning : In this study, I address the relationship between religion and politics in the Nordic countries, 1988–2012, against a background of increasing religious diversity alongside more or less continuous relationships between church and state. My aim is to analyse possible changes in the way religion is referred to by Nordic parliamentary parties, and in the way these parties use religion as a means to societal cohesion. LÄS MER
2. När jag gifter mig ska jag göra det på riktigt : Berättelser om barn, brudar och bröllop
Sammanfattning : Under 2000-talet har antalet vigslar stadigt ökat i Sverige. I den här studien berättar unga män och kvinnor i åtta heterosexuella par om sina bröllop, från det att beslutet om giftermål togs och tills bröllopsdagen är över. Hälften av paren gifter sig borgerligt och övriga enligt Svenska kyrkans vigselordning. LÄS MER
3. Civilreligion med ett mänskligt ansikte : president Václav Havels tankar om individ, religion och samhälle
Sammanfattning : In this thesis civil religion in the Czech Republic is studied throught the way it is expressed in the speeches of president Václav Havel. Earlier studies on civil religion have shown how civil religiion can be a latent phenomenon that is activated in times of societal change and crisis. LÄS MER
4. Beyond an instrumental approach to religion and development : Challenges for church-based healthcare in Tanzania
Sammanfattning : This dissertation serves as a contribution to the larger ongoing debate on the role of religion in development in an effort to move beyond an instrumental approach. The aim is to study the role of religious agents in development through the prism of contractual partnerships between church organisations and the Tanzanian state in healthcare delivery. LÄS MER
5. A Risk or a Resource? : A Study of the Swedish State’s Shifting Perception and Handling of Minority Religious Communities between 1952-2019
Sammanfattning : In Sweden, as in many other European countries, governments and other public authorities increasingly seem to view religious communities as an important resource that should be included in welfare provision and help combat problems that societies are facing, thereby intentionally or unintentionally bringing religion back into the public arena. However, religious communities also seem to be perceived as a risk and a problem that needs to be further regulated and controlled. LÄS MER