Sökning: "Egyptian religion"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade orden Egyptian religion.

  1. 1. Nechet und Nil : Ein ägyptischer Frauensarg des Mittleren Reiches aus religionsökologischer Sicht

    Författare :Erika Meyer-Dietrich; Håkan Rydving; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Ecology of religion; ecological factor; habitat; adaptational processes; cultural disposition; situationality; ritual process; person; religious world; real world; performatives; Hapi; Hymn of the Nile; Coffin Texts; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; religionshistoria; History Of Religions;

    Sammanfattning : This study is an attempt to develop a model within the field of ecology of religion. Particular emphasis is laid on the need for a comprehensive theoretical point of departure with regard to dynamics, viz. contextuality, situationality and the interactive mecanisms in adaptive processes. The model is developed on a basis of P. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Gracious Traditions : Contemporary Transnational Egyptian Post-Tariqa Sufism

    Författare :Frederic Brusi; Susanne Olsson; Marja Liisa Keinänen; Jonas Otterbeck; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sufism; Post-tariqa; Islam; Egypt; Saints; Religion in migration; Invisible Muslims; Individualization of religion; barzakh; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : An overarching aim of this study is to contribute to the developing body of studies of non-organized and thereby “invisible” Muslims in the West. The thesis probes into the question of what Sufism means in the individual lives of seven Muslims in the US and Sweden who share a relatively privileged Egyptian socio-economic background. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Gazelle in Ancient Egyptian Art : Image and Meaning

    Författare :Åsa Strandberg; Lana Troy; Lise Manniche; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; gazelle; Egyptian art; Egyptian religion; hunt; offering; desert fauna; Heb Sed; Hathor; Solar Eye; Egyptology; Egyptologi; Egyptology; egyptologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis establishes the basic images of the gazelle in ancient Egyptian art and their meaning. A chronological overview of the categories of material featuring gazelle images is presented as a background to an interpretation. An introduction and review of the characteristics of the gazelle in the wild are presented in Chapters 1-2. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Glömda gudstecken : från fornkyrklig dopliturgi till allmogens bomärken

    Författare :Tuve Skånberg; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; signature; Egyptian papyri; baptismal liturgy; Chi Rho monogram; Christogram; Omega; Alpha; Christian symbols; Homeyer; bomärken; Marques de Propriété; Hofmarken; Hausmarken; identification marks; ownership marks; personal marks; Merchant Marks; identity marks; History of the Christian church; Kristna kyrkans historia;

    Sammanfattning : The pioneering academic research on Merchant Marks (also known as identity marks, personal marks, ownership marks, identification marks, Hausmarken, Hofmarken, Marques de Propriété, bomärken) was done by professor Homeyer (1870). Since 1870 there has been an ongoing debate among scholars whether Merchant Marks are simply formed by chance and coincidence, as stated by Rehnberg (1938, 1951), Scheffer (1957) and Nahlén (1992) or whether they are variations of Christian symbols, especially the cross, as stated by Sisson (1929) and Stevenson (1954). LÄS MER

  7. 5. The crown of Arsinoë II. The creation and development of an imagery of authority

    Författare :Maria Nilsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Arsinoë; crowns; Ptolemaic; reliefs; Egyptian art; Egyptian religion; symbolism; female pharaohs; Hathor; God s wife; Edfu; Philae; Dendera; relative scaling; relative placement; concepts of time; post-colonial theory;

    Sammanfattning : This study deals with a unique crown that was created for Queen Arsinoë II. The aim is to identify and understand the symbolism that is embedded in each pictorial detail that together form the crown and how this reflects the wearer’s socio-political and religious positions. LÄS MER