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Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 36 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Missionaries.
6. I Am Tsunki : Gender and Shamanism among the Shuar of Western Amazonia
Sammanfattning : In this work, Perruchon brings together what is generally treated as two distinct domains of analysis: gender and shamanism. She investigates the relationship between gender and achievement of power through the shaman’s role in Shuar society. LÄS MER
7. Religion and politics among the Chin people in Burma (1896-1949)
Sammanfattning : In many Asian countries today, there are potential conflicts between the majority religionand culture and ethnic minorities who practice another religion or religions. Problems areeasily aggravated if the government applies a confessional policy on religion, which favorsthe majority religion, while minority religions are marginalized or even suppressed. LÄS MER
8. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati. The Context and Significance of a Modern Hindu Personalist
Sammanfattning : This study explores the life and work of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati (1874-1937), a Vaishnava guru of the school of Chaitanya (1486-1534), who, at a time that Hindu non-dualism was most prominent, managed to establish a pan-Indian movement for the modern revival of traditional personalist bhakti that today encompasses both Indian and non-Indian populations throughout the world. To most historians, the period between 1815 and 1914 is known as Britain’s Imperial Century, when the power of British cultural influence was at its height, most especially in Calcutta, India, the jewel of the British crown. LÄS MER
9. Here I am Send Me : The Historical and Long-Term Impact of Christian Missionaries in Zambia 1924-2018
Sammanfattning : Towards the close of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century, there was a proliferation of Christian missionaries in Africa. Upon settling in Africa, missionaries initiated and became the main providers of Western-styled education and health care. LÄS MER
10. "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
