Sökning: "Religion and Modernity"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 67 avhandlingar innehållade orden Religion and Modernity.

  1. 1. Salvation and Modernity : Intellectuals and Faith in Contemporary China

    Författare :Fredrik Fällman; Torbjörn Lodén; Huilin Yang; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; China; culture; Christianity; intellectuals; salvation; faith; modernity; identity; Chinese language; Kinesiska;

    Sammanfattning : Christianity, as a religion and as an ethical system, is increasingly important in China today. An analysis of intellectuals and faith is vital to understanding the contemporary intellectual climate in China. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Piety, Intimacy and Mobility : A Case Study of Charismatic Christianity in Present-day Stockholm

    Författare :Jessica Moberg; Tuija Hovi; Södertörns högskola; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Charismatic Christianity; Pentecostalism; habituation; learning religion; mobility; ritualization; ritual appropriation; religious consumption; commodification; materiality; embodiment; narrative; late modernity; globalization; inward turn; subjective turn; authenticity; intimacy; prayer; worship; music; testimony; urban religion; religious eclecticism; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Charismatic Christianity; Pentecostalism; habituation; learning religion; mobility; ritualization; ; ritual appropriation; religious consumption; commodification; materiality; embodiment; narrative; late modernity; globalization; inward turn; subjective turn; authenticity; intimacy; prayer; worship; music; testimony; urban religion; religious eclecticism.;

    Sammanfattning : Stockholm County is a post-industrial Swedish region characterized by high levels of mobility and technologization as well as ethnic and religious diversity. Among its religious minorities exist various strands of charismatic Christianity, some of which originate from the Pentecostal revival of the early 20th century and some of which belong to more recent movements. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Av denna världen? : Emil Gustafson, moderniteten och den evangelikala väckelsen

    Författare :Joel Halldorf; Oloph Bexell; Cecilia Wejryd; Runar Eldebo; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Emil Gustafson; modernity; evangelicalism; spirituality; holiness movement; Helgelseförbundet; Keswick movement; Free Churches; Charles Taylor; practices; mysticism; individualism; suffering; holiness; discipline; Church History; Kyrkohistoria;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the relationship between evangelicalism and modernity with the Swedish holiness preacher Emil Gustafson (1862–1900) as a case. This is achieved by comparing Gustafson’s spirituality with Charles Taylor’s characterization of modernity. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Insikt och närvaro : Akademiska kontemplationer kring buddhism, meditation och mindfulness i Sverige

    Författare :Katarina Plank; Knut Jacobsen; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; tradition; Burmese Buddhism; DBT; Sweden; mindfulness; mindfulness-based treatment approaches; MBSR; MBCT; Western Buddhism; Vipassana meditation; spirituality; contemporary religiosity; modernity; Buddhist modernism; Buddhist modernism; psychology; health care; Religious Studies and Theology; Religionsvetenskap; tradition; Burmese Buddhism; DBT; Sweden; mindfulness; mindfulness-based treatment approaches; MBSR; MBCT; Western Buddhism; Vipassana meditation; spirituality; contemporary religiosity; modernity; Buddhist modernism; psychology; health care;

    Sammanfattning : Under 1900-talet har stora förändringar skett i synen på buddhistisk meditation. Från att ha varit en övning som bara ägt rum på kloster och bland ett fåtal munkar, har både ordinerade lärare och lekmannalärare börjat lära ut meditation till lekfolk. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Kyrklig och social reform : motiveringar till diakoni 1845-1965

    Författare :Elisabeth Christiansson; Stephan Borgehammar; Trygve Wyller; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; diaconia; deacon; systematisk och praktisk ; Kristna kyrkans historia; History of the Christian church; social discourse; modernity; social work; evangelicalism; reformism; confessionalism; stewardship; social conservatism; Church of Sweden; deaconess; Kristen teologi allmän; systematic and practical Christian theology; General; Religion Theology;

    Sammanfattning : The main purpose of this dissertation is to see how proponents of diaconia justified the establishment of three Swedish diaconal institutions: Diaconissanstalten 1851 (The Institution for Deaconesses, Stockholm, now Ersta diakonissällskap/Ersta Association for Diaconal Work), Stockholms Stadsmission 1853 (The Stockholm City Mission) and Svenska Diakonanstalten 1898 (The Swedish institution for Deacons, first in Gävle, from 1905 in Stockholm, now Stiftelsen Stora Sköndal/The Stora Sköndal Foundation). Included is also a study of how diaconal work was justified in Sweden in the post-war period, a time when religious neutrality within health care and education was high on the political agenda. LÄS MER