Sökning: "Study of Religions"
Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 153 avhandlingar innehållade orden Study of Religions.
6. The World of the Sumerian Mother Goddess : An Interpretation of Her Myths
Sammanfattning : The present study is an interpretation of the two myths copied in the Old Babylonian period in which the Sumerian mother goddess is one of the main actors. The first myth is commonly called “Enki and Ninḫursaĝa”, and the second “Enki and Ninmaḫ”. The theoretical point of departure is that myths have society as their referents, i.e. LÄS MER
7. Women's Human Rights and Islam : a Study of Three Attempts at Accommodation
Sammanfattning : The dissertation focuses on interpretations of Islam that claim compatibility with international human rights norms in the context of women’s rights. These interpretations are seen as parts of an on-going contemporary international debate on women’s human rights and Islam that engages Muslims as well as non-Muslims. LÄS MER
8. The Birth of a Heruka : How Sangs rgyas rgyal mtshan became gTsang smyon Heruka: A Study of a Mad Yogin
Sammanfattning : gTsang smyon Heruka (1452–1507) is one of Tibet’s most famous mad yogins. The mad yogins represent a relatively unknown aspect of Tibetan Buddhism that flourished in the 15th and 16th centuries. LÄS MER
9. The making of the Mariam Mosque : Serendipities and structures in the production of female authority in Denmark
Sammanfattning : This dissertation defines a number of new concepts, such as pop-up mosque, social media adhan, non-Muslim Islam, and warping, to give a detailed description how the Mariam Mosque (with female imams) was established and the kind of phenomenon it is. The latter concept (warping) plays an important role as the dissertation argues that, while Islams may be presented in a certain way, obeying rules such as scriptural accountability and claims of continuity with tradition, these are merely the form Islams take in spaces structured by power. LÄS MER
10. Pastor in the Shadow of Violence : Gustavo Gutiérrez as a Public Pastoral Theologian in Peru in the 1980s and 1990s
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is a study of the role of Gustavo Gutiérrez as a public pastor in the 1980s and 1990s in Peru. His collaboration with the Lima newspaper La República from the early 1980s gave him a figurative pulpit from which he addressed the Peruvian public on specific occasions. LÄS MER
