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6. Preserving Impermanence : The Creation of Heritage in Vientiane, Laos
Sammanfattning : This thesis is about the heritage in Vientiane. In an attempt to go beyond a more traditional descriptive approach, the study aims at bringing forward a discussion about the definition, or rather the multiplicity of definitions, of the concept of heritage as such. LÄS MER
7. Conceptualizing and contextualizing mindfulness : New and critical perspectives
Sammanfattning : This dissertation aims at analyzing mindfulness as a concept and a multidimensional phenomenon in its historic and primordial but also contemporary contexts. In the course of examining this more general question, this dissertation targets four specific objectives: 1) classifying existing definitions of mindfulness, 2) critically analyzing and interpreting the Buddhist and Western interpretations and practices of mindfulness, 3) elaborating on the social and existential dimensions of mindfulness, and 4) applying these dimensions in advancing the notion of mindful sustainable aging in the context of successful aging. LÄS MER
8. Mindfulness : Relations to attention regulation, decentering, and psychological well-being
Sammanfattning : The current research project consists of three separate studies. The general aim of this project was to contribute to previous mindfulness research by exploring fundamental aspects of mindfulness in an effort to increase the understanding of mindfulness as a construct as well as its mechanisms. LÄS MER
9. Breaking the Pot: Contextual Responses to Survival Issues in Malaysian Churches
Sammanfattning : Protestantism in Malaysia is in many cases the result of labour migration from China and India in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Under the British colonial administration, it enjoyed a certain degree of protection. LÄS MER
10. Att möta det levda : Möjligheter och hinder för förståelse av levd religion i en studiebesöksorienterad religionskunskapsundervisning
Sammanfattning : The general aim of this study is to develop knowledge about how field visit-oriented religious teaching can contribute to students’ understanding of lived religion, in terms of inner diversity, religious practice and experiential dimensions. Previous research about Religious education (RE) shows that the Swedish non-confessional school subject “Religion” mainly deals with history, dogmas and concepts. LÄS MER