Sökning: "christianisation"

Visar resultat 11 - 13 av 13 avhandlingar innehållade ordet christianisation.

  1. 11. Västergötlands kristnande : religionsskifte och gravskickets förändring 700-1200 : The Christianisation of Västergötland. Changing religion and mortuary practice AD 700-1200

    Författare :Claes Theliander; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; change of religion; mortuary practice; graves; critical realism; existentialism; early medieval; iron age; Sweden; Västergötland;

    Sammanfattning : In my PhD-thesis I present issues that deal with the transformation of ancient Scandinavian religion into Christianity, a transformation which is evident in the mortuary practices from 8th to 12th century AD in the region of Västergötland, in western Sweden. In part one I discuss and evaluate the relevant theoretical and methodological considerations and formulate a critical realistic and existential inspired archaeology. LÄS MER

  3. 12. The Bambatha Watershed : Swedish Missionaries, African Christians and an Evolving Zulu Church in Rural Natal and Zululand 1902-1910

    Författare :Lars Berge; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; South Africa--church history--1902-1910; Zulus African people ; Church and State-South Africa; nationalism and religion; Church of SwedenMission; evangelists; missionaries; Swedish; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Missionsvetenskap; Studies of Missions;

    Sammanfattning : This study examines the Church of Sweden Mission and the encounter between Swedish missionaries, African Christians and evangelists in Natal and Zululand in the early twentieth century. The ambition with the present study is to demonstrate that the mission enterprise was dependent on and an integral part of developments in society at large. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Från ritualiserad tradition till institutionaliserad religion : Strategier för maktlegitimering på Gotland under järnålder och medeltid

    Författare :Torsten Blomkvist; Britt-Mari Näsström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Gotland; religion; ritualised tradition; ancestor worship; oral tradition; power; genealogies; legitimacy of power; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation has two principal aims. The first is to critically discuss the concept of an ancient Scandinavian religion. The second one is to create, from the terms ritualised tradition and (institutionalised) religion a theory of social change on Gotland during the Late Iron Age and the Middle Ages. LÄS MER