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Visar resultat 31 - 35 av 79 avhandlingar innehållade ordet cult.
31. Mirakler och helgonkult : Linköpings biskopdöme under senmedeltid
Sammanfattning : This work studies the introduction of three new cults of saints in the Linköping Bishopric during the Late Middle Ages. Two of them were based at Vadstena Convent: the Holy Bridgel (Birgitta, d. 1373) cult which had its beginning in 1374 and the cult of Katarina Ulfsdotter (d. 1381), which started during the 1410's. LÄS MER
32. Feminine Matters. Women’s Religious Practices in a Portuguese Town
Sammanfattning : This book explores the religious lives of Catholic women in Vila Branca (a pseudonym), a small town on the north coast of Portugal. The study deals with various facets of Catholic religious life, such as the cult of the saints and the Virgin Mary; death-related practices; the material culture of Catholicism; pilgrimage journeys; and the ambiguous relationship between women and priests. LÄS MER
33. Computer simulation of materialsunder extreme conditions
Sammanfattning : Extreme conditions allow us to reveal unusual material properties. At the same time an experimental approach is di-cult under such conditions. Capabilities of a theoretical approach based on simplied models are limited. This explainsa wide application of computer simulations at extreme conditions. LÄS MER
34. The Stick and the Calabash : Building gods in Bahian Candomblé
Sammanfattning : Practitioners of the Brazilian religion Candomblé frequently explain syncretism with a myth about how slaves camouflaged the cult of their embodied African gods behind the worship of icons of Catholic saints. The myth is multivalent and here I try to see it as a mapping of how Candomblistas operate hybridity in their construction of deities. LÄS MER
35. The green shadow of Christ : a reception-exegetical study of Jesus and Pan in the gospel of Mark
Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates presentations of Jesus in the gospel of Mark, mainly chapter 6 and 9, in the light of the juxtaposition of Christ and the Greek nature god Pan. This juxtaposition recurs in the reception history of Pan in Western European culture. LÄS MER