Sökning: "holy places"

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  1. 1. Gudarnas platser : Förkristna sakrala ortnamn i Mälarlandskapen

    Författare :Per Vikstrand; Svante Strandberg; Bente Holmberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Scandinavian languages - general; onomastics; place-names; toponymy; ancient Scandinavian religion; sacral names; holy places; Sweden; Uppland; Södermanland; Västmanland; Nordiska språk - allmänt; Scandinavian languages; Nordiska språk; Nordiska språk; Scandinavian Languages;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is the employment of a material-based investigation to create a platform for further research into sacral place-names in Scandinavia. The objective has been to delimit and evaluate a corpus of potential sacral place-names within an area selected for study, i.e. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Inside the Guru's Gate : Ritual Uses of Texts among the Sikhs in Varanasi

    Författare :Kristina Myrvold; Tord Olsson; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; anthropomorfism; personification; liturgies; ritual practices; religious worship; sacred places; gurdwara; migration; counter-narrative; emic historiography; speech act theory; ritual studies; oral tradition; performance studies; guru; holy scriptures; Adi Granth; Guru Granth; Benares; Varanasi; Punjab; Sikhism; Sikhs; Religious Studies and Theology; Religion och teologi; social agency; Övriga religioner; Humanities; Humaniora; rites of passage; festivals; rites of affliction; Other Religions; religious education; Religionsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : Summary: For religious Sikhs, the Guru Granth Sahib is a holy scripture which enshrines ontologically divine words and the teaching and revelatory experiences of historical human Gurus. Simultaneously the Sikhs have taken the concept of a sacred scripture much further than any other religious community by treating the Guru Granth Sahib as a living Guru invested with spiritual authority and agency to guide humans and establish relationships to the divine. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Creating Holy People and Places on the Periphery. A Study of the Emergence of Cults of Native Saints in the Ecclesiastical Provinces of Lund and Uppsala from the Eleventh to the Thirteenth Centuries : Att skapa heliga personer och platser i periferin: en studie om uppkomsten av inhemska helgonkulter i de lundensiska och uppsaliensiska kyrkoprovinserna, ca 1000–1300

    Författare :Sara Ellis Nilsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; cults of saints; native saints; hagiography; liturgy; parchment fragments; conversion; Christianization; loca sanctorum; Middle Ages; Scandinavia; Micro-Christendom; unilocal; multilocal;

    Sammanfattning : Holy people have been venerated in various forms by all religions and ideologies throughout history. Christianity is no exception with the development of the cults of saints beginning shortly after its formation. By the time Christianity reached Scandinavia, saints’ cults had been fully integrated into the Roman administrative structure. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Post-Secular Tourism : A Study of Pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela

    Författare :Mats Nilsson; Thomas Blom; Lars Aronsson; Mekonnen Tesfahuney; Johan Hultman; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Post-Secular; Tourism; Pilgrimage; Sacred Place; Santiago de Compostela; Kulturgeografi; Human Geography; Turismvetenskap; Turismvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis takes its starting-point in the post-secular changes in society and how these interplay with tourism. In spite of the intensive academic debate on and theorisation of the post-secular and post-secularism, the role of tourism in this change, called the return of religion, has not been studied. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Le mouvement pentecôtiste - une communauté alternative au sud du Burundi 1935-1960

    Författare :Gunilla Nyberg Oskarsson; Carl-Fredrik Hallencreutz; Alf Tergel; Sigbert Axelsson; Josef Nsumbu; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Burundi; Bururi; Danish Baptist Mission; Gishiha; Kayogoro; Kiremba; Mugara; Pentecostalism; Revival; Rwanda General and Medical Mission; Swedish Free Mission; Swedish Pentecostal Movement; White Fathers; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is a contribution to a hitherto neglected area of research: The African Pentecostal Churches, that do not belong to those called African Indigenous Churches (AICs). It is a case study from the perspective of southern Burundi, the periphery of the ancient kingdom. LÄS MER