Sökning: "holy scriptures"
Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden holy scriptures.
1. Inside the Guru's Gate : Ritual Uses of Texts among the Sikhs in Varanasi
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
2. Reformationens huvudfrågor och arvet från Augustinus. En studie i Martin Chemnitz' Augustinusreception
Sammanfattning : As a co-author of the Formula of Concord, Martin Chemnitz (1522-86) codified the sola scriptura principle of the Reformation, that the prophetic and apostolic Scriptures are the only rule for all Church doctrine. This principle is clearly expressed in Chemnitz' own theological treatises as well, but in his argumentation one is also confronted with an astonishing number of quotations from the Church Fathers. LÄS MER
3. En kapitalistisk anda : kulturella förändringar i 1100-talets Danmark
Sammanfattning : The Early Middle Ages, comprising the period ca. 1000-1250, is usually described as a dynamic and eventful time, when many spheres of society underwent radical changes. The aim of this dissertation is to link these processes together in an overall holistic description of medieval society. LÄS MER