Sökning: "indigenous religious traditions"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden indigenous religious traditions.

  1. 1. Religion and politics among the Chin people in Burma (1896-1949)

    Författare :Lian H. Sakhong; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; American Baptist Foreign Mission Society; American Baptist Chin Mission; Buddhism - Burma; Chin; Chin Baptist Association; Christians - Burma Chin; ethnicity Chin; indigenous church; missionaries; na-tionalism and religion; politics and religion Burma Chin; religion and culture Chin; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

    Sammanfattning : In many Asian countries today, there are potential conflicts between the majority religionand culture and ethnic minorities who practice another religion or religions. Problems areeasily aggravated if the government applies a confessional policy on religion, which favorsthe majority religion, while minority religions are marginalized or even suppressed. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Med tre röster och tusende bilder. Om den samiska trumman

    Författare :Rolf Uno Algot Christoffersson; Håkan Rydving; Mattias Gardell; Risto Pulkinen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; church and state; drum; ecology of religion; freedom of religion; indigenous religious traditions; magic; religious encounter; rituals; Sami; shaman; world music; Kyrka stat; trumma; religionsekologi; religionsfrihet; ursprungsreligion; magi; religiös konflikt; rit; Same samisk; shaman; musik; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : The ceremonial drum, with its drumhead filled with pictures and tightened over an oval or oviformed wooden frame or bowl, was the most important tool of the noaidi, the Sami shaman. By outsiders however, were they missionaries during the 17th century or researchers during 20th, the Sami drum has often been demonised as ‘devilish’ or belitted as ‘primitive’, and labelled ‘troll-drum’. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Frida Kahlos bildspråk - ansikte, kropp och landskap : Representation av nationell identitet (tredje utgåvan)

    Författare :Eva Zetterman; Lena Johannesson; Anna Tellgren; Karlstads universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Frida Kahlo; self-representation; national identity; post-revolutionary project; la tehuana; José Vasconcelos; the cosmic race; la raza; hispanidad; indigenismo; mestizaje; Malintzín; la Chingada; la Virgen de Guadalupe; chicanas os; semiotics; Roman-Catholic iconography; pictorial traditions; visual strategies; Visual Arts; Konst- och bildvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) and her works, with emphasis on her painted self-portraits. The objective is to place Frida Kahlo’s pictorial production in relation to a place and time specific context and test the theory of Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits as a project connected to a general striving towards a new formulation of national identity. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Frida Kahlos bildspråk – ansikte, kropp & landskap: Representation av nationell identitet (första utgåvan)

    Författare :Eva Zetterman; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Frida Kahlo; self-representation; national identity; post-revolutionary project; la tehuana; José Vasconcelos; the cosmic race; la raza; hispanidad; indigenismo; mestizaje; Malintzín; la Chingada; la Virgen de Guadalupe; chinanos; chicanas; semiotics; Roman-Catholic iconography; pictorial traditions; visual strategies.; Frida Kahlo; Visual Arts;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is about the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) and her works, with emphasis on her painted self-portraits. The objective is to place Frida Kahlo’s pictorial production in relation to a place and time specific context and to test the theory for Frida Kahlo’s self-portraits as a project connected to a general striving towards a new formulation of a national identity. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Buddhist World Emperor's Mission : Millenarian Buddhism in Postcolonial Burma

    Författare :Niklas Foxeus; Per-Arne Berglie; Erik af Edholm; Guillaume Rozenberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Buddhism; millenarianism; weizzā weikza ; esotericism; supernatural powers; identity; politics; Burma; Theravāda Buddhism; cakkavattin; authority; legitimacy; charisma; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

    Sammanfattning : In early postcolonial Burma, a number of so-called royal esoteric associations with a millenarian and eschatological orientation, and founded by persons believed to be the world emperor, emerged in response to political turmoil, nation-building projects, modernization, and after-effects of colonialism. These Theravāda Buddhist esoteric congregations, revivalist and innovative at the same time, were indicative of a general crisis of authority and identity. LÄS MER