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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 21 avhandlingar innehållade orden people’s church.
16. Gospel and Culture in the World Council of Churches and the Lausanne Movement with Particular Focus on the Period 1973-1996
Sammanfattning : This dissertation is an investigation of the discussion on gospel and culture in the World Council of Churches and the Lausanne movement with particular attention to the period 1973-1996. In order to understand the discussion, eight analytic questions were used: (1) Why did gospel and culture become an important issue? (2) How were the term “gospel” and (3) the term “culture” understood? What was the understanding of: (4) the interaction between gospel and culture, (5) historical gospel transposition processes, (6) cultural identity, (7) the role and approaches of missionaries, and (8) the perceived limits to syncretism? The study argues that the debate appeared as a result of decolonization and an assertion of cultural selfhood of churches in the South. LÄS MER
17. Bibeln i nya medier : Livsåskådningsmiljö och bibeltolkning bland svenska ungdomar
Sammanfattning : Will new media contribute to Bible reading outside churches? What role does the Bible play in the life of contemporary Swedes? This is examined in three ways. First, a representative sample (n=1000) of the Swedish population was interviewed on uses of and attitudes to the Bible in different forms. LÄS MER
18. Konfirmandernas bildningsresa : ungdomars berättelser om sitt deltagande i konfirmandundervisning
Sammanfattning : The tradition for teenagers to participate in confirmation groups and be confirmed was formerly very strong in Sweden. Up to the 1970s, approximately 80-90 % of all young Swedes were confirmed. But in 2007, these courses were only attended by 37 %, according to the latest Church of Sweden statistics (Svenska kyrkan 2007a). LÄS MER
19. Jord, linne eller träkol? : Genusordning och hushållsstrategier, Bjuråker 1750-1850
Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to elucidate how people in a household-based pre-industrial agrarian economy acted during a period of great changes. The household is seen as a meaning-creating sym-bol in the local culture. LÄS MER
20. Social movements and social networks
Sammanfattning : One consistent finding in research on social movement organizations is that people's participation as well as their involvement in the formation of these organizations is linked to their structural location in several social dimensions. Hence, understanding the premises for social movement organizations is ultimately a question of examining the structure of people's social networks. LÄS MER