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  1. 11. Santería healing in Cuba

    Författare :Johan Wedel; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; anthropology; Cuba; Santería; Afro-Cuba; religious healing; medical anthropology; medicine; rituals;

    Sammanfattning : In Cuba, from the early twentieth century up until today, the Afro-Cuban religious tradition santería has stood for health, protection, and a meaningful life for many Cubans. Santería, which has its roots in Africa and the religious beliefs of the Yoruba slaves, is currently flourishing, with both Cubans and foreigners turning to it for help in instances of ill-health. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Dopet som kult och kultur : Bilder av dopet i dopsamtal och föräldraintervjuer

    Författare :Eva Reimers; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; secularisation; infant baptism; rituals; religion; religious discourse; Church of Sweden; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : This study of Swedish secularisation and religiousness presents analyses of discourses related to the ritual of infant baptism. The aim of the study is to shed light upon the ambiguous image of Swedish religiousness. On the one hand, Sweden is regarded as one of the most secularised countries in the world. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Tarot : New age i bild och berättelse

    Författare :Magnus Gudmundsson; Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; science faith; rational irrational; rituals; motion; movements; discourse; cultural reserves; illustrations; narration; intertextuality; text; divination; new age; tarot; individual experience; religious beliefs; Theology; Teologi;

    Sammanfattning : In the course of my dissertation work, I have sought knowledge about what New Age is, contains, and conveys by looking at practice and rhetoric, how the participants act and reason regarding their commitment, as well as how the contents of the field is discussed. I have put an emphasis on the small details: the objects, the rituals, and the narrating. LÄS MER

  5. 14. ”Han var föraktad” : Forskningen i Sverige under 1900-talet kring Jesajabokens s.k. tjänaresånger med utblick mot övriga Skandinavien

    Författare :Bengt Ericsson; Hidal Sten; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; Old Testament; Deutero-Isaiah; Ebed YHWH; individual or collective interpretation; literary criticism; tradition history; sacral kingship; allegory; rituals of dying and resurrecting gods; Old Testament imagery; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

    Sammanfattning : Ever since Bernhard Duhm launched his theory about the so-called Ebed YHWH-Songs in Deutero-Isaiah in 1875 and which continued in his commentaries on Isaiah from 1892, the matter has been eagerly discussed over the years, not least in Sweden. I want to illuminate how the matter has been treated in our country during the 20th century and even to give an overview of the discussions in the rest of Scandinavia during the same period of time. LÄS MER

  7. 15. Meaning-Making Variations in Acculturation and Ritualization : A multi-generational study of Suroyo migrants in Sweden

    Författare :Önver Cetrez; Valerie DeMarinis; Halina Grzymala-Moszczynska; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Psychology of religion; Acculturation; meaning-making; ritualization; religiosity; identity; identification; mixed-model study; Suroyo; Assyrian; Aramean; Religionspsykologi; Psychology of religion; Religionspsykologi; Psychology of Religion; Religionspsykologi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation focuses on how acculturation affects meaning-making among three generations of Suroye in the city of Södertälje, Sweden. Special focus is on youth. An inter-disciplinary and a mixed-model approach is used, with the purpose to contribute to research knowledge on meta, theoretical, methodological, and empirical levels. LÄS MER