Sökning: "sacred authority"

Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden sacred authority.

1. 1. Cultivating the Sacred : Ritual Creativity and Practice among Women in Contemporary Europe

   Författare :Åsa Trulsson; Religionshistoria och religionsbeteendevetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; dance; sacred places; authority; pilgrimage; power; intersubjectivity; somatic modes of attention; the body; embodiment; habitus; goddess spirituality; new age; paganism; practice; ritual criticism; multi-sited fieldwork; ritual; anthropology of religion; performance; music; healing; gender; sacralisation; everyday spirituality;

   Sammanfattning : Ritual creativity may seem like a contradiction in terms, yet the religious landscape in contemporary Euro-America is permeate with experimentation of ritual forms, different modalities of action, imagination and play as routes to authenticity. The present study examines different settings in Europe involved in such ritual creativity, which would commonly be classified as postmodern spirituality, new age or Paganism. LÄS MER

3. 2. Renewal and Heritage : The Quest for Authenticity in Hasan Hanafi's Islamic Ideology

   Författare :Susanne Olsson; David Westerlund; Eva Evers Rosander; Leif Stenberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Islamologi; authenticity; continuity; Establishment Islam; globalisation; heritage; Islamism; Occidentalism; renewal; sacred authority; asalah; ijtihad; tawhid; turath; Islamologi; Islamology; Islamologi; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : This study presents and analyses a contemporary interpretation of Islam by the Egyptian thinker Hasan Hanafi. His ideas are analysed in a perspective of the history of ideas where both Islamic and Western influences are taken into consideration. LÄS MER

4. 3. 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

5. 4. Det svenska Israel : Myt och retorik i Haquin Spegels predikokonst

   Författare :Nils Ekedahl; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Literature; sermons; sacred rhetoric; figurative allegory; confessionalization; political culture; national identity; Swedish absolutism; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Literature; litteraturvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with the art of preaching of Haquin Spegel (1645-1714) from a political and rhetorical perspective. Spegel was one of the leading churchmen during the period of Carolingian autocratic rule. He was close to Karl XI and had good contacts with the Court and the political elite. LÄS MER

7. 5. Cardinal Decio Azzolino, Queen Christina of Sweden and the Squadrone Volante : political and administrative developments at the Roman Curia, 1644-1692

   Författare :Marie-Louise Rodén; Princeton University; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANITIES and RELIGION; HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP;

   Sammanfattning : Cardinal Decio Azzolino (1623-1689) has previously been known for his association with Queen Christina of Sweden (1626-1689). Thanks to the donation of the Azzolino Archive to the Biblioteca Comunale di Iesi in 1985 it is now possible to thoroughly study his career. LÄS MER