Sökning: "spiritual guidance"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden spiritual guidance.

  1. 1. Spiritual /existential issues in palliative care. With special reference to patients with brain tumours and their spouses

    Författare :Susann Strang; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Palliative care; existential; spiritual; brain tumour; spouse;

    Sammanfattning : Spiritual/existential questions are activated when death becomes a real threat, regardless of whether one has an atheistic or a religious background. Since health care staff are often in charge of severely ill and dying people, they should be able to offer situation-bound support in existential crises, and also to know when to call for expert assistance such as the hospital chaplain. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Andlighetens ordning : En diskursiv läsning av tidskriften Pilgrim

    Författare :Ulrika Svalfors; Mattias Martinson; Karin Sporre; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Pilgrim; spiritual guidance; Foucault; discourse; strategy; subject position; subject construction; intersectionality; gender; sexuality; ethnicity; class; discipline; normalization; heteronormativity; orientalism; Systematic theology; Systematisk teologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis takes as its point of departure the question "is there a connection between ordinary Swedish Christianity and the extreme forms of various examples?". As a way of concidering possible connections, a "normal" spiritual context in the Swedish setting is studied: the Christian magazine "Pilgrim. A magazine for spiritual guidance". 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. Att ge liv : aspekter av fruktbarhet i tid och rum

    Författare :Penny Fagerberg; Susanne Lundin; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pedagogik; Education;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the study is to explore the context in wich fertility - to give life - is perceived. Human beings are by necessity constructing meaning in order to survive, it is a part of their biological preconditions. Meaning is created and constructed in a society and a culture at a given historic time. LÄS MER