Sökning: "the concept of God"

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1. 1. The Hermetic Piety of the Mind : A Semiotic and Cognitive Study of the Discourse of Hermes Trismegistos

   Författare :J. Peter Södergård; Anders Hultgård; Jörgen Podemann Sörensen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of religions; Religionshistoria; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : The present work explores how the concept mind is used in the discourse of Hermes Trismegistos for the bringing forth of a Hermetic piety of mind, which culminates in mystical vision and in the divinization of the initiand. In focus are some constitutive elements of a religious discourse stemming from Hellenistic and Roman Egypt, and which has survived largely in the form of spiritually instructive dialogues, written in the name of Hermes Trismegistos or in the names of those associated with him. LÄS MER

3. 2. "God Wants It!" : The Ideology of Martyrdom of the Hebrew Crusade Chronicles and Its Jewish and Christian Background

   Författare :Lena Roos; Anders Hultgård; Katrin Almbladh; Stefan Schreiner; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of religions; Martyrdom; First Crusade; Judaism; religious change; inter-religious relations; persecutions of Jews; suicide; infanticide; forced conversion; Religionshistoria; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History Of Religions; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation deals with the ideology of martyrdom of the Hebrew Chronicles which were written in response to the persecutions of the Rhineland Jews during the First Crusade in 1096. The Chronicles describe how thousands of Jews died, some of whom were killed by the crusaders, others killed each other or committed suicide rather than being forcibly bap­tized or killed by the crusaders. LÄS MER

4. 3. "Herren är mitt ibland oss" – en analys av föreställningar om gudsnärvaro i Den svenska kyrkohandboken från 1986

   Författare :Boel Hössjer Sundman; Sven-Erik Brodd; Bernice Sundkvist; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Church studies; The presence of God; Church of Sweden; liturgical texts; personal; non-personal; the 1986 Swedish Service Book; God; humankind; Divine Service; relation; general presence; event; process in humankind; the absence of God; prayer; Eucharist; forgiveness; blessing; Kyrkovetenskap; Church studies; Kyrkovetenskap; kyrkovetenskap; kyrkovetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation studies the ways in which conceptions of the presence of God are described in the Swedish Church Service Book that was adopted by the Church Assembly of the Church of Sweden in 1986. The author has used a systematic theological method when making a close textual analysis of the liturgical texts used at the Sunday services. LÄS MER

5. 4. Gud och vardagsspråket : En religionsfilosofisk förutsättningsanalys

   Författare :Linda Fromm Wikström; Eberhard Herrmann; Karin Johannesson; Olof Franck; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Truth; reality; language; everyday language; conceptual scheme; metaphysical realism; anti-realism; metaphysical anti-realism; non-realism; God; presuppositions; transcendental argument; philosophy of religion; Donald Davidson; Michael P. Lynch; Eberhard Herrmann; Hilary Putnam; Alessandra Tanesini; Karin Johannesson; Erica Appelros.; Philosophy of religion; Religionsfilosofi; Philosophy of Religion; Religionsfilosofi;

   Sammanfattning : The main purpose of this dissertation is to answer the question of how one can understand the fact that we mean very different things when we say that God exists and when we say that chairs, mountains and trees exist, and that it is still a matter of existence. On the one hand it seems that we talk about the same thing when we say that something exists, irrespective of what it is, on the other hand it seems to be a question of very different things depending on what it is we are talking about as existing. LÄS MER

7. 5. The Purpose of Evolution : the 'struggle for existence' in the Russian-Jewish press 1860-1900

   Författare :Joakim Philipson; Per-Arne Bodin; David Gaunt; Gabriella Safran; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Darwinism; evolution; struggle for existence; reception; Jews; Russia; discourse analysis; isomorphism; integration; slaviska språk; Slavic Languages;

   Sammanfattning : In late 19th century Russia, Darwinism was viewed as a measuring-rod of modernity. Thus, the Jewish reception of Darwinism may serve as an indicator of the extent to which the Jews in Russia were part of the modernization of Russian society. LÄS MER