Sökning: "transformation of tradition"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 62 avhandlingar innehållade orden transformation of tradition.
1. Förtröstans hermeneutik : Nathan Söderbloms lutheranvändning och traditionsbearbetningens problematik
Sammanfattning : Sayings about Christian tradition and its connection to the surrounding community and culture are in a higher degree made invisible in Swedish society today. This is due to a continuing move of secularization but also to the development of other understandings of tradition within a pluralistic society. LÄS MER
2. Face to face with the absent Buddha : The formation of Buddhist Aniconic art
Sammanfattning : Early art in Buddhist cultic sites was characterized by the absence of anthropomorphicimages of the Buddha. The Buddha was instead represented by different signs, like awheel, a tree, a seat and footprints. LÄS MER
3. Å gjøre dansen til sin : Bachelorstudenters levde erfaringer i moderne- og samtidsdans
Sammanfattning : The aim of this PhD-thesis is to explore bachelor students' lived experiences with different traditions in modern- and contemporary dance in a vocational dance education. The project is informed by Hans- Georg Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics and Max van Manen's hermeneutic phenomenological method. LÄS MER
4. Theologies Speak of Justice : A Study of Islamic and Christian Social Ethics
Sammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to investigate how religious ethics, while retaining its identity, can contribute to political debate and to the understanding of justice. The inquiry addresses these issues by focusing on theological perspectives which challenge the solutions offered to these questions by the liberal paradigm. LÄS MER
5. Indian Villages in Transformation : A longitudinal study of three villages in Uttar Pradesh
Sammanfattning : The focus of this longitudinal study is on the process of transformation of three Indian villages on the Ganga Plain. The research approach has been explorative and knowledge about changes in the villages has been gained cumulatively over a period of ten years through interviews and discussions with the villagers and through field observations. LÄS MER