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1. 11. Sharers in Divine Nature : 2 Peter 1:4 in Its Hellenistic Context

   Författare :James M Starr; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hellenistic philosophy; incorruption; virtue; ethics; participation; knowledge; koinônos; divine nature; Epictetus; Seneca; Stoicism; Plutarch; Philo; Josephus; Old Testament; Paul; 2 Peter; General Epistles; Bible; New Testament; Corpus Hellenisticum; Bibelvetenskap;

   Sammanfattning : This book offers a theological study of an expression unique in biblical literature concerning the purpose of life: “that you might become sharers in divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4). Following an analysis of the text-immanent features in 2 Peter 1:1—11, the study delineates comparable notions of “sharers in divine nature” in selected writings that were current in the first century and contrasts these with 2 Peter. LÄS MER

3. 12. Living Shi'ism : Instances of Ritualisation among Islamist Men in Contemporary Iran

   Författare :David Thurfjell; David Westerlund; Catharina Raudvere; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History of religions; authorisation; uthority; basij; embodiment; emotion; Iran; Islam; Islamism; male religiosity; ritual; ritualisation; shi ism; sorrow; virtue; Religionshistoria; History of religion; Religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : Iranian Shi‘ism is, among other things, known for its rituals of sorrow. In the contemporary Iranian context, active participation in these rituals has become a sign of support for the Islamist regime. The aim of this study is to discuss the ritual activities in the lives of a group of supporters of the regime. LÄS MER

4. 13. Duellanten och rättvisan : Duellbrott och synen på manlighet i stormaktsväldets slutskede

   Författare :Christopher Collstedt; Historia; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Humaniora; History; Humanities; Genusvetenskap; Gender studies; virtue; violence; Sweden; religion; nobility; New Cultural History; military; masculinity; jurisprudence; judicial discourse; honour; ethics; early modern; crimes of duelling; culture; Historia; Modern history up to circa 1800 ; Tidig modern historia till ca. 1800 ; crimes of duelling; Historical Studies;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines duelling crimes in Sweden during the first half of the 18th century. During this period such crimes could involve verbal insults concerning honour as well as duelling, resulting in death. LÄS MER

5. 14. Upplysning utan förnuft : begär och frihet hos Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, David Hume och Montesquieu

   Författare :Victoria Höög; Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoria; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; John Locke; Thomas Hobbes; postmodernism; modernity; women; political freedom; classical republicanism; human nature; reason; virtue; passions; Enlightenment; desire; David Hume; Charles de Montesquieu.; History of philosophy; history of ideas; Filosofins historia; idéhistoria;

   Sammanfattning : This essay has three main aims. The first one is to give an overview of some hundred years of European intellectual history, bringing out new aspects of the classical thinkers. The analysis of the four philosophers Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, David Hume and Charles de Montesquieu aims at illustrating a general historical process, viz. LÄS MER

7. 15. Skuld och oskuld : barnamord och barnkvävning i rättslig diskurs och praxis omkring 1680–1800

   Författare :Eva Bergenlöv; Historia; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; honour; virtue; motherhood; marriage; Religious culture; gender; Historia;

   Sammanfattning : The objective of this thesis is to analyse how judicial texts concerning guilty and innocent mothers were constructed during the period of c. 1680-1800. The two crimes of infanticide and overlaying have been examined. Source materials have primarily consisted of proceedings from the appeals court, courts of first instance, and parish meetings. LÄS MER