Browsing Masteruppsatser / Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion by Title
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Becketts papegojor. Språk, tal och berättande
(2013-02-12)The parrot is a common symbol, or even cliché, in Western literature, going all the way back from ancient Greece to the present date, and in many a genre. This study reads the oeuvre of the Nobel Prize winner Samuel ... -
Begravningsplatser och begravningar i ett mångkulturellt samhälle En etnografisk fallstudie av Varabygdens begravningsplatser
(2024-06-12)The thesis explores what is meant by multiculturalism in today's Sweden based on burial grounds and funerals in a minor municipality. This is done through an ethnographic case study of the municipality of Vara. The study ... -
Den besjälade naturen – naturpoesi och landskapsmåleri i 1890-talets Sverige. Symbolism och naturromantik hos Gustaf Fröding och prins Eugen.
(2017-01-27)The following thesis deals with the motif of nature and landscape within Swedish poetry and visual arts in the 1890s. The aesthetic change at the end of the 1880s towards a style, which more and more sought the opposition ... -
Betongfeeling. En studie av Nationalteaterns dramatik
(2016-06-30)This thesis examines how five selected dramas by Nationalteatern relates to Swedish working-class literature, but the text also serves the purpose of emphasizing the fact that Nationalteatern should be more recognized in ... -
Beyond Crime and Space. How Quentin Tarantino conveys temporality and spatiality in relation to the characters in Reservoir Dogs
(2017-02-20)In my thesis I examine how the screenplay author and director Quentin Tarantino uses the literary format of the screenplay to convey the spatiality and temporality of the characters in the narrative. I also investigate how ... -
Bli hel. Teologisk reflektion kring erfarenheter av förbön för helande hos personer med funktionsnedsättningar
(2018-01-26)The aim of this thesis is to contribute to constructive theology regarding disability and healing, based on experiences of prayer for healing among persons with disabilities. Methodologically, emphasis proceeds from ... -
Catholic Public Theology on YouTube: The Articulation of Public Theology on Social Media
(2021-01-28)This study explores the articulation of Catholic public theology on the social media platform YouTube. To do this it works with both a minimal and maximal definition of public theology and establishes several markers and ... -
Charisma in the Spiritual Marketplace -an Ethnographic Study of How Spiritual Teachers in Ubud Perform to Be Assigned Charismatic Authority
(2024-06-07)This study, based on ethnographic fieldwork, explores how spiritual teachers in Ubud, manage self-presentation to be assigned charisma. By understanding contemporary spirituality as a spiritual marketplace, applying Max ... -
Dans och framtid. 1890 års Ghost Dance-rörelse och de nordamerikanska ursprungsfolkens religiösa praktiker i svensk-amerikanska tidningar, 1857-1891
(2020-09-01)This thesis examines how Swedish-American newspapers portrayed the Ghost Dance movement of 1890 and the aftermaths following the associated Wounded Knee massacre on December 29th the corresponding year. The period of the ... -
Den heliga modern – en eländig fattig piga Den dubbelsidiga mariabilden i 1600-talets predikotexter i Sverige
(2023-07-04)This thesis examines the images of the Virgin Mary in sermons of seventeenth century Sweden. For the study a selection of four postils have been analysed, written by Simon Musæus, Martin Moller, Johannes Matthiæ and Lars ... -
Dhammapada och Bergspredikan. En jämförande studie av två levnadsläror
(2017-06-12)In this thesis I am comparing the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew with the Buddhist text Dhammapada. My purpose is to call attention to the similarities and differences between those prescriptive texts. I also ... -
Dietrich Bonhoeffer och den religionslösa kristendomen – eller att vara kristen är att vara människa
(2013-02-08)The overall purpose of the essay is to analyse what Dietrich Bonhoeffer meant by Religionless Christianity. For this I have chosen to use the substantial idea analysis. I first came across the concept of freedom of religion ... -
Digitala diharar och programmerade pukar: Ett utforskande av spelskapandets potential som akademisk publikationsform samt som verktyg för digitalisering och adaption av kulturarv
(2019-06-25)In this project I have created a game adaption of Swedish folklore regarding milk hares, to evaluate game design as a viable mode of academic publication, and as a way to preserve, adapt and present cultural heritage. ... -
Do Not Forsake Me, O God. Doctrinal Representation of God, Dualistic Literalism, and Attachment to God
(2022-06-17)The present study examines the relationship between individuals’ doctrinal and experiential representation of God, by inquiring for associations between dualistic literalism and attachment to God. By dualistic literalism ... -
Dopet för framtiden. En studie av teologiska motiv i dopgudstjänsten
(2014-06-27)This essay studies the christening rites in Church of Sweden and what theological motives that are present herein, and how the current revision of the rites have brought in new theological motives with the basis in the ... -
Droppar i rashavet: En vithetskritisk läsning av Maria Sandels Droppar i folkhavet
(2021-06-16)Although critical whiteness studies have yet to form a stable footing within the Swedish literary academia, its recognition within the field is increasing. The recent surge in research concerning early Swedish working-class ... -
En våg från framtiden En materiell ekokritisk läsning av P C Jersilds Efter floden
(2022-08-16)This study explores how different kinds of matter interact and intra-act with each other and with the human dimension in Jersild’s Efter floden. This according to the notion that these intra-actions produce configurations ... -
Enhet av olika slag: En komparativ studie av Amma och Bhagavans Oneness rörelse i Indien och Sverige
(2013-08-06)The process of globalization is today an increasingly integrated component within the academic field of religious studies. As more and more religious movements work as transnational agents, and have the ability to spread ... -
Etik i klimatförändringens tid - en jämförelse mellan den antika dygdeetiken och vår samtida ekofilosofiska diskurs
(2022-06-20)Climate changes is a real threat against a prosperous planet. According to reports from The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is it now urgent to change direction concerning carbon dioxide emissions, ... -
Face to face: the Beatific Vision according to Gregory of Nyssa and Thomas Aquinas
(2023-06-29)Abstract: This dissertation aims to retrieve the doctrine of the beatific vision from the works of Gregory of Nyssa and Thomas Aquinas, hence the research question is: What are the respective understandings of the beatific ...