Sökning: "God and the Devil"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 uppsatser innehållade orden God and the Devil.
1. Vendre son �me � Dieu - r�flexions autour d?un topos suppos�dans Les Mis�rables
Kandidat-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Romanska och klassiska institutionenSammanfattning : This study examines some of the literary topoi in Victor Hugo’s work Les Misérables, to see how these topoi resemble the topoi present in the typical stories of the devil. The study also poses the question of whether the theme “selling your soul to God” qualifies as a topos. LÄS MER
2. De predikande pigorna i 1700-talets Sverige: medicinska och teologiska föreställningar om övernaturlig fasta, svärmeri och besatthet
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för idé- och lärdomshistoriaSammanfattning : The Preaching Maids in 18th Century Sweden: medical and theological conceptions of supernatural fast, enthusiasm and possession. This thesis examines the relationship between medicine and theology in 18th century Sweden through supernatural fast, enthusiasm (svärmeri) and possession, three terms that all encompass religiously understood diseases. LÄS MER
3. Barn och unga i sekter ur ett perspektiv av hederskultur
Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA)Sammanfattning : The aim of this essay was to investigate children's and young people's living conditions within sects and within honor culture, and to examine similarities and differences between children's vulnerability within a context of sect and a context of honor. This was done by performing an analysis of two journalistic books that depict experiences based on both contexts. LÄS MER
4. Harry Potter, en omoralisk och farlig bokserie? : En innehållsanalys om religiös riktad kritik och skapandet av moralpanik och folkdjävlar, utifrån författaren Richard Abanes
Kandidat-uppsats, Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)Sammanfattning : Abstract The questions of this essay are: What is Richard Abanes’s criticism against occult elements in the Harry Potter books? How can Abanes’s – from a Christian point of view - religiously motivated criticism of the four first Harry Potter books be seen as an expression of moral panic and the construction of folk devils according to Cohen's scientific theory in popular culture? The questions are answered through a content analysis of Richard Abanes's book Harry Potter and the Bible: the menace behind the magick based on Stanley Cohen's theory of moral panic and folk devils. The aim is thus to develop a religious-scientific understanding of religiously motivated criticism of popular culture. LÄS MER
5. Fågel, fisk eller häst? En samhällsanalys utifrån ornamentiken i The Staffordshire hoard
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/ArkeologiSammanfattning : The Staffordshire hoard was found on 5 July 2009 outside Lichfield, close to Hammerwich. It is one of the biggest hoards that has been found in England. It consists of more than 3000 pieces and has been dated to the Anglo-Saxon period. LÄS MER