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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 18 uppsatser innehållade ordet Wicca.
1. Wicca and Witchcraft on Instagram : a study of femininity and empowerment within the wicca and witchcraft movements as portrayed on Instagram
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenSammanfattning : In this essay, I have examined how wicca and witchcraft interacts with femininity and female empowerment. Wicca and witchcraft have become popular new-age movements which has a large presence online, where different accounts post content relation to their beliefs and practises. LÄS MER
2. "Cirkeln är svaret" : En studie om etiska och religiösa teman i Cirkeln
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaperSammanfattning : In this study we have analyzed the Swedish fantasy novel Cirkeln by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren (2011). The aim of the analysis was to investigate how the fantasy genre is influenced by christian ethics, and whether it is possible to use this novel when teaching students in upper secondary school about the core values expressed in the school curriculum, which is based on the values and ethics of western christian society. LÄS MER
3. De Gröna Häxorna : En analys av tre Wiccanska influerares bloggar
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleSammanfattning : This essay aims to provide an analysis of three wiccan bloggers descriptions of their religious lives. Namely how they present the relationship between wicca and nature, and whether nature conservation and environmental issues are described as religious activities and if the language makes use of religious arguments. LÄS MER
4. Häxor på nätet : En kvalitativ innehållsanalys av occulture i Witchtubers beskrivningar av rituell praktik och uppvisande av objekt i anslutning till högtiden Samhain
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på grundnivå, Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)Sammanfattning : The purpose of this essay is to concisely present an overview of the Pagan ritual practice before the Christianization of Ireland and the United Kingdom, which enables tracking down the connection and relationship between them and three American and British, Wiccan Youtube-creators nicknamed Witchtubers. Witchtuber’s description of Samhain and objects visible in chosen videos are analyzed from Christopher Partridge’s theory of Occulture along with the parameters of acceptance, harmonization and the centralization of Goddess-worship concluded by previous studies. LÄS MER
5. Women's empowerment in Neo-Paganism : A study of power and gender and what we can learn about women’s empowerment in Neo- Paganism.
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenSammanfattning : Too often women have a secondary place in religious institutions, with no possibility to influence or come into leading positions. This thesis aims to understand women’s empowerment by searching for such examples in Neo-Paganism, a growing New Religious Movement (NRM) in the west. LÄS MER
