Sökning: "Martyrdom"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 12 uppsatser innehållade ordet Martyrdom.
1. Hard to be Human : Shaping the Self in an Everchanging Narrative
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenSammanfattning : This study examines how an existentialistic perspective in a secular context can be enforcedby interpretations of the Self from a Christian martyr narrative. The existentialistic perspective being the questioning of meaning of life and death. LÄS MER
2. I en död som hans : En komparativ studie över hur martyrers tolkningar av martyrskap och dess lidande förändrats
Master-uppsats, Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för religionsvetenskap och teologiSammanfattning : The objectives of this study is to investigate how the church has changed over time, with focus on how modernity has influenced the church’s construction of its identity through martyrs’ texts, and to contribute to theory development through analysis. The study takes its theoretical starting point in Rowan Williams perspective on history as stories we tell to understand who we are. LÄS MER
3. Makt, Moderskap, Maskulinitet : En narrativ läsarorienterad analys av Perpetuas och Felicitas martyrium
Kandidat-uppsats, Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för religionsvetenskap och teologiSammanfattning : The objective of this study is to investigate what the narrative of The Martyrdom of Saints Perpetua and Felicitas (Passio Sanctarum Perpetuae et Felicitatis), read in english translation by Herbert Musurillo, seeks to persuade its reader about, and how. The study takes a theoretical starting point in professor Ross S. LÄS MER
4. Cults of Martyrdom : Exploring Rebel Cohesion Using Identity Fusion Theory
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningSammanfattning : The literature on rebel cohesion/fragmentation currently presents valid macro-level explanations for rebel group cohesion/fragmentation, yet no model currently exists exploring non-utility-based motivations regulating pro-group behaviour. This thesis tests the assumptions of a novel social psychological framework – Identity Fusion Theory – on rebel cohesion. LÄS MER
5. Lucia – För Syrakusa i tiden : En narratologisk undersökning av lucianarrativet i Jacobus de Voragines Legenda Aurea
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteternaSammanfattning : The purpose of this essay is to closer study the narrative of Saint Lucy in Jacobus de Voragine’s work Legenda Aurea to be able to contribute to the present lack of research regarding Lucy of Syracuse. The essay uses the theories of cultural memory and the theoretical narratological framework of Mikhail Bakhtin to answer the question on how Lucy is portrayed in the Legenda Aurea. LÄS MER