Sökning: "Pentecostalism"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 uppsatser innehållade ordet Pentecostalism.

1. 1. Re-Imagining Civic Influence in Contemporary Uganda : A Study of Pentecostalism´s Role in the Empowerment of Kampala Youth

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Författare :Vincent Bagne Weinstock; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Youth; marginalisation; Pentecostalism; agency; identity-making; community of solidarity; empowerment; constructive behaviour; civil rights; participation; Kampala; Uganda;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores what role Pentecostalism has as an emerging actor in Uganda in terms of empowering the largely marginalised youth population. Therefore, the purpose of the thesis is to examine how Pentecostalism may contribute to youth´s participation and influence in society and, as such, the realisation of their civil rights as the sovereigns of the country. LÄS MER

3. 2. Grow your business for God. : Exploring entrepreneuship in the Pentecostal churches in Uganda.

   Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

   Författare :Tom Akuma; [2018]
   Nyckelord :Creative destruction; Entrepreneurship; Social entrepreneurship; Productive; unproductive; destructive entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial orientation; Stakeholder analysis; Protestant work ethic; Prosperity gospel;

   Sammanfattning : Pentecostalism has grown from its founding days in 1900 in Topeka, USA and has extended its reach to most parts the world including Africa where it took off in the 1970s and continues to grow with many mega churches being established. In addition to their main role of taking care of the spiritual development of their followers, many Pentecostal churches have begun to get involved in provision of social and economic goods and services. LÄS MER

4. 3. Give us this day our daily bread : The moral order of Pentecostal peasants in South Brazil

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Författare :Leonardo Marcondes Alves; [2018]
   Nyckelord :peasantry; Peasant Pentecostalism; peasantness; moral order; moral economy; multiple livelihood strategies; economic anthropology; anthropology of religion; Brazil; campesinato; pentecostalismo camponês; campesinidade; ordem moral; economia moral; múltiplas estratégias de subsistência; antropologia econômica; antropologia da religião; Brasil;

   Sammanfattning : This ethnography aims to identify the role of the Pentecostal beliefs that peasants in South Brazil use in justifying their life situations. Anthropological data were collected in the Sertão region of Jaguariaíva, in the Brazilian State of Paraná. LÄS MER

5. 4. The Ladies’ Chairman : Male Headship and Gender Equality in Pentecostal Ghana

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Författare :Dan Källström; [2015]
   Nyckelord :Ghana; Pentecostalism; Gender Equality; Male Headship; Anthropology of Ethics; Development;

   Sammanfattning : Within the field of international development there has in recent years been an emerging interest to explore how secular and faith-based modes of development may interact. Yet there remains a considerable knowledge gap in how religious values, believes and practices may challenge, accommodate or complement secular development agendas. LÄS MER

7. 5. "Love Thy Hindu Neighbor as Thyself" - A Field Study of North Indian Pentecostals' Perceptions of Hindu-Christian Relations

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap

   Författare :Julia Kuhlin; [2014]
   Nyckelord :Hindu-Christian relations; Pentecostalism; North India; Social Identity Theory; Hindu nationalism; Philosophy and Religion;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to better understand Hindu-Christian relations in the experience of North Indian Pentecostals. The study proceeds from a social identity theory (SIT) framework and is guided by three research questions. LÄS MER