Avancerad sökning
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 31 uppsatser som matchar ovanstående sökkriterier.
1. Two Extreme Positions – A Gender Studies Approach to Homosexuality in Islam
Magister-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religionSammanfattning : In this thesis I compare two anti-gay fatwas by the Muslim scholar Muhammad Saalih al-Munajjid with the book Homosexuality in Islam by Scott Siraj al-Haqq Kugle, who is a professor at Emory University. The aim is to analyze how al-Munajjid and Kugle use the story of Lot in order to unpack and present two divergent readings of homosexuality. LÄS MER
2. Liturgisk textil och modernitet : En undersökning av sakrala textilier i en modernistisk kyrkorumskontext år 1960.
Magister-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/TextilvetenskapSammanfattning : A need for new churches arose in Sweden during the 1950’s when modern suburbs for the growing urban population were developed around the Swedish cities. Four architects, Peter Celsing, Sigurd Lewerentz, Hans Borgström and Bengt Lindroos, who were known for their profane modernist architecture, were commissioned to design three churches in Stockholm's new districts: S:t Tomas kyrka in Vällingby, St. LÄS MER
3. Floating Thresholds – On the Idea of the Portal in Architecture
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, KTH/ArkitekturSammanfattning : This project investigates a specific concept within architecture: the portal. Divided into eight independent chapters, all possible to read as stand-alone parts, the thesis – a hybrid essay consisting of text, images, drawings and models – uses the portal as a springboard, or tool, for approaching existing theories on the invisible forces that shape the world and our built environment. LÄS MER
4. The Lack of Love : The Sacred and the Suffering Experiences of Female Involuntary Celibates
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiSammanfattning : This ethnographic study investigates the reality of female involuntary celibates. To understand how the identification of being a female involuntary celibate has developed online in a shared online environment, I explore the experiences from women who identify as femcels and women who identity as forever alone women. LÄS MER
5. "Thor Drives a Tesla" : Ritual and Sacred Space in Swedish Heathenism
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologiSammanfattning : Heathenism is a branch of Paganism based on Germanic mythology, whose diverse spiritual beliefs are united by a common sacrificial ritual called blot. The Swedish Heathen organization The Swedish Forn Sed Assembly [Samfundet Forn Sed Sverige] is a self-described nature religion, who see nature as sacred and whose public blot ceremonies are held outside in order to commune with the gods. LÄS MER
