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Smith, Rachael D. "Contemporary Paganism in America : the role of heterosexual and homosexual males in a female oriented religion." Virtual Press, 2006. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1347736.
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This study explores the origins and development of one of America's largest alternative religions, contemporary Paganism, while placing emphasis on the roles of homosexual and heterosexual males within a movement that is dominated by women and focused on a Goddess, rather than a God. This gendered examination demonstrates contemporary Paganism's roots in the counterculture movement of the 1960s, and investigates how rituals have changed for boys within the movement, as well as ritual modification among homosexual males. This study reveals a reverse sexism among contemporary Pagan women toward males within the community and how this group is still working toward understanding and acceptance between the sexes. With an ever growing presence and over 300, 000 contemporary Pagans in the United States to date, this religious group adds to the changing contours of American religion.Ball State UniversityMuncie, IN 47306Department of History
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Sav, Adem. "Broadening the Scope of Work-Life Balance: Experiences of Australian Muslim Men as an Ethno-Religious Minority." Thesis, Griffith University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366212.
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Work-life balance is a pressing issue for the global workforce and features in much current media and academic debate. While the wealth of research in this area offers great depth and understanding, most research has been conducted in Western societies on white, English-speaking Anglo-Saxon populations. Emerging research demonstrates that cultural beliefs, values and norms can considerably influence work and non-work experiences. This thesis examines how Australian Muslim men interpret, experience and achieve work-life balance (WLB). As such, this research offers a different context to existing work-family theoretical models by demonstrating how religiosity influences balance, conflict and enhancement between work and non-work roles for Muslim men, a culturally diverse ethno-religious minority in Australia.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Public Health
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Shields-Más, Chelsea. "The Irish Christian holy men : Druids reinvented? /." Connect to online version, 2008. http://ada.mtholyoke.edu/setr/websrc/pdfs/www/2008/292.pdf.
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Lott, Bruce R. "Becoming Mormon Men: Male Rites of Passage and the Rise of Mormonism in Nineteenth-Century America." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2000. http://patriot.lib.byu.edu/u?/MTGM,23536.
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Selner, Charles Arthur. "Exploring the spiritual base of gay men in substance abuse treatment." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2008. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3339.
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The purpose of this study was a qualitative exploration of how gay men experienced the spiritual base of a substance abuse treatment program. The specific clientele are gay men who completed at least sixty days participation in an intensive LGBT outpatient treatment program and were living in a sober residence known as The Studios of Palm Springs, CA. The research question asked whether this program worked to develop spirituality for gay men.
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Van, Der Watt Jacobus Stephan. "Images of men and masculinities within cultural contexts : a pastoral assessment." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/19742.
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Thesis (DTh) -- Stellenbosch University, 2007.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study is an endeavour on the cutting edge of the field of practical theology. It engages in a pastoral assessment of contemporary men and masculinities in their manifold representations and embodiments. An in-depth assessment of current schemata of interpretation (on the issue of masculinity), is done within different cultural contexts, aiming to hermeneutically put this into dialogue with a pastoral-anthropological view on masculinity. This dialogue is initiated in order to gain deeper insight into diverse masculinities and the challenges they face in their search for meaning, intimacy and vitality. The point of the dialogue here is rather to describe than to prescribe. The dissertation analyses ‘masculinities as experienced and enacted’ in life and ‘masculinities as represented’ in the mass media as well as in other forms of pop culture, through a multidisciplinary perspective. It is further aimed at the contextual, theological deconstruction of these cultural representations and the establishment and furthering of meaningful connections between male identity, human dignity and Christian spirituality. The focus in contemporary (sociological and psychological) research on masculinity is on enactment of masculinities or ‘doing’ masculinities rather than ‘being’ masculine. The dominant cultural images of masculinity within a globalising life-order suggest and promote materialistic values such as efficiency, performance, mechanisation and functionality. These images are assessed and the interplay between it (the cultural images) and conceptualisations of God (God-images) are explored. This study asserts that men’s identity, self-understanding and spirituality is shaped in many ways by these images, but that the image of the crucified and risen Christ can indeed serve as a meaningful and normative-critical counter-image to the macho-images portrayed by most postmodern masculinities (which many men presently experience as confusing). This counter-image of Christ can transcend the abuse of power, the focus on performance and the commodification of male embodiment, in men’s lives, as they engage in a spirituality of vulnerable courage. A pastoral-anthropological perspective is employed in order to shift the emphasis on male identity in terms of gender and sexuality, towards a spiritual understanding of male identity in terms of human dignity and human destiny (i.e. the quest for meaning). The important question of the relationship between power, masculinity and male embodiment is addressed. Essentialist ideas about masculinity are deconstructed, and a re-interpretation thereof is introduced within a view of reality that affirms and embraces an earth-centred and embodied spirituality. Masculinity and male identity is in that sense “saved” from a commercial reduction by means of an eschatological and pneumatological perspective. This theological re-interpretation of masculinity presents a critical factor on the cultural notion that manhood is something that must be validated by means of performance (especially on the terrain of sexuality). Masculinity, viewed from an eschatological perspective, is thus more than virility that has to be manifested by doing functions. The culturally-determined understanding of masculinity - in terms of brutal power and control – is in this sense ‘emasculated’ in this study. In the light of Christ’s resurrection, there is new hope for the re-interpretation of masculinity. The postmodern man’s resurrection is therefore not guaranteed by the “Viagra-magic blue pill”, but in actual fact by the resurrection of Christ who daily unleashes and affirms new meaningful dimensions of hope in the globalised life-matrix. The power of masculinity thus lies in embodying vulnerability and mutual relationality, contesting unilateral and hierarchical relations. Within this context manhood is not equal to the size of achievement or success, nor performances or powerful penetration, but it rather denotes the capacity for lovingly hospitable relationships and the measure of the soul’s depth of character, i.e. its capacity to embody and affirm the courage to be.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie is ‘n navorsingsreis op die snykant van die veld van praktiese teologie. Dit neem deel aan ’n pastorale ondersoek van hedendaagse mans en manlikhede in die verskeie opsigte waarop hul verteenwoordig en beliggaam word. ’n In-diepte assessering van huidige interpretasie-skemas - oor die onderwerp van manlikheid - word gedoen binne verskillende kulturele kontekste, met die doel om dit hermeneuties in dialoog te bring met ’n pastoraal-antropologiese perspektief op manlikheid. Hierdie dialoog word geïnisieër ten einde dieper insig te verkry in diverse manlikhede en die uitdagings wat hulle die hoof moet bied in hul soeke na sin, intimiteit en vitaliteit. Die punt van hierdie dialoog is eerder om te beskryf as om voor te skryf. Die dissertasie analiseer – deur ’n multi-dissiplinêre invalshoek - ‘manlikhede soos dit ervaar en uitgeleef word’ in die lewe asook ‘manlikhede soos dit verteenwoordig word’ in die massa media sowel as in ander vorme van populêre kultuur. Dit is verder gemik op die kontekstuele, teologiese dekonstruksie van hierdie kulturele verteenwoordigings, asook die tot stand bring en bevordering van betekenisvolle verbande tussen manlike identiteit, menswaardigheid en Christelike spiritualiteit. Die fokus in hedendaagse (sosiologiese en sielkundige) navorsing oor manlikheid val op die uitleef van manlikhede oftewel die ‘doen’ van manlikhede, eerder as om manlik te ‘wees’. Die dominante kulturele beelde van manlikheid binne ’n geglobaliseerde lewensbestel suggereer en bevorder materialistiese waardes soos effektiwiteit, prestasie, meganisasie en funksionaliteit. Hierdie beelde word ge-evalueer en die interaksie tussen dit (die kulturele beelde) en moontlike konseptualiserings van God (Godsbeelde) word verken. Hierdie studie voer aan dat mans se identiteit, selfverstaan en spiritualiteit op velerlei maniere gevorm word deur hierdie beelde, maar dat die beeld van die gekruisigde en opgestane Christus inderdaad kan dien as ’n betekenisvolle en normatief-kritiese kontra-beeld tot die “macho”-beelde wat deur meeste postmoderne manlikhede versinnebeeld word (maar wat baie mans huidiglik as verwarrend ervaar). Hierdie kontra-beeld van Christus kan die misbruik van mag, asook die fokus op prestasie en die kommodifisering van manlike beliggaming oorstyg in mans se lewens – deurdat hulle deelneem aan ’n spiritualiteit van weerlose moed. ‘n Pastoraal-antropologiese perspektief word dus hier benut ten einde die klem op manlike identiteit in terme van gender en seksualiteit te verskuif, in die rigting van ‘n spirituele verstaan van manlike identiteit in terme van menswaardigheid en menslike bestemming (d.i. die soeke na sin). Die belangrike vraagstuk van die verhouding tussen mag, manlikheid en manlike beliggaming word aangeraak. Essentialistiese idees oor manlikheid word gedekonstrueer, en ’n herinterpretasie daarvan word voorgestel binne ’n werklikheidsverstaan wat ’n aards-gesentreerde en beliggaamde spiritualiteit bevestig en waardeer. Manlikheid en manlike identiteit word in hierdie opsig “gered” van ’n kommersiële verskraling deur middel van ’n eskatologiese en pneumatologiese perspektief. Hierdie teologiese herinterpretasie van manlikheid bied ’n kritiese faktor op die kulturele opvatting dat manwees iets is wat gevalideer moet word deur middel van prestasie (veral op die gebied van seksualiteit). Manwees, gesien vanuit ‘n eskatologiese perspektief, is dus meer as viriliteit wat gemanifesteer moet word deur doen-funksies. Die kultureel-bepaalde verstaan van manlikheid – in terme van brutale mag en beheer - word in hierdie opsig ‘ontman’ binne hierdie navorsingstuk. In die lig van Christus se opstanding is daar nuwe hoop vir die herinterpretasie van manlikheid. Die postmoderne man se opstanding word daarom nie gewaarborg deur die “Viagra tower blou pil” nie, maar eintlik deur die opstanding van Christus, wat daagliks nuwe sinvolle dimensies van hoop in die geglobaliseerde lewensmatriks vrystel en bevestig. Die krag van manlikheid lê dus in die beliggaming van weerloosheid en wederkerige relasionaliteit, tesame met die weerstand bied teen unilaterale en hiërargiese verhoudings. Binne hierdie konteks is manwees nie gelyk aan die grootte van doelwitte wat bereik is of sukses, prestasie of kragtige penetrasie nie. Nee, manwees omvat eerder die kapasiteit vir liefdevolle, gasvrye verhoudings asook die afmeting van die siel se diepte van karakter, d.i. die kapasiteit daarvan om die ‘moed om te wees’ te beliggaam.
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Dreyer, Christian Hendrik. "Prediking in 'n konteks van die toenemende marginalisasie van die man." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2930.
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Thesis (MTh (Practical Theology and Missiology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.In the past, white men in South‐Africa benefited from the structures in society. These benefits led to certain stereotypical images of manhood, and raised specific expectations that men need to comply with. In the meantime, the situation in South‐Africa changed in such a way that white men do not benefit from the structures of society in the way they did in the past. All men are not affected in similar way by these changes. Certain men are affected in such a way that they experience crises, because they cannot comply with the expectations associated with earlier ways of thinking about what it is to be a man, and because they cannot compensate for their vulnerability. The issue about men’s vulnerability is aggravated by the fact that many white men were emotionally wounded during their compulsory national military service. The preaching event needs to place the crises that are experienced by many white men, in the light of the gospel. That will mean that preaching needs to make a contribution in order to help the men who are experiencing crises, to discover who they really are. They need to discover that they are vulnerable people through whom God is working in a particular way, not when they have power, but while they are experiencing their vulnerability. The destructive effects that certain structures in society and the desire for success have on people, need to be pointed out in the light of biblical witness. The important role that women fulfil with regard to emotional support to men, also need to be pointed out in the light of biblical witness. With regard to the last‐mentioned, it is not the intention to stereotype women by enforcing a certain role on them, but rather to focus the attention on an important reality. Preaching’s contribution concerning all the aspects mentioned so far, ought not to occur in a prescriptive manner. It should rather proclaim God’s work in such a way that hearers can come to a better understanding of what God wants to do through them, or is already doing through them, in order to have an effect on their way of doing and being. South‐African preaching, however, is full of moralisms. Moralistic preaching does not proclaim God’s work so that hearers can act by the virtue of that, but set requirements hearers must comply with in order to produce certain results. This type of preaching has the potential to aggravate the situation for men who are experiencing crises. To prevent the last‐mentioned possibility, preachers must have clarity about who and what the congregation is and what the function of the Biblical text ought to be.
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Miguel, Maiara R?bia. "O modelo religioso e a experi?ncia religiosa da comunidade mateana: uma an?lise ? luz de Max Scheler." Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas, 2016. http://tede.bibliotecadigital.puc-campinas.edu.br:8080/jspui/handle/tede/966.
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This study aims to analyze the influences that a religious model has on a religious community, stablishing a correlation between Max Scheler?s conception of religious model, ethical progress and religious experience with the bible text Sermon on Mount, specially, the Antitheses (Mt 5, 17-48) and the Lord?s Prayer ritual orientation. With this purpose, in this study is made a research to identify the religious model from Matthew?s community to understand the powerful influence to the construction of the meanings in the social world of this community. This study was possible approaching Max Scheler?s phenomenological works to contextualize the religious model, religious experience and ethical progress concepts. As well as, it was necessary to go deep in historical, social and exegetical aspects from Matthew?s bible text. It was necessary to enable the correlation method associated to the Matthew?s bible text phenomenological analyses to apply Scheler?s horizon to the bible reality, to answer what is the relation between a religious model and religious experience in the community from the Matthew?s bible text.
O presente trabalho tem o prop?sito de analisar as for?as de influ?ncia que o modelo religioso exerce em uma comunidade religiosa. Isso se fundamenta a partir da correla??o estabelecida entre a conceitua??o de modelo religioso, progresso ?tico e experi?ncia religiosa ao mundo social apreendido do texto b?blico o Serm?o da Montanha. A an?lise ter? como objeto a releitura do texto o Serm?o da Montanha, localizado no Evangelho de Mateus, em espec?fico, as Ant?teses (Mt 5.17-48) e a orienta??o ritual?stica do Pai-Nosso (Mt 6.5-15), ? luz do pensamento de Max Scheler. Partindo desse prop?sito, busca-se identificar o modelo religioso da comunidade mateana e compreender a for?a de influ?ncia desse modelo nos significados do mundo social dessa comunidade. O arcabou?o conceitual foi constru?do tendo como base obras do per?odo fenomenol?gico de Max Scheler para contextualiza??o dos conceitos de modelo religioso, progresso ?tico e experi?ncia religiosa. Foi necess?ria a constru??o de uma abordagem cr?tica dos aspectos hist?ricos, sociais e exeg?ticos da per?cope mateana. Por isso, foi poss?vel, a partir do m?todo da correla??o associado ? an?lise fenomenol?gica do Evangelho de Mateus, aplicar o horizonte conceitual scheleriano ? realidade dos vers?culos b?blicos, a fim de responder qual a rela??o entre modelo religioso e experi?ncia religiosa da comunidade mateana.
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Peshek, Brian. "Zen Masters at Play and on Play: A Take on Koans and Koan Practice." [Kent, Ohio] : Kent State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=kent1245605316.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Kent State University, 2009.Title from PDF t.p. (viewed March 3, 2010). Advisor: Jeffrey Wattles. Keywords: Zen; Chan; Ch'an; Play; Koan; gongan; kung-an; kōan; Blue Cliff Record; Biyanlu; Pi yan lu; Hekiganroku; Wumenguan; Wu-men kuan; Mumonkan; Xuedou Qiongxian; Hsüeh-tou Ch'ung-hsien; Setchō Jūken; Yuanwu Keqin; Yuan-wu K'o-ch. Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-95).
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Winther, Tine. "Men vad är det du gör? : Om arbetet med unga i svåra livssituationer med fokus på livsberättelsen." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Centrum för praktisk kunskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-33446.
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Title of this master thesis is “But what are you doing? Working with young people in difficult life situations focusing on the life stories.” Through practical knowledge theory, I will try to find ways to depict knowledge that cannot be fully explained in models or methods. I want to highlight what my career is about. I'm not a social worker, I'm not a therapist, a bit of an behaviourist, but without an exam. I do this by showing how I work with the individual's life stories, helping young people in vulnerable life situations to gain an understanding of their skills, abilities and interests. I have a narrative starting point in my work. By this I mean that through my conversations with young adults and their networks, are interested in how people use and relate to their life stories. I have also given some examples of how I use fictional stories like as a mask, to help the individual reflect on their own life situation. Through conversations with young adults and professional partners I have tried to show how I work for the individual to own his own process.Genom praktisk kunskapsteori försöker jag finna vägar att gestalta den kunskap som inte fullständigt kan förklaras i modeller eller metoder. Jag vill belysa vad min yrkesroll går ut på. Jag är inte socionom, jag är inte terapeut, lite beteendevetare, men utan examen. Jag gör detta genom att visa hur jag arbetar med individens livsberättelser, hjälper unga i utsatta livssituationer att få syn på sina färdigheter, förmågor och intressen. Jag har i mitt arbete en narrativ utgångspunkt. Med det menar jag att genom mina samtal med unga och deras nätverk är intresserad av hur människor använder och förhåller sig till sina livsberättelser. Jag har också givit några exempel på hur jag använder fiktiva berättelser som mask, för att hjälpa individen att reflektera kring den egna livssituationen. Genom samtal med unga vuxna och professionella samverkansparter har jag försökt visa hur jag arbetar för att individen ska äga sin egen process.
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Hussain, Jawad. "Reproductive Life Planning in the Refugee Community: Focus on the Role of Men and Religion." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623441.
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A Thesis submitted to The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine.Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the capacity to understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions. Women seen at Maricopa Integrated Health System (MIHS) Refugee Women’s Health Clinic (RWHC) are routinely offered education on developing a Reproductive Life Plan (RLP). In order to influence women’s reproductive health and medical decision‐making, there is a need to tailor RLP counseling to engage their male partners in the refugee community. We aimed to assess increased knowledge on preconception care related to the importance of developing a RLP, perspectives on birth spacing, and the influence of men as well as religion in medical decision‐making. We aimed to identify the refugee community’s receptivity to culturally and linguistically appropriate audiovisual modalities. Study participants comprised 120 refugees (39 men and 81 women) including couples, across the respective target languages with pre‐ and post‐Likert scale surveys assessing perspectives on RLP, birth spacing, the role of religion, and readiness for behavior change. Summary statistics examined changes in pre‐ and post‐Likert scale survey responses with responses dichotomized as Strongly agree/Agree compared against all other responses. A higher frequency of male respondents agreed about knowing what RLP means in the posttest relative to pretest (71.8% to 89.7%, P = 0.016) as well as 'Not having children…' (41% to 64.1%, P=0.035). Female respondents were more likely to agree to 'Know what RLP means' (76.5% to 86.4%, P =0.039) and 'Having a baby soon after…' (65.4% to 76.5%, P =0.035) after the training. They also were less likely to agree that 'RLP is about birth control' (71.6% to 59.3%, P =0.021). Amongst Muslim participants, we found improvement in knowing what RLP means (65.5% to 87.9%) and that it is important for men to have a RLP (67.2% to 84.5%). Cronbach’s alpha was used to measure internal inconsistency, with most values less than 0.5 and deemed unacceptable. Only one value, birth spacing, was > 0.6 and deemed questionable. There was the same degree of concordance, yet there also was discordance in the direction of opinions between women and men pre vs post‐test answers. When comparing couples pre and posttest, there was no significant differences observed across genders. This is the first reported U.S. initiative to provide a culturally and linguistically appropriate preconception health education. Project had demonstrated ability to mobilize several ethnic communities around the RLP. Respondents among both genders were more likely to agree about knowing what RLP means. The most challenging aspect of our community mobilization efforts was recruiting a larger sample size. Another limitation was the use of the Likert scale in a population with low literacy as there were some discrepancies in responses to negatively‐worded questions. Future studies could use a visual analog scale of smiley faces to assist those with limited literacy and incorporate a more global feel.
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Hoey, Danny M. Jr. "Can These Bones Live? A Collection of Stories." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28431/.
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The collection concerns itself with race, gender, masculinity, marginalization, the act of violence as a means of self expression, identity and the performance of identity, love, and loss. The collection also uses historical events-more specifically, events that are central to black culture in Northeast, Ohio- to situate the characters and witness their response to these historical events. I strive to illustrate blackness as both political and fragmented with the characters in my collection. My characters believe that what they are doing-exacting violence, abusing women, disrespecting each other- is somehow the normative; that somehow what it is that they have learned is how they should perform black identity.
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Beitler, Alan J. "The impact of social context on theological belief and political involvement the life stories of three Mennonite men /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.
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Hoyt, Jason. "The purpose of life." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Engfors, Margreth, and Betty Gradin. "Vad motiverar vårdnadshavares val av förskola med religiös profil." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-170345.
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Syftet är att undersöka 62 stycken vårdnadshavares beskrivning av hur de motiverar val av förskola med religiös profil utifrån ett fenomenologiskt perspektiv. Vår frågeställning är: Hur beskriver vårdnadshavarna sitt val av förskola? Hur beskriver vårdnadshavarna sina upplevelser av en förskola med religiös profil? Tillsammans med fenomenologi och begreppen fenomen, förförståelse och livsvärld så kom vi till resultatet att det var väldigt individbaserat men att det fanns flera sammanhängande teman. De beskrev valet av förskolan utifrån rekommendationer, personligt besök av förskolan och dess närhet till hemmet. Flera tog upp den religiösa profilen som anledning för val av förskola samt att flera valde förskolan utöver den religiösa profilen. Vi har funnit att vårdnadshavare ser förskolor med specifik profil som ett komplement till barnens utveckling och att det beror mera på deras egen syn på vad förskolan kan bidra till deras barn.
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North, Naomi. "Fall Like a Man." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1460115929.
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Fransson, André. "Like a Prayer : En studie om hur religion skildras i populärkulturen med fokus på Madonna." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-33251.
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Syftet med uppsatsen var att undersöka hur kristendomen framställs i i populärmusik med Madonna som fokus. Som metod har jag genomfört videoanalyser av två av Madonnas musikvideos, Like a prayer och Oh Father. Teorin som använts är social konstruktivism som från början är presenterad av sociologiprofessorerna Peter L. Berger och Thomas Luckmann. Jag har även riktat fokus mot skolan då jag undersökt hur och i vilken utsträckning musik och musikvideos kan användas i utbildningssyfte. Enligt 2011 års läroplan står det att elevernas estetiska aspekter ska uppmärksammas och att bland annat musicerande ska vara inslag i skolans verksamhet. Teorin för detta är hämtad från Antal-Lundström som förespråkar en estetisk pedagogik för att nå ut till eleverna. Hypotesen har varit att med hjälp av musik kan man som lärare fånga och bibehålla elevernas intresse under lektionen. Utifrån det har ett förslag till lektionsplanering presenterats. I lgr 11:s kursplan för religionskunskap står det i det centrala innehållet att bland annat ska behandla hur olika livsfrågor skildras i populärkulturen. Min didaktiska slutsats är att musik och musikvideos kan lämpa sig bra som diskussionsunderlag i klassrummet inom ämnet religionskunskap. Min didaktiska slutsats är dock endast teoretisk då det inte har funnits tillfälle att testa detta i verkligheten.
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Moberg, Jessica. "Karismatik och reflektion i högmoderniteten : En kvalitativ intervjustudie med tre medlemmar i New Life församling, Stockholm." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Gender, Culture and History, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-889.
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Paepke, Filip. ""Det handlar väldigt mycket om livet" : En fallstudie om tillämpningen av och elevers möte med livsåskådningsbegreppet i gymnasieskolans religionskunskapsämne." Thesis, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, HLK, Ämnesforskning, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-40007.
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In the school subject religious education in Sweden, there is a term which easily becomes overlooked, the concept »view of life« (in Swedish: livsåskådning). The concept includes both religious and non-religious world views and is a wider term than religion. Swedish scholars have different approaches to what a view of life can be, which have resulted in a range of interpretations and an uncertainty regarding how teachers should approach the concept in their teaching. In this student thesis I attempt to structure a teaching model, which takes its starting point out of Anders Jeffner’s theories and understanding of the essence of the concept and implement his definition in a teaching situation. The teaching model connects both to the students’ own personal standpoints as well as to more established and collective views of life. This teaching model is being tested and observed as a case study in upper secondary school in order to gather research material and discuss how the students face and understand content and function related to the concept. Furthermore I intend to discuss if Jeffner’s definition is a functioning way to adress views of life in religious education. The result of this thesis is that the students notice a wide range of perspectives of what a view of life can consist of in terms of suppositions and values, as well as its functional effects on an individual and a collective level. However, there is a challenge in translating theoretical concepts and adapting content to a student level.
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Sponton, Lina, and Maria Edin. ""Det finns ju med lite överallt" : En kvalitativ studie om religionslärares reflektioner kring sin etikundervisning." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Lärarutbildning, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-12971.
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Being able to reflect, evaluate and justify your views is an important part of adult life. Moral education can be a path to develop this knowl-edge; however, it is possible that the moral education gets more obscure when it is not a separate subject. The purpose with this essay is to examine the need of moral education and the presence and the framing of moral education of seven teachers in religion. The purpose is also to analyse where and how the moral education should be included in the curriculum. The survey was conducted through qualitative interviews with a hermeneutic approach. Many scientists and philosophers have deliberated over ethics, the need of moral education and the design of the moral education. The informants have described their methods and the space the ethics gets in their own tutoring. Further they reflected the need of ethics and moral education and students’ attitude to ethics and religion. They also reflected upon the subject of religions limited sched-ule time. Based on what former research has shown and what the informants has described can be concluded that moral education is important and that there are several methods to use in the teaching of ethics. In addition, there are arguments that the moral education would benefit from being an isolated subject in school.
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Turek, Magdalena Maria. ""In this body and life"." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philosophische Fakultät III, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16694.
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Tantrische Praktiken von Meditation in Zurückgezogenheit sind auf der tibetischen Hochebene seit mindestens einem Jahrtausend verbreitet, doch ihre äußerst elitäre und geheime Natur hat ihre Erforschung bisher verhindert. Diese Dissertation definiert die vormoderne Struktur der eremitischen Tradition in Khams, die von der Ris med-Bewegung festgelegt wurde, und widmet sich der Wiederbelebung dieser Tradition im modernen Khams unter der chinesisch-kommunistischen Herrschaft. Die Fallstudie bildet die ’Ba’ rom bKa’ brgyud- "Meditationsschule von La phyi" (La phyi sgom grwa) mit Fokus auf den gTum mo-Verwirklicher Tshul khrims mthar phyin (geb. 1947), der als zeitgenössische Verkörperung des Mi la ras pa gilt. Gemäß der Dissertation liegt die rituelle und soziale Macht des tibetischen Eremiten in der Ausführung, Verkörperung und Aussöhnung von Paradoxa: das Erreichen von soteriologischen Zielen im weltlichen Leben sowie die Lösung der Dilemmas der Tibeter in Krisenzeiten. So wird Entsagung zu einer affirmativen Strategie, die Netzwerke aktiviert, die wiederum Eremiten, ihre Linien, Praktiken und Trainingsstätten seit Jahrhunderten unterstützten. Der Antrieb für soziale Ermächtigung der Einsiedler liegt in der Radikalität ihrer Entsagung, bei der nicht nur erwartet wird, Befreiung und Erleuchtung unvermeidlich zu generieren, sondern diese wie Mi la ras pa "in diesem Leib und Leben" zu verwirklichen. Eine solche wahrgenommene Transformation des Körpers durch Meditation ist entscheidend für die Befähigung der Eremiten, Widersprüche zu versöhnen und Einsiedeleien zu gründen, die als Orte für eine effektive Identitätskonstruktion und Sphären der Autonomie und Macht, die aus der lokale Geschichte und heilige Stätten gewonnen werden, dienen. Gerade in Krisenzeiten neigen Einsiedeleien dazu, Netzwerke zu bilden und zu einer alternativen Bewegung zu werden, die die etablierten Machtstrukturen umgeht oder gegen sie spricht, zugleich aber ihren religiösen Charakter behält.Tantric practices of meditation in retreat have been prevalent across the Tibetan Plateau since at least a millennium, yet their highly elitist and clandestine nature has hitherto prevented their exploration and analysis. This thesis defines the pre-modern structure of the hermitic tradition in Khams, codified by the nonsectarian Ris med movement, but devotes most attention to the examination of its revival in contemporary Khams under the Chinese communist rule through the case study of the ’Ba’ rom bKa’ brgyud “meditation school of La phyi” (La phyi sgom grwa), centered around the cotton-clad gtum mo-accomplisher Tshul khrims mthar phyin (b. 1947), eulogized as the contemporary embodiment of Mi la ras pa. The main claim of this dissertation is that the ritual and social power of the Tibetan hermit lies in the performance, embodiment and final reconciliation of paradox – generally attaining soteriological goals in mundane life and specifically, resolving the dilemmas of Tibetans during times of perceived crisis. Acts of renunciation become an affirmative strategy, activating networks that have sustained hermits, their lineages, practices, and training venues for centuries. The reason for social empowerment of hermits lies in the radical nature of their training, which by social agreement is not only bound to generate liberation and enlightenment, but is even able to yield fruit “in this very body and life,” in emulation of Mi la ras pa. Such transformation of the body through meditation is crucial to the hermit’s ability to reconcile contradictions and to establish hermitages as venues for effective identity construction and spheres of autonomy and power, extracted from local history and sacred geography. Especially in times of crisis, hermitages tend to form networks and evolve into a movement for counter-culture, which circumvents or speaks against the established power structures of the day, but at the same time, maintains its essentially religious character.
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Svensson, Mikael. "”När du pratar låter det som du har kräk i halsen” En undersökning om hur man didaktiskt kan arbeta med invandrarfientlighet i skolan “When you speak it sounds like you have vomit in your throat” A study on how to work with xenophobia in school." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-28425.
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Denna undersökning är en analys av hur lärare på konkret didaktiskt sätt kan arbeta med invandrarfientlighet, men framförallt islamofobi i skolan. Resultatet av undersökningen kommer att visa att invandrarfientlighet fortfarande är ett stort problem i Sverige och att både media med internet i spetsen har en stor roll i förmedlandet av denna bild. I skolan är kunskapen om hur man arbetar med denna problematik väldigt bristfällig, speciellt när fokus ligger på islamofobi. Ett antal stiftelser och organisationer arbetar med att få fram mer utbildningsmaterial för lärare som ska förenkla arbetet med denna problematik.This study is an analysis of how teachers in a concrete didactic way, can work with xenophobia, but especially Islamophobia in schools. The results of the study will show that xenophobia is still a big problem in Sweden and that both media with internet in the lead, has a major role in mediating this image. In schools, the knowledge of how to work with this problem is very poor, especially when the focus is on Islamophobia. A number of foundations and organizations are working to develop more educational materials for teachers that will simplify the way they can work with this problem.
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Griffith, Joseph K. II. ""That That Nation Might Live" - Lincoln's Biblical Allusions in the Gettysburg Address." Ashland University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=auhonors1399998979.
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Prado, Luis Antonio. "Patriarchy and machismo: Political, economic and social effects on women." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2623.
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This thesis focuses on patriarchy and machismo and the long lasting political, economic, and social effects that their practice has had on women in the United States and Latin America. It examines the role of the Catholic Church, political influences, social, cultural, economic and legal issues, historic issues (such as the Industrial Revolution), the importance of the family's preference for sons rather than daughters, and the differences in the raising of male and female children for their adult roles.
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Ogden, Jenna Noelle. "The Leprous Christ and the Christ-like Leper: The Leprous Body as an Intermediary to the Body of Christ in Late Medieval Art and Society." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1305075738.
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Lewis, Mark T. ""An Hungry Man Dreameth": Transcendental Film Theory and Stylistic Trends in Recent Institutional Films of the LDS Church." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6006.
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To the religiously minded, few things carry greater importance than a connection to the divine. For centuries, the literature of prophets and the work of gifted artists have served to create a liminal space where man and Maker can meet. The advent of cinema and the creation of the Internet pose unique questions for the artist seeking to lead an audience toward an encounter with God. In a modern world where discretionary time is dominated by on-demand video streaming, the value of understanding cinema and its myriad potential is particularly relevant. As a religious organization, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has eagerly (and to a certain extent, uniquely) embraced and used film to further its aims. This thesis will further the conversation already begun on the topic of spirituality in official LDS Church productions, particularly adding new analysis regarding the form and content of more recent institutionally produced films. How do stylistic trends in recent official film productions of the LDS Church relate to the broader academic and theological discussion regarding cinematic spirituality? After the introduction and thesis overview in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 will provide a survey of prominent works regarding cinematic spirituality. Theories that entertain how movies speak to human spirits are varied and highly subjective. Many theories about what makes a work "spiritual" grow from particular religious traditions and are informed by that theorist's beliefs about God's nature. Some theories are dependent on loosely measured criteria (editing pace, complexity of music, distance between camera and subject, etc.), while others rely almost entirely on the "feeling" a work conveys (which may or may not be determined by objectively measurable parts).Chapter 3 relates the prominent theories laid out in Chapter 2 to the cinematic efforts made by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the past two decades. Examining the form and content of these media projects will reveal trends that indicate inherent assumptions on the part of the LDS Church's media department regarding the purpose and potential of spirituality and film. Chapter 4 explores how the Church's typical approach compares and contrasts with films made by independent Latter-day Saint filmmakers. Some stylistic possibilities will be derived from the efforts of Mormon artists more generally and may have implications for how Latter-day Saint films could help spiritually engage audiences.
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Häggblom, Gunilla. "Livsmystik och destruktiv maktsträvan - två poler i Per Olof Sundmans författarskap : en undersökning med särskilt fokus på romanerna Expeditionen och Två dagar, två nätter." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-101990.
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My thesis addresses the antagonism between the mystery of life and the destructive pursuit of power which forms a central theme in the works of Per Olof Sundman (1922–1992). The purpose is to show that Sundman uses the theme of the encounter/non-encounter and the destructive leader to examine the conditions for allowing a deeper experience of reality and the destructive exercise of power. I analyse these themes using concepts borrowed from literary studies (Atle Kittang, Paul Ricoeur, Bertil Romberg, Staffan Björck, Gérard Genette), the philosophy of religion (Martin Buber, Göran Bergstrand) and psychoanalysis (Ludvig Igra, Otto Kernberg, Erich Fromm, Julia Kristeva). My study highlights the problems associated with the destructive exercise of power, which is the overriding theme of Sundman's work. I explore the theme of the encounter by using the concept pair I-You/I-It. With the aid of this concept pair, I throw light on the aspect of depth in our existence by describing the human encounter. In my analysis on the theme of power, I point out the personal qualities inherent in the destructive leader. I also explore the link between the destructive leader's inner conflict of narcissism and repressed weakness – a conflict projected to the outside world – and the emergence of violence. In order to reveal this inner process, I unearth on a latent level the theme of the destructive leader/stranger in Sundman's work. This enables me to single out the mechanism responsible for the emergence of destructivity in the human psyche, while showing the close link between this pattern of narcissism and projected weakness and a distorted view of reality. Sundman contrasts this world of power with an integrative attitude to life. In his novel The Expedition, Sundman depicts life in the other world as being a state of human coexistence in which no one is seen to be a stranger. This idea of unity is reinforced by the choice of name for the first-person narrator of the other world. In this novel, the conditions enabling the flourishing of universalism as an attitude to life are also those that give expression in the I-You encounter to the experience of a deeper aspect to our existence.
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Bosman, John-Eduard. "Reinterpreting the spiritual relationships of gay men in Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2503.
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This study explores how gay Christian men in the pentecostal/charismatic movement reinterpret their spirituality as a reaction to the discourse about homosexuality in this movement. The spiritual experience of gay men is contextualized within the particular emphasis on individual experience found in pentecostal/charismatic spirituality. Practical theological research is conducted within a postmodern discourse set in context of a Participatory Action Research project. A narrative therapeutical approach served to identify harmful discourses and encourage the continuing deconstruction of such discourses.
The extent to which power/knowledge relationships affect gay Christians' spiritual relationships became apparent. Conflict between the church's discourse about homosexuality and the gay Christian appears to start a process of deconstruction of fundamentalist pentecostal/charismatic hermeneutical approaches to the Bible. The research process facilitated a process of reconstruction of gay spirituality and created opportunities for spiritual and social growth. This research may inspire gay Christian voices in pentecostal/charismatic circles to become heard.Practical Theology
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Bishop, Alexander John. "Interpersonal and spiritual resources in late-life adaptation and well-being : a study of elderly men and women religious residing within monastic religious communities /." 2005.
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Kanana, Aron Set. "Changing the patriarchal attitude of Ovawambo men : can the Bible help?" Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3529.
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It is the feeling of the author of this thesis that in Oshiwambo society power and authority in families is invested on the male head. This act has caused the society to be a patriarchal society. In most cases women and children are taken for granted by men that they are there to serve men's interests. This patriarchal society emerged from culture and tradition of Oshiwambo people. Women discrimination starts at birth, when every member ofthe family is sorry that the baby is a girl. Also the way a baby boy is raised is different from the way of a girl. The boy is treated with a great respect while a girl is not. When the church came in the area, did not change this situation. In stead it gave more power to men than to women. Until 1992 women were not allowed to lead the church. Nowadays, there is a general feeling that this patriarchal system is good for nothing. As a response to that feeling the state has taken a stand in the present government that women must be well represented in leadership and holding important positions than before. Still, there have been opposition from some people who are not happy with these changes. They want women to be looked as inferior beings. The author of this thesis is of opinion that there are enough texts in the Bible which say about gender equality. Unfortunately, in most cases, the Oshiwambo men have failed to read these texts in the light of elevating the status ofwomen in their society. Therefore, the problem is not women discrimination as it may sound to the reader, but the real problem is the conservative ideology of men towards women. Men must be liberated from it.Thesis (M.Th.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2000.
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Beukes, Rosemary. "A re-reading of 2 Kings 5 : in search of a redemptive masculinity." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/11313.
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The social constructs of “being a man”, often informed by various domains such as culture,
religion and even the mass media, have contributed to conflicting views of how men perceive
their masculinity and their relationship with women, resulting in many life-denying experiences
for women. However, although society and culture play dominating roles in regard to what it
means to “be a man”, they do not construct a unified habitus. In other words, although society
and culture influence perceptions of maleness, these are not without their contradictions: not all
men view their masculinity in the same way and masculinity can and does change. The present
research was conducted within an African-feminist framework and demonstrates how 2 Kings 5
offered potential resources for redemptive masculinities, applicable to male and female, both in
the Biblical text and in the South African context.
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Durston, Grant-Mark. "A study into the spiritual development of high profile gay men in South Africa - as seen through the lens of logotherapy." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23097.
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Following the heuristic research method of inquiry and using in‐depth interviews as the vehicle of investigation with five gay South African men; ‐who have either attained a high standing in gay society or have achieved a high level of functioning ‐ the real life experiences of these men were investigated. The premise was that their experiences would be similar in terms of rejection and non‐acceptance in a prevailing homophonic South African society. The core investigation was to plot the spiritual development they underwent in order to attain the high level functioning evident in their social standing and position. The theoretical backdrop, against which the research was investigated and the findings described, was Viktor Frankl’s theory of Logotherapy, with specific emphasis on his descriptions of the avenues to meaning in human existence. Historical perspectives on gay history and legal breakthroughs were provided to further illuminate the real life experiences of gay men.Psychology
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Libuda, Klaus. "A qualitative research of motivation factors of Russian Christian men for regular voluntary church ministry." Diss., 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3039.
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The religious freedom introduced to Russia in 1989, due to perestroika, gave new
opportunities for Christianity to expand. People accepted Christ and new churches were
founded. Nevertheless after 16 years of transformation the evangelical churches in Russia are
diminishing in growth. There are probably several reasons for this. One major reason which is
suggested here, is that only a minority of Russian Christian men are willing to take up regular
voluntary church ministry: like being a home group leader, taking care of the church building,
having a part in Sunday school teaching, helping with the youth group or any other kind of
service. As a result, not only are pastors often overloaded with administration work and can
not find time for people but also ministry opportunities are not started, developed or
expanded. Therefore this research aims to find out which factors are important to Russian
Christian men in order for them to engage a regular voluntary church ministry.Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
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Phohlo, Tlali Abel. "Gendered consciousness as watershed of masculinity: men’s journeys with manhood in Lesotho." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4880.
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This study explores the operations of Sesotho masculinity: its dominant ideas and practices and
their effects on Basotho women and men and this latter‟s resistance to a gender-ethical
consciousness gaining momentum in Lesotho. It challenges a deep running belief among the
Basotho that being born male necessarily means being born into a superior social position and
status that is naturally and divinely sanctioned. It investigates how the dominant postcolonial
discourse called sekoele (a return to the traditions of the ancestors) and the Christian churches‟
discourses of the “true”/“authentic” Christian life, framed by the classical biblical and
confessional dogmatic traditions, actually support and sustain this belief and so reinforce the
imbalance of power in favour of men in the order of gender relations in Lesotho. On the
contrary, through the principles of the contextual theologies of liberating praxis, social
construction theory, a narrative approach to therapy, gender-ethical consciousness and
participatory approach, the study argues that masculinity and ways of being and thinking about
men are socially constructed through historical and cultural processes and practices. It is in these
processes and practices that Basotho men have been and continue to be advantaged and
privileged over women.
This study has challenged this situation by tracing the existence of alternative, more ethical ways
of being and thinking about men in those historical and cultural processes and practices; ways
which are more open to women and children and their wellbeing in the everyday life interactions.
In this way, the study argues for a gender-ethical consciousness, which, in particular, invites
Basotho men to engage in a reflection on their participation in a culture and practices which
oppress the other, especially women and children. It invites Basotho men to accountability and
responsibility. In this sense a gender-ethical consciousness is understood as watershed of
masculinity in Lesotho. The participation of a group of Basotho men who offered to reflect on
their relationship with the dominant masculinities, demonstrates how Basotho men are struggling
to transform yet they fill us with the hope that change is possible.Humanities Social Sciences and Theology
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McCloud, Janice Sue. "Gender division in American Baptist families : second and third shifts." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/3774.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)The division of labor in households is an important topic in marital relationships. Families are not static; they are in a constant state of change. Employment, individual family members’ schedules, and religious beliefs can impact how couples divide household tasks. This particular study draws on in-depth interviews of four married couples from American Baptist churches to explore how couples within this type of church divide household tasks. The interviews focused on the management of second- and third-shift household tasks, as well as childcare. The purpose of obtaining this information was to see if the way American Baptist couples handle second-, third-shift duties, and childcare is more consistent with general population couples or more consistent with Evangelical/Conservative couples. Husbands and wives were interviewed separately to obtain individual thoughts and opinions. The interviews revealed that when it comes to second-shift tasks and child care, American Baptist couples are more in line with general population couples. As far as third-shift duties, Evangelical, general population, and American Baptist couples are all currently handling in very similar ways with the female performing the majority of third-shift tasks.
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Pfeil, Lan Moy. "The influence of Biblical teaching and church participation on marital commitment and adjustment of evangelical couples of Filipinas with North American caucasian husbands." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1706.
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This study is on the influence of Biblical teaching and church participation on marital commitment and adjustment of Evangelical intercultural couples of Filipinas with North American Caucasian husbands. The project is based on literature research and fieldwork.
Consideration was given to literature on intercultural marriage, Biblical theology on intercultural marriage, and on pertinent Philippine and North American mainstream cultural values.
The sample in the field research consists of 23 couples. Each spouse was interviewed by phone for one hour. Thus, 46 one-hour interviews were conducted that included assessment of demographic and church activity data; levels of the couples' marital commitment and adjustment, and a personal interview.
The study found that Biblical teaching functioned as a constraining force against divorce, as the principle for unconditional sacrificial love, and as a guiding principle in dealing with differences and adjustments. It was the foundation on which the couples attempted to establish common values for their marriage life. Joint church participation that is adequate gave them a sense of extended family; a sense of being rooted and belonging together as a couple and their children; and spiritual nurture. It helped establish a common Evangelical Christian identity, regardless of their diverse cultures or previous religious backgrounds. The study also points to potential improvements for churches in ministering to intercultural couples.PRACTICAL THEOLOGY
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Kondemo, Marthe Maleke. "In search of affirming identities and role models : a gender-sensitive re-reading of the Vashti and Esther characters in the book of Esther among the Mongo of the Democratic Republic of the Congo." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/21675.
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The main question that this dissertation seeks to answer is, “If the character of Vashti on the one hand and that of Esther on the other are re-read from a gender-sensitive perspective which possibilities can the reading offer for the liberation and reconstruction of affirming identities for the Mongo women in the DRC today?” The study undertaken here challenges the fact that Mongo women of the DRC remain attached to their roles as wives and mothers which is viewed as a hindrance to their self-definition. The two characters Esther and Vashti from the book of Esther are examined in light of the experiences of Mongo women using the bosadi (womanhood) approach to deconstruct and problematize oppressive ideologies in the biblical text as well as in the Mongo context. It is argued that Vashti and Esther are not opposite characters but should be viewed in the light of each other as complementary characters. Despite the positive examples that the two women offer, both characters also offer oppressive possibilities for modern DR Congolese women. Therefore, they do not fully represent ideal role models for Mongo women in their efforts to affirm their identities.Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
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Lee, Eileen, and 李艾玲. "A Study on the Relationship among Perception of Religious Psychology, Sense of Mean for Life, and Life Satisfaction of Teachers in Elementary School." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40338987757707607096.
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The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship among perception of religious psychology, sense of mean for Life, and life satisfaction of the teachers in elementary school. The study date was collected by the questionnaire survey. The research tools of this study included: “Perception of Religious Psychology Scale, Sense of Mean for Life Scale, and Life Satisfaction Scale of the Teachers in Elementary School.” The research samples are the teachers in elementary school in southern Taiwan. Through purposive sampling, 1024 teachers were selected. In total, 932 validly completed questionnaires were returned indicating a valid response rate of 89.4%. The date analyzed with the statistical software SPSS12.0 included descriptive, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s product moment correlation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis. The research findings were summed up as follows: 1.Religious Psychology Scale, The Sense of Mean for Life Scale ,and Life Satisfaction Scale of the elementary school teachers in southern Taiwan tended to be above means. 2.With regard to their perception of religious psychology, the statistic consequence showed significant difference in the context variables of “age”, “academic degree”, “marital status”, “years of service”, “religious belief” and “Participate in seminars on the status of Lamrim.” 3.With regard to their The Sense of Mean for Life, the statistic consequence showed significant difference in the context variables of “age”, “academic degree”, “marital status”, “years of service”, “religious belief” and “Participate in seminars on the status of Lamrim” . 4.With regard to their life satisfaction, the statistic consequence showed significant difference in the context variables of “age”, “marital status”, “years of service”, “position”, “religious belief” and “Participate in seminars on the status of Lamrim”. 5.Significant positive correlation are found among the Perception of Religious Psychology, The Sense of Mean for Life, and Life Satisfaction of the Teachers in Elementary School. 6.The perception of religious psychology and The Sense of Mean for Life of the elementary school teacher can predict their life satisfaction. Based on these findings, concrete suggestions of this study were proposed for the authorities of education, school administration, the elementary school teachers and further research.
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Schulz, Ursula (Theologian). "Gedenke des ganzen Weges, den dich der Herr, dein Gott, geführt hat (Dtn 8,2) : eine praktisch-theologische Studie zur Bedeutung von Biografiearbeit für die pastorale Begleitung von Menschen in der nachberuflichen Lebensphase." Diss., 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22827.
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Text in German, summaries in English and GermanAlter und Altern gilt in Deutschland derzeit als eines der wichtigsten Zukunftsfelder wissenschaftlicher Forschung. Dabei liegt ein besonderes Augenmerk auf der nachberuflichen Lebensphase, dem so genannten dritten Lebensalter. Eine Gesellschaft des um 20-30 Jahre verlängerten Lebens bei meist guter Gesundheit ist kulturgeschichtlich ein neues Phänomen für das es keine Vorbilder gibt, so dass der jetzigen Generation der „jungen Alten“ eine gestalterische Aufgabe für sich und die Nachfolgegenerationen zukommt. Diese Arbeit befasst sich mit dem Thema Altern zunächst aus humanistischer und daran anschließend aus biblisch-theologischer Sicht. Diese beiden Kapitel enthalten grundlegende Aussagen zum Thema Altern aus unterschiedlichen Disziplinen und beziehen diese, wo möglich, aufeinander. Sie bilden die Grundlage und Voraussetzung für das Folgekapitel, in dem Bedeutung, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen von Biografiearbeit als praktisch-theologisches Bildungsangebot in der pastoralen Begleitung von Menschen in der nachberuflichen Lebensphase untersucht werden. Dabei wird offensichtlich, dass sowohl gerontologische Literatur als auch biblische Texte Biografiearbeit an einschneidenden Wendepunkten des Lebens als eine wichtige Voraussetzung für gelingendes Leben darstellen. Der Person und der Professionalität der Anleiterin kommen in dem Prozess biografischer Selbstreflexion mit älteren Menschen eine tragende Rolle zu.
Old age and the process of aging is currently one of the most important fields for future scientific study and research. Special focus is centered on the post-career phase. A society where life is prolonged for an extra 20 to 30 years, most of which are spent in reasonably good health, is culturally speaking a recent phenomenon for which there are no historical models. It follows, that the current generation bears a great responsibility in shaping and moulding this stage in their lives not only for themselves but also for future generations. This dissertation concentrates on the theme of aging, first from a humanistic point of view, and secondly by focusing on biblical and theological aspects. Both of these chapters contain fundamental and important statements regarding the subject of aging as seen from different disciplines, and, wherever possible, with reference to each other. They build the basis and prerequisite for the following chapter in which the significance and possibilities as well as the limits of biography work is researched in view of pastoral care and training for elderly people in the post employment phase of their life. It becomes obvious, that not only gerontological literature but also biblical texts depict biographical work as an important prerequisite for a life experienced as being successful, especially at drastic turning points in life. A vital part in biographical reflection with elderly people is played by the person and professionalism of the instructor.
Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology
M. Th. (Practical Theology)
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"梅縣丙雁地區齋[ma]的社會位置與宗敎文化." 2001. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5895937.
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劉一蓉."2001年8月"
書名中的[ma], 字形為: '女'在左, '麻'在右.
論文 (哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2001.
參考文獻 (leaves 150-159)
附中英文摘要.
"2001 nian 8 yue"
Shu ming zhong de [ma], zi xing wei: 'nü' zai zuo, 'ma' zai you.
Liu Yirong.
Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2001.
Can kao wen xian (leaves 150-159)
Fu Zhong Ying wen zhai yao.
Chapter 第一章、 --- 導論 --- p.1
Chapter 一、 --- 硏究對象 --- p.1
Chapter 二、 --- 中國社會中女性地位與角色的相關學術研究 --- p.3
Chapter 三、 --- 硏究動機與問題 --- p.12
Chapter 四、 --- 硏究方法 --- p.14
Chapter 五、 --- 硏究的重要性 --- p.18
Chapter 六、 --- 論文結構 --- p.22
Chapter 第二章、 --- 丙雁地區的地理、社會、經濟與宗教背景 --- p.24
Chapter 一、 --- 地理、社會與經濟環境 --- p.24
Chapter 二、 --- 梅縣地區的宗教背景 --- p.29
Chapter 第三章、 --- 中國歷史上的女性宗教人員 --- p.34
Chapter 一、 --- 巫（丙雁地區稱仙姑¯±ø） --- p.34
Chapter 二、 --- 道姑 --- p.39
Chapter 三、 --- 比丘尼(丙雁地區稱爲尼姑） --- p.41
Chapter 四、 --- 齋婆（又可稱女教主） --- p.44
Chapter 第四章、 --- 齋¯±ø的宗教生活 --- p.47
Chapter 一、 --- 成爲齋¯±ø的原因一貧窮的家境與卑下的地位 --- p.48
Chapter 二、 --- 齋¯±ø的生活一弱勢與優勢、神聖與世俗 --- p.50
Chapter 三、 --- 齋¯±ø的人際網絡 --- p.62
Chapter 第五章、 --- 齋¯±ø的廟宇與神明 --- p.72
Chapter 一、 --- 齋¯±ø嶋 --- p.73
Chapter 二、 --- 齋¯±ø的神明 --- p.80
Chapter 第六章、 --- 齋¯±ø的宗教活動與經典 --- p.93
Chapter 一、 --- 齋¯±ø日常的宗教修習活動 --- p.98
Chapter 二、 --- 公開性宗教活動 --- p.100
Chapter 第七章、 --- 齋¯±ø的社會技能 --- p.123
Chapter 一、 --- 「必須」與「非必須」舉行的宗教活動 --- p.125
Chapter 二、 --- 宗教活動舉行的因素 --- p.126
Chapter 三、 --- 齋¯±ø的社會技能 --- p.129
Chapter 第八章、 --- 結論 --- p.134
附錄 --- p.139
參考書目 --- p.150
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Schulz, Johannes Joagim Christoffel. "Bahai-geloof in Suid-Afrika : n' Godsdienswetenskaplike studie." Thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17696.
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Text in AfrikaansDie Baha'i-geloof is 'n nuwe onafhanklike wereldreligie en is redelik onbekend onder die bree Suid-Afrikaanse publiek. Hierdie kwalitatiewe studie (gebaseer op die fenomenologiese metode) het ten doel om die Baha'i-fenomeen op 'n nie-veroordelende wyse sander vooroordele te beskryf en om die Baha'is se eie Suid-Afrikaanse ervaring te registreer. Dit geskied eerstens deur 'n bespreking van die Baha'ise historiese gebeure (deel 1). Op hierdie wyse word die geloof in sy religieuse familiegroepering geplaas. Terselfdertyd verklaar hierdie deel die ontstaan en ontwikkeling van die Baha'i-geloof wereldwyd en in Suid-Afrika. Dit herdefinieer die verbondsgedagte en toon hoe Baha'is die eenheidsgedagte en die uitlewing van Baha 'u' llah se boodskap via die skepping van 'n Administratiewe orde vormgee. Sentrale Baha'i-konsepte (deel 2) aangaande die geestelike dimensie van die geloof word hierna aangestip. Dit word uitgebou met ongestruktureerde onderhoude met versigtig gekose deelnemers, waarin Baha'is dus self hul geloof in terme van die Baha'i-administrasie, wette, byeenkomste en bepalings, Godsbegrip en eskatologie sowel as hul antropologie en geskiedenis uitspel. Dit word ooreenkomstig die sentrale temas bespreek sodat 'n Baha'i-geheelbeeld gekonseptualiseer kan word. Dit word afgesluit met 'n bespreking van die Baha'i-wereldstaat as die vervulling van die profesie van die nuwe hemel en aarde. Verskeie gevolgtrekkings word uit hierdie data gemaak. Dit toon hoe die Baha'is Baha'u'llah se boodskap as sleutel gebruik sodat die moderne mens na die vestiging van 'n nuwe wereldkultuur gelei word. Hierdie strewe bekragtig die Baha'i-strategie en motto van eenheid in die verskeidenheid, en word as die oplossing vir die hedendaagse probleme van die moderne mens aangebied. Daar word dan met die Suid-Afrikaanse Baha'i-toekomsbeskouing afgesluit.
The Baha'i Faith is a new independent world religion and is vastly unknown to the South African public. The purpose of this qualitative research (based on the phenomenological method) is to describe the Baha'i phenomenon in an unbiased, non-judgemental way so that the own South African Baha'i experience is registered. The Baha'i history (part 1) is discussed first in order to place this faith in its own religious framework and to explain its origin and development worldwide as well as in South Africa. It establishes the message of the Covenant and shows how Baha'is are proclaming the unity idea and the message of Baha'u'llah via the establishment of the Administrative order. Central Baha'i concepts (part 2) concerning the spiritual dimension of the Baha'i faith are explored. It is expanded via unstructured interviews with carefully selected participants in order to let Baha'is explain their own administration, laws and regulations, concepts about God and their escatology as well as their anthropology and history. This is done in accordance to the central themes so that a total picture of Baha'i could be conceptualised. It ends with a discussion of the Baha'i worldstate as the fulfillment of the new heaven and earth prophecy. Different conclusions are made from these data. It shows how the Baha'is are using Baha'u'llah's message as the key in order to lead man to the establishment of a new modern world culture. This culture will be the fulfillment of the Baha'i strategy and motto of unity in diversity and serves as the Baha'i answer to the modern day problems. The thesis ends with the South African expectations of the future
Religious Studies and Arabic
D.Th. (Religious Studies)
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Koubská, Soňa. "Vybrané náboženské kategorie v představách lidí s mentálním postižením." Master's thesis, 2018. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-387403.
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The thesis interprets and analysies the results of the explorational survey, which deals how people with intellectual diabilities reflect on sellected religious terms. The targert of this thesis is to chart the opinions, definitions and attituteds of the people with intellectual disabilities to the sellected religious categories. The theoritical part of the thesis deals not only of problems of spiritual life, meetings, dialogues and interwies with people with intellectual disabilities but solves their specific qualities and their role in the catholic community too. The exploration part presents two researches - with worshippers people with intellectual disabilities and worshippers people without disabilities. In the end of the thesis the explorational survey definates differences beetween both groups. The thesis use the method of the qualititive research, concretely the mothod of the semistructured interview and the method of the group discussion.
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HRUDKOVÁ, Jana. "Člověk, smysl a volný čas." Master's thesis, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-172573.
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This thesis is based on the theoretical research using scientific texts. Method of reasoning (deduction) were compared ideas of the individual authors who deal with description of contemporary (postmodern ) society, exploring the question of the sense of life and represent a difficult life events that can cause the threat or loss. The work is divided into three chapters, each of which contains sub -chapters. The first part refers to a person in postmodern society. There is a characterization of contemporary society, the challenges of the new era, gain new requirements on the man and related problems. The second chapter is building on the issues of the first chapter. Some fragments which describe the particular challenges of life events and their impact on the man, the sense of living in certain periods of life. There were used mainly idea sof psychotherapists who are dedicated to working with people in a state of crisis. Following the previous chapters, the last part of the thesis deals with the question of the free time, defining the category of the free-time and pointing out its importance for contemporary man. Emphasis was placed on the free-time pedagogy using appropriate free-time activities as a tool for finding richer and more meaningful human life in certain difficult life events that brings the requirement of a new era. Last but not least, there was to explain the context of the free-time and religion.
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Mwale, Emanuel. "Jesus Christ’s humanity in the contexts of the pre-fall and post-fall natures of humanity: a comparative and critical evaluative study of the views of Jack Sequeira, Millard J. Erickson and Norman R. Gulley." Thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27660.
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Bibliography: leaves 653-669Before God created human beings, He devised a plan to save them in case they sinned. In this plan, the second Person of the Godhead would become human. Thus, the incarnation of the second Person of the Godhead was solely for the purpose of saving fallen, sinful human beings. There would have been no incarnation if human beings had not sinned. Thus, the nature of the mission that necessitated the incarnation determined what kind of human nature Jesus was to assume. It was sin that necessitated the incarnation – sin as a tendency and sin as an act of disobedience. In His incarnational life and later through His death on Calvary’s cross, Jesus needed to deal with this dual problem of sin. In order for Him to achieve this, He needed to identify Himself with the fallen humanity in such a way that He would qualify to be the substitute for the fallen humanity. In His role as fallen humanity’s substitute, He would die vicariously and at the same time have sin as a tendency rendered impotent. Jesus needed to assume a human nature that would qualify Him to be an understanding and sympathetic High Priest. He needed to assume a nature that would qualify Him to be an example in overcoming temptation and suffering. Thus, in this study, after comparing and critically evaluating the Christological views of Jack Sequeira, Millard J. Erickson and Norman R. Gulley, I propose that Jesus assumed a unique post-fall (postlapsarian) human nature. He assumed the very nature that all human beings since humankind’s fall have, with its tendency or leaning towards sin. However, unlike other human beings, who are sinners by nature and need a saviour, Jesus was not a sinner. I contend that Jesus was unique because, first and foremost, He was conceived in Mary’s womb by the power of the Holy Spirit and was filled with the Holy Spirit throughout His earthly life. Second; He was the God-Man; and third, He lived a sinless life. This study contributes to literature on Christology, and uniquely to Christological dialogue between Evangelical and Seventh-day Adventist theologians.
Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology
D. Phil. (Systematic Theology)