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Arblaster, Wes J. "Mysterious exchange religious economy and the economics of religion /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.
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Mason-Wilkes, Will. "Science as religion? : science communication and elective modernism." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2018. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/109735/.
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My central concern in this thesis is how science should be understood by the public. I argue that science should be understood, and valued for, the formative aspirations of the scientific community. The formative aspirations of the scientific community are the values members try to uphold as members of the group, even when this is not always possible. These aspirations are constitutive of the scientific ‘form of life’. I argue that science and religion are distinct forms of life, and through their formative aspirations can be differentiated from one another. Drawing on the theory of Elective Modernism (Collins and Evans 2017), I argue that the formative aspirations of science overlap with democratic values. Media representations of science shape public understanding. Non-fiction television is a ubiquitous and trusted medium for the communication of science. Non-fiction science television programme makers were interviewed to understand the process of science television production: the pressures, tensions and constraints inherent to this process. I analyse representations of science in British non-fiction television programmes and argue that a ‘religious’ portrayal of science can be identified in some programmes. I identify a contrasting ‘secular’ portrayal of science in other programmes. The religious portrayal presents science as providing a definitive creation narrative. In this portrayal scientific knowledge is presented as a set of certain and immutable truths which are revealed by nature with little or no human intervention. In this portrayal science is presented as providing meaning. The secular portrayal’s representation aligns more closely with a sociological understanding of science. In this portrayal scientific knowledge is represented as requiring human skill to produce and as being subject to change, revision and debate. Science in this portrayal is represented as producing both positive and negative outcomes for society. From the perspective of Elective Modernism, if citizens are to properly understand, engage with and value science they need an understanding informed by sociological conceptions of science which emphasise science’s formative aspirations as its defining characteristic. The requirements for the production of an ‘elective modernist’ portrayal of science, one which foregrounds the formative aspirations of science, are discussed. The problematic consequences of the religious portrayal of science are laid out. Presenting science as a religion disguises its formative aspirations. This provides an inaccurate picture of how science works and a widespread (mis)understanding of science as a religion would undermine democratic society.
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Esselius, Sonja. "How do religion and a religious dialogue foster social cohesion? : A study of the Inter-religious Council of Stockholm." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-413327.
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Europe has in recent years recognized the need of the inclusion of religions in the dialogue on social cohesion and building of its future. Analysts of the interreligious dialogue suggest that understanding the process of it may be helpful to both the initiators of such conversations as well as all the participants. The idea of different religions working together raises some questions. One of the first questions asked is whether interreligious dialogue really works. How can diverse religions dialogue when there are disputes even within the same religions and within their branches? The understanding of the process offers a better chance of such dialogue being successful and useful for the building of the world we live in. This thesis explores interreligious dialogue by looking into the interreligious council of Stockholm, which currently includes eighteen different religions, representing some of the city’s diversity, its thoughts and culture. For the analysis, we will use Orton’s discussion and recommendations. In his “Interfaith dialogue: seven key questions for theory, policy and practice” (2016), Orton considers many of the nuances involved in such dialogue. Questioning and reflections allow for the observations and insight into the complexities of interreligious dialogue which provides for better understanding of the process included. Theories and angles consider social and psychological elements, as well as religious concerns. Using qualitative research, coming from the interpretive paradigm, this thesis analyses how interreligious dialogue works within a local interreligious council. Analysing the reflections and answers of the respondents, we find the answers to some of the questions given by Orton and reflect over the practical understanding of the theories we looked at.
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Edvardsson, Linda. "Religion som ett maktmedel i USA." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Behavioural Sciences, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-3457.
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<p>Religion som ett maktmedel är en aktuell företeelse i USA, där människor utnyttjas och vilseleds med manipulerande och religiösa guider som gärna visare dem deras väg till det religiösa livet och dess belöningar. Men vägen dit kostar, både människoliv och pengar. I den religiösa maktutövningen påverkas ett helt folkslag, amerikanarna, eftersom de lever i en värld där kapitalism, politik och det sociala blir till ett och influerar alla samhällskikt, till att till slut bli ett särdrag i USA. Syftet är att framställa detta med hjälp av frågeställningen; </p><p>hur används religionen som ett maktmedel i USA? </p><p>Det kommer att belysas; hur man använder sig av medel som rädsla, tradition, politik, meningssökande med mera för att rekrytera amerikanen till att bli religiös, för att skapa sig en egen förmögenhet eller sitt egna religiösa imperium. Med en tillräckligt god retorisk förmåga och en karismatisk utstrålning kan auktoritära personer i USA påverka och influera - personer, samhället och grupperingar - med hjälp av religionen, för egennyttiga ändamål. Detta är enkelt för kritikern att se, men tyvärr inte för den religiöse amerikanen som lever mitt i det. </p><p>Vidare finner man att detta grundas i en inbyggd religiös mentalitet som härleds från gamla tider och att det amerikanska samhället är uppbyggt på detta, vilket sedan kan användas som ett maktmedel. Man kan konstatera att VI och DE fenomenet är en avsevärd och viktig komponent i detta maktspelet och är även amerikanens rädsla, mer eller mindre. Individen vill inte hamna utanför samhället som det socialiserats in i och är därför präglad av detta och kan därmed identifiera sig utefter det. Detta blir således ett tillstånd i vilket amerikanen finner sin trygghet, vilket oftast är en religiös sådan. </p>
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Walters, Handri. "Religion, intolerance, and social identity." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4175.
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Thesis (MA (Political Science))--Stellenbosch University, 2009.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Over the past few decades the secular world has witnessed an increasing assault, specifically from the monotheistic religious fundamentalist community, on their beliefs and values. The undeniable intolerance shown by the religious fundamentalist community has often translated into violent terrorist attacks against the secular world. The fact that religious beings can resort to such atrocious acts of violence has certainly baffled many onlookers. It surely comes as no surprise that religious fundamentalism is generally viewed as a ''hard-to-understand‟ phenomenon. This literature review will describe the ''hard-to-understand‟ phenomenon that is religious fundamentalism by employing social identity theory.
The social identity of religious fundamentalists is generally derived from sacred texts and what they consider to be absolute truths. These presumed absolute truths not only provide ample opportunity for the development of the ''us‟/''them‟ duality, but also provide a platform for an intense intolerance of the ''other‟, also referred to as the out-group. Of course, the ''us‟/''them‟ duality can be created on many social dimensions, but religion has proven to bring quite an extensive, even murderous, intolerance to in- and out-group characterizations. The ever increasing actions of religious fundamentalist groups over the past few decades have certainly illustrated this point with some conviction.
The importance of social identity has been recognised in many major traditions of the social sciences, not excluding political science. Social identity forms the basis of any group‟s actions or reactions. Therefore, its significance stretches far beyond simply providing an identity to a social group. Social identity also acts as a preamble to how a social group, in this case religious fundamentalists, chooses to deal with invidious comparisons. By employing social identity in this particular way we can go beyond investigating how religious fundamentalists act and react to the point of understanding why they act and react the way they do. In this study it was found that although a number of options to deal with invidious comparisons are available to social groups, only a few of these options are likely to be pursued by religious fundamentalists in order to remain a
relevant and competitive social group within the social hierarchy. This approach will provide important insights into a formerly ''hard-to-understand‟ phenomenon namely religious fundamentalism.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Oor die laaste paar dekades het die sekulêre wêreld 'n toenemende aanslag op sy oortuigings en waardes waargeneem, spesifiek vanaf die monoteïstiese godsdienstige fundamentalistiese gemeenskap. Die onloënbare onverdraagsaamheid wat deur hierdie godsdienstige fundamentalistiese gemeenskap getoon word ontaard dikwels in geweldadige terroriste aanvalle op die sekulêre wêreld. Die feit dat godsdienstige individue hulself begwewe tot sulke wreedaaardige dade van geweld het verseker baie toeskouers verydel. Dis is sekerlik dan nie 'n verrassing dat godsdienstige fundamentalisme gesien word as 'n ''moelik-om-te-begryp‟ fenomeen nie. Hierdie literatuur oorsig sal die ''moelik-om-te-begryp‟ fenomeen wat godsdienstige fundamentalisme is beskryf deur gebruik te maak van die sosiale identiteits teorie.
Die sosiale identiteit van godsdienstige fundamentaliste spruit oor die algemeen uit heilige teks en absolute waarhede. Hierdie absolute waarhede bied nie slegs ruim geleenthede vir die ontwikkeling van die ''ons‟/''hulle‟ dualiteit nie, maar bied ook 'n platform vir 'n intense onverdraagsaamheid van die 'ander‟, wat ook verwys word na as die buite-groep. Natuurlik kan die ''ons‟/''hulle‟ dualiteit op grond van baie ander sosiale dimensies ontwikkel word, maar godsdiens het telke male al gedemonstreer dat dit 'n omvattende, selfs moordadige, onverdraagsaamheid na binne- en buite-groep karakterisering bring. Die al ewige toenemende aksies van godsdienstige fundamentalistiese groepe oor die laaste paar dekades illustreer sekerlik hierdie punt met oortuiging.
Die belangrikheid van sosiale identiteit word erken deur verskeie tradisies van die sosiale wetenskappe en politieke wetenskap word nie hier uitgesluit nie. Sosiale identiteit vorm die basis van enige groep se aksies en reaksies. Vir hierdie rede strek die betekenisvoheid ver verby die feit dat slegs 'n identiteit aan 'n sosiale groep verskaf word. Sosiale identiteit tree op as 'n voorrede vir die manier waarop 'n sosiale groep, in ons geval godsdienstige fundamentaliste, verkies om onbenydenswaardige vergelykings te hanteer. Deur sosiale identiteit op hierdie besondere manier aan te spreek kan ons verder gaan as om slegs ondersoek in te stel in hoe godsdienstige fundamentaliste optree
en reageer tot die punt waar ons kan verstaan hoekom hulle optree en reageer op hierdie spesifieke manier. In hierdie studie is gevind dat alhoewel daar 'n aantal opsies beskikbaar is vir sosiale groepe om onbenydenswaardige vergelykings te hanteer, is daar slegs 'n paar van hierdie opsies wat mees waarskynlik nagestreef sal word deur godsdienstige fundamentaliste ten 'n einde 'n relevante en kompeterende sosiale groep binne die sosial hïerargie te wees. Hierdie benadering sal belangrike insigte bring tot die voormalige 'moeilik-om-te-begryp‟ fenomeen genaamd godsdienstige fundamentalisme.
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Fredriksson, Madelene. "Doktrinen som religion – En undersökning om doktrinens kvalitet." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-6211.
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There is an ongoing discussion about what purpose doctrines should serve in military organizations. For this reason, it becomes difficult to identify by what standards doctrines should be evaluated. This paper is based on Jan Ångström and Jerker Widén’s theory that suggest that the doctrine should be understood as a religion or in other words - a set of beliefs. Using this constructivist interpretation, one can easier identify criteria of a good doctrine, thus making it easier to evaluate it. Following this understanding, Ångström and Widén have developed a set of quality standards that are used in this survey to measure the quality of the Swedish Military doctrine. A questionnaire was sent out to Swedish officers in order to answer the question of how good the quality of the Swedish doctrine is. By using this quantitative method, the results indicate that the Swedish doctrine fulfils some of these quality standards, while other qualities are not met. To draw more definitive conclusions, further research is needed. Nevertheless, the result of this study indicates that although there are diverse opinions, there are parts of the doctrine that exhibit good quality.<br>Doktrin, Religion, Kvalitet, Kvalitetstandarder, Ångström, Widén
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McCrory, Victor Keith. "Social studies educators' perceptions of and beliefs about the inclusion of religion in textbooks." unrestricted, 2008. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-07082008-114344/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2008.<br>Title from file title page. Chara Bohan, committee chair; Lori Elliot, Joseph Feinberg, Caroline Sullivan, committee members. Description based on contents viewed Oct. 14, 2009. Includes bibliographical references p. 170-184).
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Ramos, Nancy, and Jessica Chavez. "FACTORS OF RESISTANCE: SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION IN SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/870.
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The discussion of spirituality and religion (S/R) in social work is a prevalent topic within the field. Literature suggests that social workers do not feel competent or comfortable discussing or utilizing S/R in practice. This study focused on identifying factors that may be causing resistance in social workers from the Inland Empire of Southern California towards addressing S/R with their clients. The researchers interviewed eight social workers from diverse areas of practice via telephone and in-person. Data was collected via audio-recording and later transcribed for thematic analysis. Participants were asked an array of questions including their own experience with their spirituality and current comfort level with asking their clients about S/R. Through the findings, it appears that social workers’ comfort level stems from various aspects including a sense of unease regarding their knowledge on various belief systems. The results indicated that once clients are asked about their spiritual and/or religious beliefs, clients are able to engage in a discussion about their definition of their own beliefs and determine the direction of the topic.
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Halman, Loek, Josja Rokven, and Inge Sieben. "Religion." Universität Potsdam, 2012. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2013/6575/.
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Kryger, Kristina, and Petra Landerberg. "”Man vet ju aldrig…” Om religion och religiositet i dagens Sverige." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Behavioural Sciences, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-3605.
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<p>Uppsatsens syfte har varit att belysa religionens funktion i avreligioniserade människors liv och dessutom att försöka utröna huruvida religionen i dessa människors liv har ersatts och hur de eventuella religionsersättarna i så fall ser ut. Vi har fokuserat på Sverige och Svenska Lutheranska Kyrkan med dess kontinuerligt reducerande medlemsantal. Den empiriska undersökningen har utgjorts av kvalitativa intervjuer med icke aktiva medlemmar och med präster i Svenska Kyrkan. En litteraturstudie har också genomförts. Resultatet av studien indikerar att religionsersättare finns och att de i viss mån ersätter religion i människors vardag. Indikationer finns också på att religiositeten hos människor inte längre är bunden till den traditionella religionen, men att den i sig inte har ersatts. </p>
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Ask, Herman, and Sebastian Väpnargård. "Religion och vetenskap i undervisningen." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-30557.
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I föreliggande arbete har vi undersökt problematiken med att arbeta med religion och vetenskap inom skolvärlden. Ämnesområdet är av många uppfattat som svårarbetat och komplicerat. Därför har vi haft som syfte att undersöka hur det kan göras och vilka bakomliggande faktorer som kan finnas för den förmodade problematiken. Vi har genomfört en kvalitativ intervjustudie med sju olika lärare och analyserat deras svar med hjälp av tidigare forskning om religionskunskapens kursplan och forskning om relationen mellan religion och vetenskap. Resultatet visar att lärare arbetar på olika sätt med kursmålet, vissa med bättre förkunskaper än andra. En gemensam nämnare är att en konfliktorienterad undervisning om relationen är dominerande, och att det finns en underliggande problematik och frågeställning om kursmålets existens i kursplanen för religionskunskap.
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Altmann, Mischa, Aniko Bunta, and Olivier Mazimpaka. "Religion & Sustainability : The Contribution of Religious Belief in Moving Society Towards Sustainability." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4247.
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Behaviour change initiatives have largely failed in communicating the urgency of the sustainability challenge to the public and thus generate achange of behaviour. Religious communities have achieved remarkable behaviour change in situations where non-faith-based communication failed (Palmer and Finlay 2003). This paper explores what Christian belief contributes to moving society towards sustainability through the lens of the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development (FSSD). We focus on three themes: (1) the definition of sustainability, (2) the religious motivation for and (3) actions towards sustainability. A number of religious leaders are interviewed and the religious community surveyed. Findings show that religious concepts such as stewardship and the Golden Rule are key motivations for can give guidance on sustainability. However, these concepts are not consciously exploited. Further more, both religious leaders and people lack a full understanding of sustainability and are not strategic about moving towards sustainability. We conclude that religious communities could greatly benefit from adopting a strategic sustainable development (SSD) approach.
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Pulinska, Sylwia. "Tre undervisningssituationer i ämnet Religion i åk 5." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-34876.
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Syftet med mitt examensarbete är att få insikt i hur eleverna lär sig under olika undervisningssituationer och vad de lär sig i ämnet religion. Samtidigt få veta om barnen reflekterar över och har tankar kring deras inlärning och kunskap och vad som påverkar dessa.Min huvudfrågeställning är: Hur uppfattar elever i åk 5 att de lär sig vid olika undervisningssituationer i ämnet Religion. Mina underfrågor är: ·Vad beskriver eleverna att de lär sig?·Hur beskriver eleverna att de lär sig?Jag har använt mig av aktionsforskning, observation samt av kvalitativa intervjuer och fotografier. Jag planerade och genomförde undervisningspassen och samtidigt observerade eleverna d.v.s. var en deltagande observatör. Jag fotograferade även eleverna under undervissningspassen och använde mig av dessa under intervjuerna som genomfördes efter varje pass. Utifrån mina frågeställningar visar resultatet att:·Eleverna lär sig kunskap de själva på något sätt kan mäta; känna eller se t.ex. genom ett prov eller användning av det. På vilket sätt eleverna kunde mäta det de hade lärt sig berodde på undervisningstillfällena och vad de lärt sig. ·Eleverna lär genom att se, höra och göra, med andra ord, genom det visuella, auditiva och kinestetiska sättet. Förekomsten av dessa beror på individen men även på undervisningssituationen, vilket betyder att eleven kan anpassa inlärningssättet till situationen. Lustfullt lärande var viktigt för eleverna och med pauser påverkade deras arbete och lärande mycket positivt, fastän de själva inte alltid var medvetna om det.
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Paone, Domenico. "STORIA, RELIGIONE E SCIENZA NEGLI ULTIMI SCRITTI DI ERNEST RENAN (HISTOIRE, RELIGION ET SCIENCE DANS LES DERNIERS ÉCRITS D'ERNEST RENAN)." Phd thesis, Ecole pratique des hautes études - EPHE PARIS, 2009. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00547232.
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Cette thèse est consacrée à la philosophie des dernières années d'Ernest Renan, de 1880 à 1892, période où la pensée du philosophe oscille constamment entre deux tendances : un relativisme blasé et parfois pessimiste, et la foi dans le déterminisme d'une philosophie de l'histoire forte. En suivant la pensée de Renan à travers trois thèmes capitaux – l'histoire, la religion et la science – l'étude cherchera à saisir la portée de ces hésitations dans le contexte de la crise de l'idéalisme et des certitudes positives qui domine sa réflexion pendant ces années. La première partie sera ainsi consacrée au cadre théorique dans lequel se développe la philosophie de Renan et tentera une interprétation des métamorphoses des différentes figures de la dialectique de son discours, à partir de l'antagonisme fondamental entre spiritualisme et matérialisme. La deuxième partie étudiera l'évolution de la catégorie du religieux et l'analyse de la position d'hégémonie qu'elle arrivera à conquérir parmi les autres principes de la philosophie de Renan. La troisième et dernière partie examinera les transformations du rôle et de la fonction de la science face à la crise du fondement transcendant. L'analyse s'appuiera sur l'étude des derniers ouvrages publiés par Renan (L'Avenir de la science, l'Histoire du peuple d'Israël, l'Examen de conscience philosophique, les Feuilles détachées) qui seront confrontés avec une série de notes manuscrites et de fragments inédits des années 1890-1892, provenant notamment du Fonds Renan de la Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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Bolin, Hanna. "Att undervisa om religion och sexualitet." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-27832.
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Studien syftar till att undersöka lärares attityder till den nya kursplanen (lgr11) utifrån sexualitet som centralt innehåll för att på så sätt synliggöra möjligheter och svårigheter för lärarna. Utgångspunkten är de nya skrivningarna om sexualitet i kursplanen för religionsämnet där en del av det centrala innehållet ska vara att behandla hur olika religioner och religiösa riktningar ser på frågor som rör sexualitet. Genom teori och tidigare studier om undervisning om sex och samlevnad i skolan har en intervjuguide utformats och fem lärare i religionskunskap på högstadiet har vid intervju fått delge sina tankar och åsikter om den nya kursplanen utifrån sina egna erfarenheter. Resultatet visar att lärarna är positiva till att undervisa om sexualitet i religionsämnet då de ser ett stort behov från eleverna att få samtala kring detta i skolan med någon vuxen på grund av att eleverna ständigt möter sexualitet i olika former i dagens samhälle. Genom de tydliga formuleringarna i den nya kursplanen känner lärarna att de lättare kan motivera sin undervisning för elever, föräldrar och kollegor. Lärarna ser även stora möjligheter genom kursplanen att i större utsträckning jobba ämnesövergripande än vad de har gjort utifrån lpo94. Men lärarna ser även en del svårigheter med den nya kursplanen. Sexualitet ska behandlas utifrån religionernas syn och lärarna upplever detta som en didaktisk svårighet då religioner är heterogena i sin syn. Lärarna ser även svårigheter med elever och föräldrar med religiösa och kulturella bakgrunder där samtal om sexualitet inte är accepterat.
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Gustafsson, Carina. "Religion till salu! En studie om försäljning av indiansk andlighet inom New Age-rörelsen." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Behavioural Sciences, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-3949.
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<p>Syftet med uppsatsen är att belysa de problem som har uppstått då indiansk andlighet har blivit en vara som produceras och konsumeras inom New Age rörelsen. Studien har genom-förts genom att tillämpa kvalitativ textanalys på insamlat material mestadels från Internet. Det insamlade materialet består av annonser där man säljer olika former av indiansk andlig-het. Material som berör indianernas motstånd mot försäljningen av deras andlighet har också insamlats från Internet. Analysen av texterna visar att det framkommer stereotyper i annonse-ringen inom New Age, vilket blir ett problem för indianerna i form av tillskriven identitet. Det framkommer också av texterna att försäljningen av indiansk andlighet inte bara är ett problem inom New Age utan att det även finns indianer som säljer religion.</p>
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Dalcourt, Isabelle. "Société québécoise et religion entre 1999 et 2009 : réflexion critique sur les sciences des religions et plaidoyer pour une éducation de type patrimonial." Doctoral thesis, Université Laval, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/22483.
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La thèse propose une réflexion critique et «contextualisée» sur le rôle et la contribution des sciences humaines des religions au Québec. Nous examinons les modalités du renouveau de la mise en discours du thème religieux dans le débat public québécois de la dernière décennie (1999-2009). Dans une perspective de sociologie historique puisant aux travaux de Pierre Bourdieu, nous analysons les rapports au religieux se construisant chez les individus et réfléchissons aux enjeux sociaux et éducatifs qui y sont impliqués. Trois volets sont prévus. Nous démontrons d'abord l'existence sociale de rapports réactifs au religieux de type «sécuritaire» et «identitaire». Nous décortiquons la logique par laquelle ceux-ci se constituent après le 11 septembre 2001 et en viennent à se cristalliser, notamment avec le débat de 2007 sur les «accommodements raisonnables». Nous démontrons d'abord en quoi la prise en compte de ces rapports au religieux déplace la pratique des sciences religieuses jusque dans leur éthique puis démontrons la pertinence d'une approche éducative affirmative du religieux qui en favorise l'appropriation sur un horizon culturel et sécularisé. Nous appelons «patrimoniale» cette approche en réservant toutefois le terme aux oeuvres religieuses immatérielles (récits et discours religieux). Un deuxième volet démontre et explore un désir de «transmission» du religieux se manifestant dans la société québécoise. L'analyse porte alors sur le débat de 1999 sur la place de la religion à l'école, sur ses enjeux historiques officiels et moins officiels, et sur le type de participation qu'il suscite chez les acteurs. Ce phénomène apporte un nouvel argument en faveur d'une approche «patrimoniale». Pour autant que celle-ci s'appuie sur une pratique interprétative mise au service d'une radicale redécouverte de l'oeuvre religieuse, cette approche contribue à la continuation pratique d'un «désir de transmission» laissé en suspens après le 11 septembre. Un dernier volet définit théoriquement le projet de patrimonialisation. L'enjeu éthique de la relance du motif «patrimonial» dans le discours des SR repose sur une pratique interprétative issue des théories en sémiotique énonciative. Cette pratique interprétative redéfinit la «patrimonialisation», ce qui ouvre des volets d'expérimentation. Finalement, nous fournissons en guise de conclusion un essai de contribution patrimoniale.
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Falade, Bankole Adebayo. "Vaccination resistance, religion and attitudes to science in Nigeria." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2014. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/911/.
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The 2003 to 2004 revolt against the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) in Nigeria provides a case study for investigating how a new scientific phenomenon becomes part of common sense in a culture with high levels of religiosity. Moscovici’s Social Representations Theory about how society familiarises itself with the unfamiliar provides a framework for the research which includes two media analyses, historical texts, online and paper administered surveys and interviews. The media analyses examine the OPV controversy and science in the media. Correspondence analysis provides a geometric tool for visualising how the variables in both media analyses position themselves for the construction of genres of science news. Factor analysis groups the attitude items in the survey while logistic regression predicts outcomes controlling for other variables. The media analyses found coverage of science in the period under review was generally positive and grew continually. The coverage of the OPV controversy was also generally positive but did not always mirror faithfully public opinion. Just as some Parisians in Moscovoci’s study likened psychoanalysis to a “symptom of an American invasion”, the initial description of the OPV by the people of northern Nigeria was a “western conspiracy against Muslims.” The survey found different levels of trust in public institutions with scientists and religious leaders similarly rated. Pessimism, fear and progress characterise the attitude variables but the association with knowledge is not linear and confirms the influence of cultural values. Interviewees also confirm survey findings in that they simultaneously have faith in religion and in science. Common sense in Nigeria is a mixture of science and religiosity and the public hold both in reverence: a phenomenon Moscovici refers to as cognitive polyphasia. The study also supports Durkheim’s view that science (in Nigeria) depends on public opinion.
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Jensen, Jeppe Sinding. "The study of religion in a new key : theoretical and philosophical soundings in the comparative and general study of religion /." Århus : Aarhus Univ. Press, 2003. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0704/2003107084.html.
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Sezenler, Olcay. "Religion In International Relations And Interfaith Dialogue." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12611683/index.pdf.
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Religion was regarded as a marginal factor by scholars of International Relations for a long time. The main reason for this ignorance is that the discipline of International Relations has followed the major paradigm - secularization thesis - in social sciences until recently. This resulted in ignorance of religion as an explanatory factor in International Relations. However, this situation has recently started to change. Beginning from 1990s, the role of religion in international relations has started to be reexamined<br>and secularization theory has started to be criticized. On the other hand, religion has started to be regarded as a tool for peacebuilding, at the same time. In addition to its contribution to conflicts and wars, religion is increasingly seen as a potential tool for peaceful cooperation<br>and inter-religious dialogue is becoming a part of diplomacy and conflict resolution policies. Within this context, interfaith dialogue is a case which shows the extent of the change in the discipline of IR regarding the role of religion.
This thesis aims to make a comprehensive discussion on the historical and contemporary relation between religion and international relations by focusing on the role of interfaith dialogue, specifically dialogue initiatives within the EU and the UN. The dialogue projects of these institutions and their relation with security-driven policies are examined. Thus, the main concern of this study is to raise a question about the role of interfaith dialogue, especially the one proposed by the institutions above, in transforming the role of religion in international relations.
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Tuckett, J. D. F. "A phenomenological critique of the idea of social science." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/21785.
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Social science is in crisis. The task of social science is to study “man in situation”: to understand the world as it is for “man”. This thesis charges that this crisis consists in a failure to properly address the philosophical anthropological question “What is man?”. The various social scientific methodologies who have as their object “man” suffer rampant disagreements because they presuppose, rather than consider, what is meant by “man”. It is our intention to show that the root of the crisis is that social science can provide no formal definition of “man”. In order to understand this we propose a phenomenological analysis into the essence of social science. This phenomenological approach will give us reason to abandon the (sexist) word “man” and instead we will speak of wer: the beings which we are. That we have not used the more usual “human being” (or some equivalent) is due to the human prejudice which is one of the major constituents of this crisis we seek to analyse. This thesis is divided into two Parts: normative and evaluative. In the normative Part we will seek a clarification of both “phenomenology” and “social science”. Due to the various ways in which “phenomenology” has been invented we must secure a simipliciter definition of phenomenology as an approach to philosophical anthropology (Chapter 2). Importantly, we will show how the key instigators of the branches of phenomenology, Husserl, Scheler, Heidegger, and Sartre, were all engaged in this task. To clarify our phenomenology we will define the Phenomenological Movement according to various strictures by drawing on the work of Schutz and his notion of provinces of meaning (Chapter 3). This will then be carried forward to show how Schutz’s postulates of social science (with certain clarifications) constitute the eidetic structure of social science (Chapter 4). The eidetic structures of social science identified will prompt several challenges that will be addressed in the evaluative Part. Here we engage in an imperial argument to sort proper science from pseudo-science. The first challenge is the mistaken assumption that universities and democratic states make science possible (Chapter 5). Contra this, we argue that science is predicated on “spare time” and that much institutional “science” is not in fact science. The second challenge is the “humanist challenge”: there is no such thing as nonpractical knowledge (Chapter 6). Dealing with this will require a reconsideration of the epistemic status that science has and lead to the claim of epistemic inferiority. Having cut away pseudo-science we will be able to focus on the “social” of social science through a consideration of intersubjectivity (Chapter 7). Drawing on the above phenomenologists we will focus on how an Other is recognised as Other. Emphasising Sartre’s radical re-conception of “subject” and “object” we will argue that there can be no formal criteria for how this recognition occurs. By consequence we must begin to move away from the assumption of one life-world to various life-worlds, each constituted by different conceptions of wer.
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Lipmen, Sara-Jean. "Inadvertent Evangalisms (Or Not)| Teachers' Views on Religion, Religious Beliefs, Positionality and Presence and Their Influence on Their Curricular Choices in the Classroom." Thesis, University of Southern California, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10287583.
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<p> There has been very limited research on the possible role religion has in its influence on teacher choices, especially within a Social Science classroom. The purpose of this study was to examine how secondary Social Studies teachers explicitly and implicitly treat religion as a factor in the teaching of history and how their own affinity with/to a religion and beliefs about religious institutions influence their curricular choices. The following research question informed the study: How are teachers’ religious identities, affinities and positionality revealed in their curricular choices? </p><p> Through the use of the multiple case study model using interviews, observations and artifacts, this dissertation examined how secondary Social Studies teachers explicitly and implicitly treat religion as a factor in the teaching of history and how their own affinity with/to a religion and beliefs about religious institutions influence their curricular choices. Using the lenses of positionality and presence, while explicitly being aware of American Civil Religion, religious hierarchies and Christian Privilege, this study examined two Atheist/Agnostic teachers in a comprehensive urban high school settings. </p><p> The findings are presented as single case studies with a cross case analysis. The analysis of findings found that both teachers did not include religion as a significant factor of history and therefore, did not privilege religion as a topic in their classes. The data showed that both teachers, despite their religious identifications, had internalized Civil American Religion and its alignment with Christianity.</p><p>
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Bundrick, David R. "The development of a scale to identify college and university science professors' science-faith paradigms /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3091906.
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Rasmussen, Bryan B. "The serpent and the dove gender, religion, and social science in Victorian culture /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3330775.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of English, 2008.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 20, 2009). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-10, Section: A, page: 3962. Adviser: Patrick Brantlinger.
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Kelley, Heather Howell. "Uniting and Dividing Influences of Religion on Familial Relationships." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7437.
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Previous research suggests that religion can be both helpful and harmful. However, much of the research on religion and families has employed relatively simple, distal measures of religion and has predominantly focused on only one side of the dualistic nature of religion. Drawing upon interviews with 198 religious families (N = 476 individuals), the purpose of this study is to better understand how religion can have both a unifying and a dividing influence on familial relationships. Three overarching themes are presented, accompanied by supporting primary qualitative data from participants. These themes include: (1) How religious beliefs unite and divide families; (2) How religious practices unite and divide families, and (3) How religious communities unite and divide families. For the families in this study, religion was most commonly identified as a unifying influence. However, it was also identified as having a dividing influence, particularly when principles were misapplied, done in excess, or when ideas regarding religious beliefs, practices, and community, were not shared by all family members. Implications and considerations for future research are offered.
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Ndukwe, Sonia U. "BELIEFS ABOUT RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY AMONG SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELORS." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/18.
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This study examined the beliefs about religion and spirituality among substance abuse counselors. The data was gathered using an explorative qualitative design by interviewing substance abuse counselors in the field and asking questions related to the religion, spirituality, and the influence on their practice. This research highlighted the impact of substance abuse as a spiritual disease that affects the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of the client’s life. The key findings were related to the responses from the participants because it highlighted the importance of meeting the client where they are (motivational congruence), tolerance, acceptance, and the impact of agency policies. The second key finding is the substance counselor’s beliefs have no bearing in their practice because they operate under the philosophy of motivational congruence which is meeting the client where they are. Even though they have personal beliefs they are able to implement the professional use of self-focusing more on the client’s needs as opposed to theirs. The implication for future research is the contribution to extant literature by emphasizing the importance of religious or spiritual practices in the recovery process.
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Norin, Ortiz Jessica. "Ujamaa and Religion : Influences today." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för livsvetenskaper, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-9496.
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“To build a nation in the true sense (...) is to build the character of its people-of ourselves, to build an attitude of mind which will enables us to live together with our fellow citizen (...), in mutual friendliness and cooperation” Tanzania is a country consisting of more than 130 ethnicities and three major religions. It is surrounded by continuous conflict which could be seen as a suitable environment for identity-related violence to flourish, but instead it is a country that should be seen as a role model in dealing with ethnic religious identities through a self-created system, which includes a political vision and an ideology. The purpose of this thesis has been to explore and describe a country that has worked through politics for a society that has a place for religion, but not religion mixed with politics. The study is based on secondary empirical material and on field work done in the Babati district in Tanzania. The result is important for several reasons, in today’s identity-focused world, since it illustrates the need to recognize people's multiple identities, to be able to integrate to create a foundation of tolerance and respect between religions.
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Desai, Amar Dasrath Jayant. "Politics and religion : the need for an overlapping consensus (an exemplar from the Hindu tradition)." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1999. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10021968/.
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This Thesis examines the consensus Hinduism in India shares with the ideology of liberal pluralism, and applies these reflections to religious education in the English context. The Rawlsian theory of justice models the political structure of a liberal plural society. Insights from communitarianism, relativism and Alasdair Maclntyre, are critically assessed and used to enlarge this model. Further, Carol Gilligan and Tom Kitwood emphasise that moral citizens in a plural society need, and must provide, a caring and open environment. The overlapping consensus across liberal pluralism and the Hindu tradition is assessed at the (i) theological and (ii) empirical levels. (i) Vedantic concepts are formulated to highlight a potentially strong consensus across Vedantic and liberal viewpoints. The presentation of God as a caring and egalitarian mother is emphasised. (ii) A landscape survey (sample size 550) was conducted to help focus the case-study investigations. Case-studies of four Indian young Hindus studied attitudes towards pluralism through discussions on Ayodhya 1992. The minute sample size of the casestudy meant that this data could not, in itself, justify inductive generalisation. Nevertheless, the case-studies did highlight some important and disconcerting voices, and did not contradict the conclusions from the larger landscape survey. The data warns that contemporary sentiment may be incongruent with the potentially strong consensus across liberal pluralism and Vedantic theology. The conditions responsible for this are explored. It is suggested that a combination of secularism and the exclusion of religious education from State education has contributed to ignorance of liberal theological imperatives and reinforced the communal isolation between the Hindu and Muslim communities. Amongst Hindus, this has caused suspicion and illiberal attitudes. The lessons from India are applied to the English plural situation. Juxtaposing Rawlsian theory aside recent pragmatic initiatives, a model for religious education suitable for the perpetuation of a liberal pluralism is proposed. This Interface Approach Towards a Liberal Indigenous Charter (IATaLIC) model respects liberal justice but recognises the classroom educator's limitations in motivating young persons with a strong religious identity towards a liberal disposition. Equally problematically, traditional religious leaders and scholars within the community may not care for justice. Hence the classroom religious educator, sympathetic towards both the liberal and traditional agendas, must work with the community leaders and scholars. Educators must encourage these personnel to excavate liberal principles from their religious texts, and then evangelise these principles throughout their community. Then, justice will be met and communal integrity maintained. Communal tension in India may be due to a liberal State prohibiting such an approach. In England, opportunities do exist for education to establish a consensus across religious and liberal viewpoints. Such opportunities should not be neglected.
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Cristante, Nevio. "History, Religion, Power, And Authority: The Relevance Of Machiavelli." Phd thesis, METU, 2008. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12609638/index.pdf.
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Machiavelli&rsquo<br>s uniqueness and originality renders his educational direction as pertinent for times and conditions that are similar to and prevalent in ours. On the grand scale, his thought process disrupts the classical sense of philosophy, metaphysics, and religion. This disruption of the classical Western consciousness is an aim in the contemporary realm of political thought, which, starting with the extensive criticism of modernity found in the works of Nietzsche, has been developed in the realm of political thought throughout the twentieth and onto the twenty-first century. Therefore, Machiavelli &ndash<br>who lived 500 years ago &ndash<br>is nevertheless the source for productive knowledge, analysis, and prognosis for the contemporary political crisis, a crisis due to the downfall of modernity. The presupposition of latter-day modernity, as being considered the best of all possible worlds, is no longer believable. Modernity, what was once considered as being utterly unique and superior in human history, is responded to today by critiques on class domination, Western imperialism, the dissolution of community and tradition, the rise of alienation, and the impersonality of bureaucratic power. Machiavelli supplants the dominant modern consciousness through being a source for a new artistic revolution, a revolution of consciousness through a humane call for strength in facing reality, in order to re-constitute a divergent set of epistemological and ontological discoveries, which are better aligned to the condition of the present-day than
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Baker, Joseph O. "Public Perceptions of Incompatibility Between “Science and Religion”." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2012. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/495.
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Narratives of conflict regarding the connections between science and religion receive considerable attention in multiple forums of public discourse. These discussions tend to focus on philosophical, abstract, and/or polemical, rather than empirical issues. Data from a 2007 national survey indicate that a relatively small proportion of American adults perceive incompatibility between science and religion. Those who do are divided evenly into groups privileging science and privileging religion. These groups are markedly different with regard to sociodemographic and religious characteristics. Overall, I advocate a theoretical perspective on “science and religion” that is culturally constructionist, but methodologically empiricist.
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Dalfors, William. "Det ”sekulära” Sverige? : En kvalitativ studie av begreppet sekularisering i relation till det postkristna svenska folket." Thesis, Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm, Teologiska högskolan Stockholm, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ths:diva-107.
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Sweden is often described as being one of the more secular nations in the world by various surveys and sources, but how true is this statement? In this paper I examine what has been said on the topic of secularization in Sweden by leading sociologists in the field and then in turn analyze this information in order to finally reach a conclusion of my own. My intention with this bachelor’s thesis is to shine a light on the relationship between what has come to be described as the ”post-christian” population by sociologist David Thurfjell and the process of secularization on an individual level.The two questions that form the basis for this paper are: ” Is the swedish population as secular/non-believing as it’s claimed to be?” and “Has there been a shift in the form the Christian religion takes on an individual level and if so what can this new shape then possibly look like?”.The result of the analysis indicates that the swedish population might not be as secular as it is often put forward as being. While the church-oriented religion that the Church of Sweden represents might be losing traction amongst the post-Christian population, this does not necessarily mean religion as a whole is in a gradual decline in swedish society. The information presented herein points towards a possible shift in swedish society from a mainly church-oriented form of religion to a more privatized version sometimes described as the invisible religion.
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Jansson, Malin. "SAB-systemet och ämnet religion en studie av ett klassifikationssystems förmåga att klassificera en vetenskaplig discipline." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap / Bibliotekshögskolan, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-16370.
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Classification systems express an idea of the world as it was when the systems was made. If the classification system is not revised there is a possibility that the system will become antique and hard to apply to different subjects. The purpose of this study is to see if the SAB-system is a classification system which shows a reflection of the subject Religion that is equivalent with that of Swedish universities. The ideas which are behind the classification of the subject religion in the SAB-system have been analysed, as well as the structuring of the scientific discipline Religion at the universities. The result will show if the SAB-system can classify the subject religion in a satisfying way at university libraries. A hermeneutic scientifically view to analyse the material have been used. Literary studies have been used to get the result. Other sources of information are the websites of the universities, where each university´s view of the discipline can be obtained and where the information of what literature are used at the courses are given. The structuring of the SAB-system of the subject religion bears a certain resemblance to the universities` view of the subject as long as the universities use the traditional view of the subject: Christianity verses other religions. However, the trends are that universities, in their education, more and more mix up different cultures and religions, and that the courses become more interdisciplinary. Another difference is that the SAB-system gives big space to the Swedish church, which the universities do not. The SAB-system works well as long as the universities have a traditional view of the discipline. The system has difficulty in classifying the subject when the universities try to look at the subject out of a pluralistic view of the society where different religions meet.<br>Uppsatsnivå: D
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Ander, Mattias. "Läromedelsanalys i religionskunskap, utifrån Lpo-94." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Lärarutbildningen (LUT), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-28431.
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SammanfattningSyftet med detta arbete är att försöka reda ut huruvida de tre läromedlen jag valt att analysera lever upp till vad Lpo-94 har som mål. Jag har fått fram resultaten genom att göra en analys av tre läromedel i ämnet religion för år 4-6. Två av läromedlen, Religion och liv (1986) samt Religion (1993) är båda böcker skrivna innan Lpo-94 började gälla, den tredje boken Religion (2005) Den tredje boken är en referens till de båda andra böckerna. Detta då den är skriven efter Lpo-94 och borde då sålunda kunna ge eleverna de verktyg och kunskaper som efterfrågas i Lpo-94 samt att den kommer att analyseras med samma verktyg och på samma sätt som de andra böckerna.I resultatdelen kommer jag påvisa hur läromedlen inte helt lever upp till vad Lpo-94 vill att läromedlen ska göra. Nyckelord; läromedelsanalys, religion
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Smith, Tara Blue Moon. "The Praxis of Science Fiction: Pedagogies for Social Change." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/27587.
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This thesis considers the literary genre of science fiction as generative of social change. In examining the genre from three different perspectives — the writers, the works and pedagogy — it demonstrates the importance of science fiction as a creative framework through which society can be examined and, as a site from which new ways of thinking may emerge.
First-hand qualitative and quantitative data have been used to demonstrate that writers of science fiction purposively create didactic and meaningful work with the intention of influencing the ethical perspectives of their readers. This thesis also undertakes three thematic case studies focusing on ideas about religion, ecology and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) explored in science fiction. These themes are analysed via an ethical and interpretative method, to distil the core philosophical ideas from six textual examples. In particular, this thesis focuses on Walter Miller Junior’s A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959) and Dumb Waiter (1952), Olaf Stapledon’s Star Maker (1937), Kim Stanley Robinson’s New York 2140 (2017), George Turner’s The Sea and Summer (1987) and Harlan Ellison’s I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (1967).
To conclude this examination of the relationship between science fiction and social change, this thesis presents a tertiary curriculum that utilises science fiction to promote positive social change among students. This thesis presents a unique approach to literary studies. It combines the social science methodologies of data analysis and interviews with close textual readings of selected texts, and finally the practice of curriculum design. In integrating these multiple dimensions, this thesis highlights the intention and potential of the science fiction genre to promote positive collective change. This thesis offers a unique way of evaluating science fiction that is aimed at better understanding real-world challenges, including cultural difference and environmental concerns.
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Wilson, Charlene E. "Religion, spirituality & spiritual development of undergraduate students." Scholarly Commons, 2006. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/632.
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Spirituality is a topic of growing interest for college students and scholars and yet personal accounts of spiritual development among college students remains limited. This study investigated the spiritual development of seven traditional-aged, University of the Pacific students in their senior year of course study. Interviews were conducted using an interview guide. Participants were requested through chain sampling techniques. Interviews were used to gain knowledge about the experiences students have that contribute to the ways in which they define spirituality and how those experiences affected them personally. Responses from interviews of Pacific students will be compared to Fowler's Stages of Faith and the work of Parks, Chickering and other's conclusions made regarding how students and people across generations and cultures develop a sense of meaning and purpose.
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Etienne, Guillaume. "Religion, ethnicité et patrimoine. Un pèlerinage berrichon approprié par les migrations." Phd thesis, Université François Rabelais - Tours, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00995085.
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Partant de l'étude d'un pèlerinage local du centre de la France approprié depuis les années 1960 par les migrants " Portugais " de la région, ce travail de thèse interroge la construction, l'expression et la visibilité des sentiments d'appartenance des pèlerins. Les appartenances se construisent et s'expriment aussi bien à partir de catégories religieuses que de catégories ethniques le plus souvent imbriquées. Ce pèlerinage apparaît comme un moment patrimonial où les " Portugais " mettent en exergue l'attachement au Portugal en même temps qu'ils affirment leur ancrage local, voire une autochtonie aux côtés de ceux qui, pour différentes raisons, investissent plutôt l'identité chrétienne. Cette thèse explore la construction complexe des appartenances, les circonstances et les manières dont elles s'expriment ou au contraire se taisent, d'une part à partir de l'analyse du pèlerinage en montrant comment les participants se représentent cet événement annuel et mobilisent tour à tour des références à la tradition, au territoire, à la religion et à l'origine, et d'autre part en mettant en lumière le rôle de l'Église et notamment du diocèse dans la fabrique d'une altérité ancrée dans un contexte religieux particulièrement inclusif.
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Smith, Jeff Smith Bernard. "Lived Religion: An Examination of "Pass the Salt" Luncheons." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2097.
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This study used a case study approach to examine how religious culture, such as theologies and doctrines, is lived or practiced by "Pass the Salt" luncheon participants. "Pass the Salt" participants are taught the teachings of Harvest Evangelism, an interdenominational Para-church organization; these teachings are evidenced through their cultural toolkit. It was expected that the luncheon participants would practice Harvest Evangelism's religious culture in the workplace. Participant observation and personal interviews were conducted to examine participants' application of the cultural toolkit to their everyday lives, specifically in the workplace. Findings indicated that the leader of the "Pass the Salt" luncheon was more likely to practice or live the religious doctrines provided by Harvest Evangelism, while others lived religion in a different way.
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Strömberg, Simon, and Constancia Matilda Perlkvist. "Attityder i religionskunskapsämnet." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-40710.
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Denna studies syfte är att undersöka vilka attityder som verksamma religionslärare möter i undervisningen, samt hur läraren arbetar didaktiskt med att bemöta dessa attityder. Undersökningen bygger på kvalitativa intervjuer som ett tillvägagångssätt för allt insamling av material. Våra kvalitativa intervjuer genomfördes via det digitala verktyget Zoom, på sex verksamma religionslärare från olika skolverksamheter i Skåne län. Skärminspelning användes under intervjuerna, detta för att kunna återblicka lärarnas svar, för att i efterhand kunna analyseras och tolkas. Vi har genom uppsatsen kunnat fastställa att lärarna möter negativa och positiva attityder gentemot religionsundervisningen. Resultatet av vår undersökning har visat att det finns en tydlig skillnad i elevens attityd, beroende på ifall eleven är religiös eller ickereligiös. Resultatet visar att elever med en religiös bakgrund, uppvisar en allt mer positiv inställning, jämförelse med en ickereligiös elev. Utifrån vår analys har vi även konstaterat att elever med en lägre grad av förståelse för ämnets syfte och ändamål, tenderar att ha en negativ inställning gentemot ämnet. Vi har genom undersökningen kunnat påvisa didaktiska verktyg som lärarna använder för att motivera och intressera ämnet för eleverna. Ett didaktiskt verktyg för att väcka intresse, och förmedla information och förståelse om ämnet till eleven är genom filmklipp. Genom att använda sig utav filmklipp som ett didaktiskt verktyg kan eleverna skapa djupare förståelse, inblick och respekt gentemot andra kulturer. Resultatet av studien visar att det är väsentligt att framtida forskning undersöker hur elevers attityder till religionskunskap i skolan påverkas av att eleverna har en ickereligiös bakgrund respektive religiös bakgrund.
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Anagnostou, Emmanouil. "The Re-emergence of Religion in European Politics: The Greek Case of Church - State Relations and Religious Freedom in the Context of Education." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21701.
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Conducting research on the influence of religion on politics is nowadays a growing tendency as various authors seek to explore why and how the spiritual element affects the natural world of politics. The purpose of this study is to discuss the influence of the Christian religion on education in Europe. The exact research case is the Orthodox sphere and in particular the Greek state. The selection is not random. It has been observed that in the Orthodox part of Europe, the church - state relations are quite close to an extent that, especially in Greece, it makes many authors wonder whether such a relationship may be against the model of the liberal, European state. As an example of the church - state relationship, the study also extends to the human rights field where cases of religious freedom competence in the Greek, public school are reviewed. By applying a mix of case study and content analysis under the prism of liberalism, the thesis argues for a potential transition to a post-secular epoch in Europe
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Mbillah, Charity Lamisi. "Prosperity gospel and adherent social mobility in Ghana." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8552/.
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In Ghana Neo-charismatic Churches are non-denominational mainly indigenously founded churches that propagate the Prosperity Gospel to their followers. Drawing on a symbolic interaction framework this study explores adherent (church member) perspectives on how they construct the link between the Prosperity Gospel and their own prosperity (social mobility). Symbolic interaction concepts of symbols, meanings and reflected appraisals are employed in the analysis. In all six symbolic categories: the mainstream, automatic, transcendent, pragmatic, founding father and member networks plus fifteen symbolic constructions arising from these categories are identified. These symbolic categories and constructions are employed in the meanings that adherents attribute to social mobility, the actions that they engage in and in the formation of their self-concepts through reflected appraisals. The analysis shows that these categories and constructions inform adherent attitudes and actions towards social mobility.
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Kwak, Hochul. "Rights of Concrete Others: Ethics of Concrete Others, Social Individuality, and Social Multiculturalism." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/63.
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A globalizing world is replete with the vulnerable, who are experiencing economic poverty, medical maltreatment, political persecution, and/or cultural misrecognition. The vulnerable are under systematic oppression and domination. Although the wealth of humankind increases continuously, many are excluded from any benefit of this increased wealth. While human beings have achieved significant progress in medical technology, uncountable numbers of people are exposed to a shortage of appropriate medical care. Despite continued expansion of democracy around the globe, the powerless majority and minorities are experiencing ignorance of their differences, culturally and/or politically. This dissertation searches for a viable human rights scheme that will effectively address the systematic oppression and domination of the vulnerable. By addressing oppression and domination of the vulnerable, I focus on overcoming several dichotomies: a dichotomy between transcendence and immanence within human beings, a dichotomy between equality and difference among human beings, and a dichotomy between individual differences and group differences. Those dichotomies have been detrimental to addressing systematic oppression and domination of the vulnerable.
With relation to the dichotomy between transcendence and immanence within human beings, I frame the vulnerable as concrete others who have both transcendental dimensions and immanent dimensions. In terms of the dichotomy between equality and difference, my proposal is equality that substantially promotes difference, that is, capability equality and least-gap equality. With regard to the dichotomy between individual difference and group difference, my proposal is multiculturalism based on social individuality. These proposals for overcoming aforementioned dichotomies converge on social multiculturalism. I have argued that equality between groups and equality within groups can best address oppression and domination of concrete others. Specifically, reconfigured basic income guarantee, which includes basic income, public education, public healthcare, and linguistic diversity, is a concrete form of equality within groups that is conducive to promoting equality between groups. Therefore, I think that social multiculturalism based on the reconfigured basic income guarantee is a new, viable version of addressing oppression and domination of the vulnerable.
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Haile, Markus. "Ras & Religion: Christian Identity Vs. Black Hebrew Israelites." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Religionshistoria, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-173287.
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Our society has become more and more radicalized. For many people religion plays a vital role in this radicalization process, particularly for those who justify racial supremacy through religious tenets. The purpose of this study is to examine and compare two ideologies from which radicalized followers assume racial supremacy from a God given designation as the "true Israelites". The two ideologies interpret the Bible – and sometimes even the same passages – differently. In this study I will examine the Christian Identity movement and the Black Hebrew Israelites by using a comparative method from a prototypical approach. My focus is how two different ideologies misinterpret the biblical myth about the Lost Tribes of Israel and how this misinterpretation inspires racial supremacy and Anti-Semitism. This is a study about the connection between race and religion. Keywords: racism, race, Christian Identity, Black Hebrew Israelites, Anti-Semitism, Lost Tribes of Israel
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Montemaggi, Francesca. "In search of authenticity : the religiosity of Christian evangelicals." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2013. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/53519/.
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The dominant theories in the sociological literature identify religion with propositional belief in the transcendent and belonging to and attendance at religious services. This understanding of religion replicates a past Protestant model that fails to account for contemporary religious forms, including Protestant forms. Drawing on Georg Simmel, one of the fathers of sociology, the thesis makes a theoretical contribution by reinterpreting and systematising Simmel’s notions of religiosity as a sensitivity, and of belief as trust, to enhance the understanding of contemporary individual religious identity. The use of these notions and of Simmel’s nuanced perspective on individuality enables the development of a theoretical framework for the understanding of authenticity. The study focuses on individual religiosity, which has been largely neglected by the literature. The most influential theories that have paid attention to the role of the individual – rational choice theory and spirituality studies – have centred on individual self authority and neglected to conceptualise the self. Accordingly, the thesis provides a relational account of the self, on which to ground authenticity as a process of identity formation. The narratives and practices, which emerged from the empirical research, have revealed the construction of Christianity through the prism of authenticity, as a distinctive and ‘truer’ way of living. This construction of authentic Christianity testifies to a shift from doctrinal adherence to a more pluralistic discourse by emphasising an overarching ethics of compassion over exclusive claims to truth. Thus, pluralism offers Christian evangelicals the platform to articulate the particularistic tradition of Christianity, whilst retaining a claim to – what they understand to be – universal truth.
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Abras, Ahmad. "Competing institutional logics in Islamic financial reporting standardisation : a comparative study." Thesis, University of Essex, 2018. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/22322/.
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Recognising the accounting implications of Islamic business principles, initiatives have been taken to develop a framework that primarily aims to serve the financial reporting needs of Islamic financial industry. Those initiatives started with the objective of developing separate Islamic accounting standards. However, they have ended up with significantly heterogeneous objectives. Employing Institutional Logics Perspective (ILP) as a theoretical framework and case-study approach as a research design, this study provides comparative accounts into the role of selected institutional logics (religion, profession, market, community and state) in shaping two Islamic financial reporting standardisation projects initiated by the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) and the Malaysian Accounting Standard Board (MASB). Moreover, utilising ILP supplemented by remarks from the institutional entrepreneurship concept, this study examines the role of actors in initiating and then differently shaping the standardisation policies of these projects. Research findings informed by semi-structured interviews and document analysis indicate that Islamic financial reporting standardisation projects have been historically mapped by certain institutional logics. The dominance of those logics has experienced significant changes over time, resulting in subsequent changes in the standardisation strategies of those projects. Influential actors have also played an important role in shaping those projects through promoting certain organisational strategies in line with the institutional logics in which they are embedded This study concludes that the heterogeneity which AAOFI and MASB have shown in their standardisation strategies is attributed to: the relative dominance of certain logics in each institutional context; the centrality of those logics to organisational mission and goals; the extent to which prevailing institutional logics are represented within the organisation and the balance of power between different logics' representatives; and the extent to which actors have been able to promote their entrepreneurial vision and mobilise allies behind it.
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Medeiros, Adáuria Azevêdo Farias de. "Práticas espíritas diversificadas : variações de conduta dentro de uma mesma doutrina institucional." Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2010. http://www.unicap.br/tede//tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=464.
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Trabalho sobre as práticas utilizadas em centros espíritas localizados nas cidades de Recife, Olinda, Jaboatão dos Guararapes e Paulista, com foco na doutrina organizada por Allan Kardec. A pesquisa foi elaborada com o objetivo de analisar os relatos de lideranças dos centros espíritas sobre como eram realizadas as práticas doutrinárias, buscando interpretar, compreender e explicar tais fenômenos e suas causalidades, atentando-se à subjetividade e suas representações. Com essa finalidade, uma metodologia qualitativa foi utilizada para obter os melhores resultados possíveis. Como instrumento de pesquisa optou-se pela observação em 11 centros espíritas, além de entrevistas com 19 líderes espíritas e aplicação de questionários. Os dados coletados foram categoriz ados e analisados, com base na fundamentação dos teóricos da Sociologia da Religião, da Antropologia, da Pedagogia Espírita e os preceitos da
doutrina espírita, codificados por Allan Kardec. O estudo possibilitou constatar que, dentro do "universo espírita", existem diferenças nas práticas da doutrina, tendo em vista a herança cultural, isto é, os símbolos e mitos arraigados na sociedade e transmitidos através dos tempos, que resultam em uma resistência a novos costumes, o que influenciou diretamente as práticas espíritas. Desse modo, o motivo da variação na diversidade das práticas está relacionado com o nível de conhecimento da doutrina, pelos seus praticantes
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Unzueta, Celina V. Ms, and Andrea Dr Clements. "The Relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Intrinsic Religiosity in Southern Appalachia." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/430.
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The present exploratory study examined adverse childhood experiences and religiosity in a sample of individuals from Southern Appalachia. Self-reports of childhood adversity and intrinsic religion were obtained from 167 individuals. Results showed that fifty-five percent had not experienced a childhood adversity while forty-three percent had experienced one to five episodes. Although a little under half the sample had one or more adverse experiences, there was no significant relationship between ACEs and intrinsic religion (r= -.037, p= .631). Sex and intrinsic religion were significantly related in that men endorsed the use of intrinsic religiosity more than women (t(165)= -2.28, p= .005).
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Elliott, Troy. "On the Morality of The Religious Freedom Restoration Act : Ethics in a Failing Democracy." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-138797.
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The Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act and its subsequent backlash serve as a case-study to raise ethical concerns both about the characterization of contemporary western liberal democracy as a political theory and a prevailing religious extremism acting as a legislative power within governments; Developing and reflecting on these issues this study will attempt to show a need to evaluate the moral principles attributed to modern political systems and the governmental delineation of power over individuals within a society. Applying Rawlsian concepts, this study will show that laws such as the RFRA are representative of weak and superficial democracies that in most cases are actually centres of power, funded by corporations and organisations in direct conflict with liberal principles.
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Zavala, Pelayo Edgar. "Religion and 'secular' social science : the neglected epistemological influences of Catholic discourses on sociology in Mexico." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/9600.
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Inspired by the Enlightenment’s principles of rationality, positivistic ideologies as well as the nascent modern-industrial state, sociology since its inception in Europe was conceived as a fundamentally secular enterprise. Whereas positivistic streams have been rather left aside, secularism in sociology still remains as a cornerstone of the discipline’s identity. However, is sociology in the 21st-century really ‘secular’? In this dissertation I present to the reader an empirical research about the epistemological influences of Catholicism upon sociology in Mexico, a constitutionally secular state since the 19th century. Theoretically, I draw from authors who have put forward the epistemological influences of Christianity upon western social science. I argue that these authors have unintentionally re-stated, with interesting additions, Durkheim’s rather neglected theses about the socio-religious origin of our ‘categories of thought’ –‘classification’ and ‘causality’ in particular. Although I will not attempt to trace the origins of sociological classifications and causalities back to Catholicism in Mexico, I will argue that it is possible to find salient similarities between both knowledge fields in terms of these categories and other discursive characteristics. By analysing these resemblances in a (neo)Durkheimian-Weberian frame, I will explain how Catholic discourses in Mexico, combined with the Mexican state’s teleological discourses on democracy, modernisation and progress, influence sociological discourses not through Durkheim’s ‘imitative rites’ and a priori ‘necessary connections’, but through a series of ‘bridge’ institutions and particular cultural-ideological structures. Individuals’ own religious beliefs and their deliberate and unintended interactions with these elements and their emergent properties turn apparently parochial Catholic discourses into a series of ‘discursive offensives’ which subtly yet pervasively shape common sense in society at large and also predispose sociology practitioners to adopt and develop i) ‘mono-causal’ and ‘power-over’ interpretations of social phenomena, ii) implicit and explicit dichotomistic logics as well as iii) normative-prescriptive sociological stances. In arguing this, I account for how Weberian authority models and Weberian-Mertonian religious values are not only key ‘background factors’, but also constitute actual cognitive devices in the production of sociological knowledge. I also offer empirical evidence about the role that individuals’ religious beliefs play in the conception of sociological models of power and causality and, by extension, in the construction of scientific reason or scientific beliefs. These accounts support the view of contemporary religions as plastic discourses whose ideological powers permeate, under certain historical conditions, the knowledge produced in scientific domains whose secularity has been mistakenly taken for granted. And this, I conclude, strongly suggests the need to revise the secularist foundations of sociologies of science and scientific knowledge, of sociology in general as well as current monolithic theories and paradigms of secularism and science-religion dualistic debates.
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Huang, Bi Yun. "Analyzing a social movement's use of Internet resource mobilization, new social movement theories and the case of Falun Gong /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3386686.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, School of Library and Information Science, 2009.<br>Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jul 15, 2010). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-12, Section: A, page: 4498. Adviser: Howard S. Rosenbaum.
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Olsson, Tomas, and Mattias Petersson. "Jag vill inte jobba med någon efterbliven religion. En studie om fördomar och generaliseringar i religionsundervisningen." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen för Pedagogik, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-19244.
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Bakgrund: Allport (2000, s.20-22) anser att en fördomsfull personbygger sina antaganden på fragmentariska kunskaper ochmöten med olika folkgrupper och utifrån dem skapas engeneraliserad bild av hur den folkgruppen är. Kan dagensreligionsundervisning vara en del av skapandet av dessaantaganden?Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om och i så fallvilka fördomar och generaliseringar som kan framträda i tvålärares religionsundervisning i grundskolans år 7-9.Metod: Studien genomfördes genom en kvalitativ undersökning därtvå stycken pedagoger observerades under fyra tillfällen igrundskolan år 7-9. Vi har i studien utgått från enetnografisk forskningsansats.Resultat: Resultatet visar på att religionsundervisningen som vi harobserverat innehåller såväl generaliseringar som fördomar.Likheterna som vi fann pedagogerna emellan var att bådageneraliserar, främst på grund av tidsbrist. Tidsbristen gör attpedagogerna sällan hinner gå på djupet i sin undervisningvilket i sin tur leder till att den mångfald som finns inomämnet kommer i skymundan.<br>Uppsatsnivå: C