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Націєтворення, нація, націоналізм та імперіалізм [Nation-Building, Nation, Nationalism, and Imperialism]
No full textReflections of the Holy and Great Council of 2016 : Navigating Introvesion, Renewal and Modern Greek Traditionalism
No full textThis present paper is a systematic approach to the anti-Ecumenist feedback received by various theological figures in Greece, regarding the convocation of the Holy and Great Council of Crete that took place in 2016
Manifestations of Political Antisemitism in Christian Zionist Eschatology
No full textThis thesis begins with a short biography of C. I. Scofield's life with a focus on his cultural context of racism. Continuing with a glance at Literalism and Fundamentalism, Scofield's theology of dispensations and covenants along with his soteriology and eschatology are outlined from primary sources. A further discussion of the emergence of the 1948 state of Israel, and its influence on dispensational eschatology. Definitions of antisemitism, anti-Judaism, and anti-Jewishness are compared and contrasted. Brief histories of Christian Zionism and British-Israelism are cross referenced with their relationship with political antisemitism. Contemporary criticism of Christian Zionism and dispensationalism is contrasted with far-right eschatology.
To be reborn : About the symbolism of baptism and rebirth in John 3:1-21
No full textThe purpose of this thesis is to analyze how baptism and rebirth are symbolically represented in the conversation with Nicodemus in the Gospel of John 3:1-21. The thesis examines how the deeper meaning of baptism is clarified through the symbolism that emerges. The Gospel of John is the gospel that most explicitly uses symbols to convey the author's intended message. The focus is not on recounting an event but rather on highlighting words and statements, often in symbolic form, that clarify the meaning of Jesus' teachings. With the help of mainly Craig R. Koesters (2003) methods of analyzing symbols in the Gospel of John, this thesis goes through several symbols which appear in the conversation with Nicodemus, such as water, light, darkness and night. It also analyzes the so called “misunderstandings” and “aporias” in the text as symbols in themselves. In John 3:1-21, Jesus develops thoughts on the relationship between humanity and God, and the path to what is referred to as the Kingdom of God. In the encounter with the enigmatic and confused Pharisee Nicodemus, Jesus is compelled to explain, through a series of symbols, what is central for humanity in relation to God and the Kingdom of Heaven. When we imagine the voice of God, we move beyond what is fully comprehensible. Symbols speak to us humans with a language that lies somewhere between words and images. They appear in all art forms and carry meanings across cultural boundaries. They appeal to logic, emotion, imagination, and intuition. Symbols have the capacity to create connections between the divine and the human. The symbolism of baptism is constantly challenging and ever relevant. We need symbols to be able to explain the meaning of baptism in practical situations. We need symbols to create images for ourselves of what baptism entails. Symbols have the ability to give our thoughts the freedom of inspiration and the guidance of the Spirit that is necessary to approach the mystery of baptism.
Hur tolkar präster i Svenska kyrkan liknelserna i Markusevangeliets fjärde kapitel?
No full textThe purpose of this master's thesis is to explore how priests interpret the parables in the fourth chapter of the Gospel of Mark using a hermeneutic qualitative approach and semi-structured interviews. The aim is to shed light on a selected group of priests in their roles within the context of the Church of Sweden, where interpretation is a part of their work, primarily focusing on the parables in the fourth chapter of Mark's Gospel and how this is done in interpretation, both in encounters with individuals and in preaching. An inductive approach has influenced the study, which also permeates the qualitative method with a focus on creating understanding to gain knowledge about the nature of these various phenomena among four priests. Generalization is not possible due to the small number of informants for making overall generalizations. Nor is it what has been sought. The aim of qualitative research is to gain a deeper understanding of a phenomenon and to illuminate how individuals experience it in their context. The study aims to understand how a specifically selected group of individuals, namely priests who have worked for an extended period within the Swedish Church, interpret the parables in Gospel of Mark
Corporeality and Materiality in the Church of Sweden's Communion Services : Expression, Experience and Significance for Worshippers
No full textUN's Role in Palestine : An analysis of self-determination in Gaza and the West Bank after the Oslo Accord
No full textDenna uppsats undersöker FN:s roll och antagna resolutioners påverkan på det palestinska folkets rätt till självbestämmande i Gaza och Västbanken efter Oslo-avtalen 1993. Genom att granska FN:s deltagande i fredsprocessen och dess politiska ställningstaganden i regionen, syftar studien till att ge insikter om FN:s förmåga att påverka självbestämmandet för det palestinska folket. Studien använde kvalitativ textanalys och realistisk teori för att utvärdera FN:s agerande och resolutioners effektivitet. Resultaten visade att trots FN:s resolutioner och engagemang har implementeringen av palestiniernas rätt till självbestämmande varit bristfällig och ineffektiv. Bristen på en effektiv mekanism inom FN för att genomdriva resolutioner och säkerställa efterlevnad av internationell lag har begränsat organisationens förmåga att lösa konflikten och skydda de drabbade. Genom att tillämpa realistisk teori visar studien att stater prioriterar sin överlevnad över moraliska principer och att FN strävar efter fred genom förhandlingar och konfliktlösning för att säkra ordning och säkerhet.This paper examines the role of the UN and the impact of adopted resolutions on the Palestinian people's right to self-determination in Gaza and the West Bank following the Oslo Accords of 1993. By examining the UN's participation in the peace process and its policy stances in the region, the study aims to provide insights about the UN's ability to influence the selfdetermination of the Palestinian people. The study used qualitative text analysis and realist theory to evaluate the effectiveness of UN actions and resolutions. The results showed that despite UN resolutions and commitment, the implementation of the Palestinians' right to selfdetermination has been inadequate and ineffective. The lack of an effective mechanism within the UN to enforce resolutions and ensure compliance with international law has limited the organization's ability to resolve the conflict and protect those affected. By applying realist theory, the study shows that states prioritize their survival over moral principles and that the UN strives for peace through negotiations and conflict resolution to ensure order and security
The Price of Flexibility : Worker Alienation in the Age of Neoliberalism
No full textThis research examines the impacts and implications of the Philippine labor export migration policy on the human rights conditions of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Kuwait, Hungary, and Poland with the specific objectives of determining the adequacy of legal protections provided by the policy. Through the use of a mixed-methods approach, which included qualitative field interviews and quantitative analysis, along with policy examination and an interdisciplinary approach, this research has uncovered alarming patterns of “alienation” and “systematic precarization” of migrant workers. This has resulted in the deterioration of the employment conditions of OFWs. The study, as extensively discussed in Chapters 6 and 7, has shown that the precarization of migrant workers is continuously occurring in Central Europe, specifically in Hungary and Poland. Meanwhile, OFWs in both contexts, Kuwait and Central Europe, have been subjected to highly exploitative and oppressive working conditions comparable to historical servitude and state-induced debt bondage. Notwithstanding the Philippine labor export migration law (RA 10022) designed to protect OFWs, this study has found that it falls short of providing complete protective measures, especially with regard to abusive treatment, systematic alienation, and precarization of migrant workers. The study also shows that OFWs are trapped in a vicious cycle, where the breakdown of employee-employer relationships and enslavement-like treatment result in a violent crackdown on their fundamental rights, leading to their unfortunate fate. Therefore, there is an urgent need for policy reforms to improve the legal dimension of OFWs’ protection abroad. This calls for reconsidering the Philippine labor export migration policy absorbed toward the promotion of just, fair, and inclusive international and national labor migration regulation to meet the challenges posed by neoliberal policies
The ‘invisible hand’ of Pharisee reconstruction of the centre by the peripheries after the fall of the axis mundi : The devil in the details behind Pauline Jewish identity
No full textRESEARCH QUESTION Did the diaspora synagogue substitute the second temple after 70 CE as Judaean ethnocultural hub wherein rival Pharisee think tanks would elect themselves carrier groups of two contesting narrations - each addressing the collective trauma of the temple’s fall by separately appropriating memory creation to metaphorically rebuild it in competing Jewish traditions, both in incubation during the late first century? THEORY My theory is that both proto-christian and proto-rabbinic thought initially gained consensus among first century Judaeans owing to a post-70 CE preoccupation with ethnocultural survival that was piloted by a collective trauma sparked by the destruction of the temple - all resulting in a veritable zeitgeist experience of covenantal discontinuity. I posit that it was thereafter the diaspora synagogue that brokered the formation of two leading models of covenantal continuity - essentially palliating the trauma by ‘metaphorically rebuilding the temple’ via contending Davidic-Messianic and Mosaic-Sinaitic models (each of which successfully ‘reconstructed’ the ancient cultic centre from within that ‘substitute’ locum sacrum at those geographical peripheries far from Ha Arez i.e. the diaspora synagogue). I postulate that the same two competing traditions originally hailed from the Pauline and Yahvnean schools respectively and that both started out as quintessentially Judaean creations jointly sourced by Pharisee thinking. HYPOTHESIS The post-destruction diaspora synagogue would become a ‘substitute locum sacrum’ for the fallen temple from which a developing contest for covenantal continuity gradually gained sufficient traction to pilot a process of mutual delegitimation between the two leading Pharisee think tanks who got ‘first past the post’ in competing for ascendancy.