Viimeksi syötetyt 6 Humanistiset tieteet
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"Det var främlingar och dock fränder" : Estlandssvensk identitetsformering med visor som verktyg
(Åbo Akademi, 05.04.2024)The aim of this dissertation is to show how music and especially songs have participated in creating and expressing cultural belonging among Estonia-Swedes. In connection with this, the ideas behind the formation of a ... -
För samhällets bestånd och Guds rikes förkovran : Prästerskapets undervisning kring hushåll, barn och äktenskap i svenska postillor 1686–1770
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 08.03.2024)In this dissertation, I examine the conceptions of household, children, and marriage that were conveyed through printed postils in the Swedish Empire 1686-1770. How and why were these conceptions expressed, and how may ... -
Biblical Onomasticon Speaks : An Anthroponymic and Toponymic Survey of Biblical and Epigraphic Onomasticon with Archaeological Support
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 01.03.2024)Personal names of the Old Testament have been more widely treated scientifically already approximately 100 years (since Martin Noth 1928). Usually scholars have been concentrated on internal structures of names, such as ... -
Prayer Camps and Mental Health : A Study of the Religious, Human Rights and Media Dimensions of the Healing of Persons with Mental Illness in Ghana
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 09.12.2023)This is an article-based thesis that explores the religious, human rights, and media dimensions of healing of mental illness at prayer camps in Ghana. Prayer camps are healing centres established across various parts of ... -
When the Dam Burst : Perspectives on Genre and Tellability in Testimonies of Rape
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 24.11.2023)In 2017, the #MeToo movement called attention to the prevalence of sexual violence in all corners of the world, including the Swedish-speaking parts of Finland. A feminist campaign titled Dammen brister published 950 ... -
Semantische Frames in interkultureller Markenkommunikation
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The Irony of Economic Miracle : Spotlight on Past Futures of Ghana's December 31st Revolution 1982-1992
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 23.10.2023)This doctoral thesis theorizes past futures as a new theory and method for deepening historical research. The thesis then applies this deep historicization of the past to investigate the political visions of the nation of ... -
Krischak Issara : the independent churches in Thailand, their historical background, contextual setting, and theological thinking
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Jacob, the Torah, and the Abrahamic Promise : Studies on the Use and Interpretation of the Jacob Story in the Book of Jubilees
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 30.05.2023)I denna avhandling forskar jag i den tidiga judiska receptionshistorian av Genesis (Första Moseboken). Fokus ligger pa Jubileerboken (c. 170–150 f.Kr.), ett verk som har ofta kallats ett parallelexempel på fenomenet ... -
Attitudes Towards Euthanasia among the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Clergy
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 26.05.2023)The issue of legalizing euthanasia has been a longstanding topic of discussion in Finnish society for the past few decades. The support for euthanasia has increased in Finland among the general population, as well as among ... -
A Composite Modernist Composer : A Study of Intersections between Composition, Theorizing, and Performance in Olivier Messiaen
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 25.05.2023)Different professional roles within music change over time. The evolution of modernism in twentieth century art music elevated the composer to the pinnacle of musical creativity. Accomplished modernist composers came to ... -
Factors in the Child´s Growing Environment Influencing Early Vocabulary Development
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 09.02.2023)Studies of early language development show a wide variability between children, especially in vocabulary size. Despite several earlier studies, there are still many open questions about which factors influence the variation ... -
“What Is the Basic Rule of Outside”? : The Construction of a Jazz Improvisation Concept in On-line Environments
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 09.12.2022)Jazz musicians often talk about the changes, referring to the chord sequences of a tune. The changes are the harmonic framework for improvisations, and as such they govern what the appropriate note choices are for improvising ... -
Sexuality, stigma and religion : The negotiation of sexuality and religion among sexual minorities in Ghana
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 26.11.2022)In research on religion and sexuality, dominant academic discourses have often been “sex-negative”. Religious views concerning sexuality are presented as conservative and constraining, particularly with homosexuality. In ... -
Literacy, Historiography, and the Ethics of Writing About the Absent Other : On Responsibility Toward the Past
(Åbo Akademi - Åbo Akademi University, 22.11.2022)This dissertation examines existential and ethical dimensions of writing and reading, especially with regard to what it means to historicize, that is think, tell, read and write about the past. A central aim of the ... -
Birgittine landscapes : Three monasteries in their local and regional environment across the Baltic Sea Region c. 1410–1530
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Mellan vinge och kropp : en undersökning av fem bibliska berättelser
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Bosättningsfrågan som en del av Österbottens äldre historia : Kunskapscirkulation och fria forskare i kontrovers 1978-2005
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 14.10.2022)Syftet med den här avhandlingen är att visa på den kamp som Österbottens forntid har gett upphov till på en lokal, regional och en nationell nivå. Studien visar hur både amatörer och professionella forskare har försökt ... -
Struggling with the Personal : On Epistemic Habits in Queer and Feminist Theory
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Management Matters : Organizational Storytelling within the Anthroposophical Society in Sweden
(Åbo Akademis förlag - Åbo Akademi University Press, 27.08.2022)The Anthroposophical Society, founded by the Austrian polymath Rudolf Steiner, came to Sweden in 1913, but for the generation of present-day Swedish Anthroposophists whose voices are heard in this study, the great flowering ...