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The Freedom to Be[lieve]: a case study of how Christian Communities of sexual diversity affect the religious and sexual identity of gays and lesbians in Santiago, Chile
(Master thesis, 2018)Christian gays and lesbians have experienced losing their position and being discriminated within their church community due to their sexual identity. With these experiences, other Christian communities continue fighting ... -
The function of lament in Lamentations 2 : a close reading of Lam 2 related to the use of the Bible in pastoral care
(Master thesis, 2012-10-26)This thesis will focus on Lam 2, but also seek to find a way of using what I find in the analysis of Lam 2 in the practice of pastoral care. The main focus will be on the exegetical work on Lam 2, because I think it is ... -
The Ghanaian Perceptions about Transnational Terrorism and Islam and their Implications for Christian-Muslim Community Coexistence: The Case of the Madina Community
(Master thesis, 2018)ABSTRACT West Africa which used to be a quieter zone regarding terrorism is presently plagued with the activities of terrorist groups linked with Islam. Terrorism linked with Islam is creating challenges of Islamophobia ... -
The Good Pastoring Mother: how Female Pastors in Norway and the United States Balance Work and Home
(Master thesis, 2017)Pastoral work is a unique vocation, which blurs the lines between personal and professional life to an extreme degree. While this dynamic has been examined from many angles, very little time has been spent determining ... -
The Gospel in the Regula Benedicti
(Master thesis, 2017)The word “Gospel,” or evangelium in Latin, has been a dynamic and ever changing word from the moment it was adopted by Christianity. This study examines the ways that the Regula Benedicti uses evangelium as a metonym, a ... -
The impact of religious denominational education on the status advancement of women and gender equality
(Master thesis, 2015-10-01)Discrimination between genders creates an unjust society that no longer guarantees equal rights and opportunities for its citizens. It creates a climate of suspicion injustice and domination between individuals; it condemns ... -
The Interrelation Between Pentecostal Growth and Economic Crisis In Cameroon: the Case of Buea Sub-Division
(Master thesis, 2017)This study examines the relationship between economic crisis and the growing popularity of Pentecostal churches in Buea municipality and its environs. The research question that was investigated was: what interrelationship ... -
The Man in Black – I skyggen av hvitt : hvordan påvirket kristendommen karrieren til Johnny Cash og hvordan påvirket karrieren kristendommen hans?
(Master thesis, 2017)Johnny Cash har i skrivende stund vært død i snart fjorten år. Likevel er han fortsatt i stand til å trekke til seg nye fans og er fremdeles en person som tiltrekker seg skrivelystne musikkelskere og kristne på grunn av ... -
The Mission of the Holy Spirit. An analysis of the influence of Orthodox Pneumatology in Together Towards Life
(Master thesis, 2016-08-26)This paper is about the Pneumatological influence the Orthodox theology has had on the mission affirmation of the World Council of Churches: Together Towards Life. It does so by presenting the World Council of Churches, ... -
The Motifs of Childlessness as Curse and Motherhood as Blessing. Judgment and Salvation in the Old Testament
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"The Other Justice". Las Abejas' conception of justice after the Acteal massacre viewed in light of restorative justice theory
(Master thesis, 2015-07-27)Las Abejas formed as an organization in 1992 as a indigenous, Catholic, pacifist organization, working for peace and indigenous rights in Chiapas, Mexico. This group is in solidarity with the Zapatistas who uprose against ... -
The Potential of Religious Peacebuilding - a case study from Sierra Leone
(Master thesis, 2016-10-07)It is the purpose of this thesis to further knowledge and understanding of religious peacebuilding, and the added value of religious actors in peace processes. It is the proposition of this author that religious actors ... -
The process of marginalization of the Alevis in the Ottoman Empire: A historical perspective
(Master thesis, 2018)Alevis have been marginalized, massacred, and assimilated since the Ottoman Empire, during the Turkish Republic and continue to be even today. So far, Alevis had to hide their identities and there is no homogenous definition ... -
The Rainbow Sunset : how can a church involve the LGBT group of people?
(Master thesis, 2019)This Thesis contributes to understanding the setting of the LGBT in the Christian community and the role of the church of involving LGBT. Looking into the development concerning the church hospitality towards LGBT, Biblical ... -
The Relationship Between the Church and the Roman empire: From Persecution to the State Religion
(Master thesis, 2019)This study has explored the changed relationship between the church and the Roman Empire between the second and the fourth century as presented in the books Apology by Tertullian and The Death of the Persecutors by Lactantius ... -
The Religious and Cultural Identity of the Second Generation Oromo in Norway, Oslo
(Master thesis, 2015-07-27)Today there are a large number of Oromo migrants worldwide. There are many in Western Europe, particularly in Norway, Oslo. They fled their homeland because of political instability, economic insecurity and human rights ... -
The response of the church in Nairobi to the Al-Shabaab terror attacks: A case study of St. Polycarp Anglican Church Juja Road Pangani and God`s House of Miracles International Nairobi
(Master thesis, 2014-09-24)In October 2011, the Kenya Army entered Somalia in an operation to protect the Kenyan people and interests from attacks by the Al-Qaeda affiliate, Al- Shabaab based in Somalia. In retaliation, the Al- Shabaab intensified ... -
The rise of secularization in Kenya and its impact to the church
(Master thesis, 2017)Secularization is a global challenge that confronts all religions in all contexts. There has been an increase of secularism in Kenya that has continued to erode the ecclesiastical authority of late especially in the urban ... -
The Role of Immigrant churches in the Incorporation of their Participants to the Broader Norwegian Society
(Master thesis, 2013-09-09)This thesis focuses on the role of Christian immigrant churches in helping their participants to integrate in their new society. It does so by doing an empirical study on three different immigrant churches in Oslo, ...