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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Sacred time"”.
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A phenomenological inquiry into sacred time in Hinduism
<p>In this work, I examine the nature of sacred time in religious experience. Applying the methodology of phenomenology of religion, I inspect the ways in which human beings experience sacred time in Hinduism and present an argument against Mircea Eliade’s understanding of the nature of sacred time …
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The Sacred Times Prescribed in the Pentateuch : Old Testament Indicators of the Extent of Their Applicability
… purpose of this dissertation is to examine the sacred times prescribed in the Pentateuch and to determine if the Old Testament itself contains indicators of the extent of their applicability. "Applicability" refers primarily to ongoing applicability throughout time. However, whether a sacred …
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Roots and wings: orthodoxy, tradition, and creativity in Irish folk Catholicism
… use of material artefacts to create channels for sacred presence and activity, the use of ritual and pilgrimage to establish sacred time and space, and the use of prayer to accomplish all of these goals. These sections are followed by a more holistic analysis of the material, a critical …
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Sermons in Stones: Mormon Chosenness and the Politics of Land in the American West
… successful reframing of anti-federal activism as sacred labor. I show how the Sagebrush Rebellion marked a turning point by legitimizing individualized pathways to sacred time, no longer dependent on Church-mediated ritual. This decentralization allowed figures such as the Bundy family to enact …
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Beyond the Sipahs, Jaishs and Lashkars. Sectarian Violence in Pakistan as Reproduction of Exclusivist Sectarian Discourse.
… through violence. Consequently, the concept of sacred space and sacred time are analysed as locations of sectarian violence. The contestations of public space by competing identity discourses, and the spatial manifestations of those competing identities are analysed. This dissertation also …
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Religion, Emotion, and Spirituality in American Hospital Childbirth
… Percival described: “It’s a very . . . almost sacred time to be allowed to watch. Kind of like, I would imagine from a worldly sense, a star being born.” At the same time, in the discourse surrounding hospital birth, discussions of spirituality or religion are consistently marginalized. By …
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Religion, Emotion, and Spirituality in American Hospital Childbirth
… Percival described: “It’s a very . . . almost sacred time to be allowed to watch. Kind of like, I would imagine from a worldly sense, a star being born.” At the same time, in the discourse surrounding hospital birth, discussions of spirituality or religion are consistently marginalized. By …
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Sixteenth Century Morisco Devotional Manuscripts in their Mediterranean Contexts
… of these works concerns the sacralisation of time with a programme of structured devotion. Once again, in exhibiting this textual interest, these Moriscos show themselves to be vibrant contributors to a Mediterranean-wide shared interest in structured devotions and sacred time. While many …
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Signifying practices : Amaxhosa ritual speech
… and its performance which occurs within a sacred time and place, ukuthetha, or ritual speech, is the medium linking the physical and spiritual world within the amaXhosa worldview. As this thesis focuses on the analysis of amaXhosa ritual speech, chapters on ukuthetha which occur during …