How (if, and if so, how, when, and why) did the vast complex of ancient Graeco-Roman religion, that had united and held together the ancient Mediterranean world, come to an end? I have attempted to...Show moreHow (if, and if so, how, when, and why) did the vast complex of ancient Graeco-Roman religion, that had united and held together the ancient Mediterranean world, come to an end? I have attempted to devise a reasoned roadmap to solving that issue, in conversation with recent scholarship and in doing so have strived to create a method and subset of themes that a scholar can use to study the end of a religion.Show less
Master thesis | Theology and Religious Studies (Master)
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Een kritische discoursanalyse van vier visie op de toekomst en de invulling van het vak Godsdienst/Levensbeschouwing. Een aantal artikelen uit Narthex, tijdschrift voor levensbeschouwing en...Show moreEen kritische discoursanalyse van vier visie op de toekomst en de invulling van het vak Godsdienst/Levensbeschouwing. Een aantal artikelen uit Narthex, tijdschrift voor levensbeschouwing en educatie, afkomstig van Thom Geurts, Bert Roebben, Willibrord van den Besselaar en Paul Vermeer over het vak Godsdienst/Levensbeschouwing zijn onderworpen aan een kritische discoursanalyse. Door het uitvoeren van deze kritische discoursanalyse is aangetoond wat de invloed van tekst een taalgebruik is op hun visies op de toekomst en invulling van het vak Godsdienst/Levensbeschouwing.Show less
Master thesis | Theology and Religious Studies (Master)
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This master thesis explores the factors that were crucial in the process that led to the separate category of ‘Hinduism’ in the world religions paradigm. Our present image of Hinduism as a world...Show moreThis master thesis explores the factors that were crucial in the process that led to the separate category of ‘Hinduism’ in the world religions paradigm. Our present image of Hinduism as a world religion is for a large part a continuation of nineteenth century ideas on Hinduism and religion in general. Due to nineteenth century scholarship and the agency of prominent Hindus, Hinduism as a world religion is presented as a book religion and belief system with the philosophy of Vedanta as its essential doctrinal substantiation. Vedanta is certainly an important and influential facet of Hinduism, but presenting the philosophy of Vedanta as Hinduism’s essence has created a one-dimensional image of Hinduism that does not do justice to the extreme versatility and complexity found in Hinduism. Next to that, emphasising belief and doctrine has led to an undervaluation of all those other aspects of Hinduism, such as rituals, materiality and social relations, all of which are important characteristics of Hinduism.Show less
