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Ordning mot kaos : studier av nordisk förkristen kosmologi
Världen var på många sätt en annan för 1000 år sedan, såväl i praktik som i tanke. Människan ansågs leva på en plats, "Midgård", i mitten av världen, omgiven av andra världar …
Metoder i religionshistoriske analyser
Religionshistorien undersøger udtryk for religion i forskellige facetter fra oldtid til nutid i hele verden. Som en humanistisk disciplin gransker den religionernes historie …
Alevi Identity
In the rising momentum for new and reformulated cultural identities, the Turkish Alevi have also emerged on the scene, demanding due recognition. In this process a number of …
Contested Memories and the Demands of the Past
This book brings together new perspectives on collective memory in the modern Muslim world. It discusses how memory cultures are established and used at national levels – in …
Narratives and Rituals of the Nightmare Hag in Scandinavian Folk Belief
This books explores varying conceptions of the Nightmare hag, mara, in Scandinavian folk belief. What began as observations of some startling narratives preserved in folklore …
Neo-Ottoman Imaginaries in Contemporary Turkey
This book presents gendered readings of cultural manifestations that relate to the Ottoman era as a preferred past and a model for the future. By means of claims of authenticity …
Med gudomlig auktoritet : om religionens kraft i politiken
Istanbul, Jerusalem, New York, Madrid. Vår omvärld bubblar och sjuder av konflikter och kolliderande intressen med kopplingar till religiösa frågor som inte alltid är begripliga …
Nostalgia, Loss and Creativity in South-East Europe
Where nostalgia was once dismissed a wistful dream of a never-never land, the academic focus has shifted to how pieces of the past are assembled as the elements in alternative …