In 1809 the citizens of Sweden where given the freedom to practice their Christian faith through the Swedish constitution of 1809, 16 §. This proclaimed that there should be religious freedom in Sweden, albeit restricted to Evangelical-Lutheran faith. Although after the law regarding dissenters was passed in 1860 by choosing another church than the Evangelical-Lutheran church you lost some civic rights, for example you could not become a public official. The freedom to choose religious affiliation was given through the Law of Religious Freedom in 1951. The purpose of this study is to evaluate in what way the concept of religious freedom has developed in Swedish law between 1809 and 1951.In the background I treat two historical events and one era, with focus upon religious freedom, which have in my opinion influenced the view of religious freedom in Sweden during the chosen period of 1809?1951.

The purpose of this article is partly to find out how the burial grounds are used today and the needs of its visitors, but also to develop the character and expression of future burial grounds. My suggestions focus on burial grounds without religious attributes; something that, according to the burial law (Begravningslagen, 1990:1144), the manager of the burial ground is ordered to obey. In my design I aim to fulfill any requests regarding the place of burial that have been raised during my study. I have chosen the history of burial grounds as my starting point and will subsequently discuss their significance in today's society. I describe what distinguishes the burial ground throughout history from medieval times and onwards. Tradition and religion are closely linked regarding burial rituals.

The purpose with our essay is to examine how Arabic young men, with Islamic background, behave to the origin culture of alcohol in relation to the Swedish alcohol culture. To get the information we used a qualitative method. We interviewed young men with Islamic background.Some central questions that character our essay was about the interview person's positions between the different alcohol cultures and if the Islamic religion in some way affects their view on alcohol. Another important question was how they interpret the message of the Koran about alcohol.The conclusion with our study is that the majority of the interview persons consider them selves between the two different alcohol cultures. All of the interview persons were in some way influenced of the Islamic religions rules concerning the use of alcohol and this even if some of the persons didn't see themselves as faithful Muslims..

SO är ett blockämne, bestående av geografi, historia, religions- och samhällsvetenskap, som under de senaste femtio åren haft en plats i den svenska grundskolan. SO-ämnets innehåll, organisering och arbetssätt har dock varierat under dessa femtio år. Syftet med denna undersökning är att ta reda på hur verksamma SO-lärare ser på sitt ämne, sin behörighet och på de förändringar som är på väg att ske inom SO-ämnet. Undersökningen grundar sig i en fenomenologisk ansats och för att få svar på syftets fråga har fem SO-lärare intervjuats.Studien visar på hur de intervjuade lärarna ser positivt på SO-ämnets blocktanke och gärna vill utveckla detta blocktänkande. I samma anda visar lärarna på en vilja att öka integreringen mellan SO-ämnet och andra skolämnen.

Being able to reflect, evaluate and justify your views is an important part of adult life. Moral education can be a path to develop this knowl-edge; however, it is possible that the moral education gets more obscure when it is not a separate subject. The purpose with this essay is to examine the need of moral education and the presence and the framing of moral education of seven teachers in religion. The purpose is also to analyse where and how the moral education should be included in the curriculum. The survey was conducted through qualitative interviews with a hermeneutic approach.

During the last few years the western world has seen an increasing interest in the topic of atheism, with bestselling books by writers like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens. The critic of religions that these writers have brought to the table have not gone unmet, with writers like Dinesh D'Souza rushing to the defence of Chrisianity.Taking on the arguments of New York Times bestselling author Dinesh D'Souza in the current debate on the existece of God and the usefullness of religion, I here examine the claim by D'Souza that atheism, in fact, is responsible for the worst mass murders of history. In taking D'Souza's arguments and analyzing them on its own philosophical merits, with methods like the process of elimination and information evaluation (i.e source criticism), I will here show just exactly how persuasive these arguments prove to be. In the following pages we will not only discuss the role of atheism in 20th centuary totalitarianism, but also answer questions like ?Was Hitler an atheist or a theist??, ?Is atheism responsible for the worst crimes of history?? and ?Are people who believe in God in fact more moral the those who do not??.

The purpose of the study is to se how coherent certain parts of four textbooks is with the curriculums Lpo 94 and Lgr 80. The study will examine Christianity and Islam in four textbooks. The aforementioned books are high school textbooks. To help us conduct the study we will use Hellspongs qualitative analysis method that?s allows us to conduct a profound analysis.

Being able to reflect, evaluate and justify your views is an important part of adult life. Moral education can be a path to develop this knowl-edge; however, it is possible that the moral education gets more obscure when it is not a separate subject. The purpose with this essay is to examine the need of moral education and the presence and the framing of moral education of seven teachers in religion. The purpose is also to analyse where and how the moral education should be included in the curriculum. The survey was conducted through qualitative interviews with a hermeneutic approach.

I uppsatsen redogörs för hur processen kring offentlig skulptur kan gå till, med Borås kommun och Charlotte Gyllenhammars skulptur Ute (2004) som exempel. Uppsatsen innehåller en redogörande del om organisationen kring inköp av offentlig skulptur samt en undersökande del vad gäller det specifikt valda fallet.Den analytiska delen utgår från Göran Sonesson och Anders Marners semiotiska teorier och skulpturen analyseras utifrån begreppen uttryck och innehåll med fokus på hur skulpturen uppfattas och tas emot av publiken, referentialitetsbegrepet. Analysen innefattar även perspektiv på platsen och vad den har för betydelse för hur verket uppfattas, utifrån Christian Norberg-Schulz teorier..

This assignment is a venture into the use of the concept alchemy in the texts on analytical psychology written by Carl G. Jung. Originally the idea was to compare the blending of colours in art painting with the Jungian understanding of alchemy. In order to understand the many and it seems differentiated correlations to alchemy in the texts on analytical psychology written by C.G. Jung, I have found it necessary to investigate the history of alchemy in modern Europe and the Egyptian figure of Hermes Trismegistos.

AbstractThe purpose of this paper is to examine how the religious education is implemented in junior and grammar school. As a base for my examination I used two private schools and two municipal schools. My main goal was to get a better view of the content of the education, the treatment of the students and the conditions for the students to get a greater understanding and respect for others? religious beliefs and opinions through education. To reach this goal I did interviews and field studies which means that the paper has a qualitative approach.The examination showed clearly that the private schools spend a lot more education time on their respective religions while the municipal schools have a more comprehensive education.

Abstract                    Christian Iwung: Den manliga sångarens röstteknik och röstvård inom afroamerikansk musik. Uppsala universitet, musikvetenskap. C-uppsats 1997. 60 p.Denna uppsats i musikvetenskap behandlar den manliga vokalistens röstteknik och röstvård inom afroamerikansk musik. Uppsatsens syfte är dels att sammanställa befintlig litteratur inom området, dels att försöka se ett samband mellan omedveten röstteknik och röstslitage.

Swedish students in the upper secondary school will recieve informaition regarding religion from multiple sources. If we look past the students surroundings like the family, friends or multimedia school is still the primary arena for religous education. Discussions about religion will take place in other lessons than just the subject religion. History is in my opinion the subject closest related to religion and the two makes up for a lot of the values work in swedish schools. Textbooks is still one of the most important tools for education and that makes them important as objects to study.

Uppsatsen behandlar frågan om hur ämbetsbärare inom Svenska kyrkan använder timbreringar i deras heraldiska vapen. Detta bruk jämförs sedan med bruket Church of England samt Romersk katolska kyrkan, vilka har en reglerad heraldik, i motsats till Sverige, och Svenska kyrkan.I uppsatsen lämnas även förslag till timbreringar för Svenska kyrkan..

Sverige beskrivs ofta som ett av världens mest sekulariserade länder. Detta bör inte tolkas som att andlighet och religion inte har betydelse för människor i Sverige idag. Vissa menar att individualiseringen och sekulariseringen har lett till ett ökat andligt intresse. I och med att samhället har blivit mångkulturellt har även den andliga och religiösa mångfalden ökat. Inom hälso- och sjukvård har man under de senaste åren diskutera hur man i praktiken ska handskas med dessa aspekter och litteratur har producerats.