This thesis examines the genesis of the derogative emo kid representation and considers the latent functions it initially served in being applied to visible categories of adolescent subculturalists on the behalf of participants within the wider punk subculture. Pulling from the work of Stanley Cohen in arguing that the emo kid representation be conceptualized as a subcultural folk-devil, this thesis argues for the applicability of a Bourdieuian theoretical framework in understanding the means in which subcultural authenticity is not only distributed throughout fields of subcultural participation, but within those spheres of communicative entertainment media in which subcultural knowledge is created, legitimized and disseminated. In offering a Foucaultian genealogy of the niche-mediated emo pseudo-genre, and highlighting its correlation with concurrent movements perceived as facilitating the mainstream colonization of the punk subculture, this thesis argues that the emo kid folk-devil was constructed and reified by virtue of an array of discursive measures based largely in online, micro-mediated forums - through which punk subculturalists vied to marginalize those emo kids so perceived as threatening the exclusivity of the punk subculture and the long-established symbolic economies contained therein. Finally, this thesis demonstrates the process through which this subcultural folk-devil was annexed into a wider socio-discourse concerning dangerous youth populations and, thus, came to be utilized in collusion with mass-mediated campaigns meant to perpetuate the political disempowerment of adolescent populations through the endorsement of representational politics.

Thesis (M.A.)--Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1994. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-94).

Thesis (doctoral)--Uppsala universitet, 1984. / Summary in English. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 157-164.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2005-11-25Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:43:49Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 oliva_as_dr_assis.pdf: 748665 bytes, checksum: 6896bd1cdf81c2c82ad93b5f1b21a3ca (MD5) / Esta tese, que tem como objeto o discurso sobre o mal na Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus, enquadra-se na tradição francesa de historiografia da cultura, dando especial atenção à influência do filósofo Michel Foucault sobre esta corrente de pensamento. Foca, mais especificamente, o modo como a liderança da igreja constrói discursivamente suas representações acerca do Diabo. Seus limites cronológicos são estabelecidos pela data de fundação da referida instituição religiosa (1977) e pelo ano em que esta pesquisa foi finalizada (2005). As questões que nortearam a execução desta investigação e dos argumentos apresentados são as seguintes: (1) Como o discurso sobre o Diabo na I.U.R.D. se relaciona, seja por continuidade ou descontinuidade, com a história do cristianismo? (2) Como está configurado, internamente, o discurso sobre o Diabo na referida igreja? e (3) Como o discurso sobre o Diabo na igreja do Bispo Macedo se relaciona com outros discursos religiosos no Brasil Contemporâneo? / This dissertation, which treats the Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (Church of the Universal Reign of God), fits into the French tradition of historiography of culture, giving special attention to the influence of Michel Foucault on this line of thought. More especially, the work focuses on the way in which the leadership of the I.U.R.D. constructs its discourse about the Devil. Chronologically, the research is limited by the founding of the I.U.R.D. (1977), and by the year in which the research was completed (2005). The questions that direct the execution of this investigation and the arguments of the dissertion are the following: 1) How does the I.U.R.D.'s discourse about the Devil stand in continuity and/or discontinuity with the history of Christianity? 2) How is the I.U.R.D.'s discourse about the Devil configured internally? 3) How does the discourse about the Devil in Bishop Macedo's church relate to other contemporary religious discourses in Brazil?

De acordo com a teologia cristã, o Diabo caracteriza-se como paradigma definitivo e origem inconteste daquilo que se convencionou chamar de Mal na mundividência ocidental. Todavia, ao transpor as fronteiras dos textos religiosos em que se originou, o Diabo veio a se tornar, nos domínios da literatura, um símbolo recorrente e de indisputável significância, como atestam suas várias e multifacetadas manifestações literárias. Destarte, partindo de uma interpretação do Adversário enquanto símbolo literário de extensa tradição, o presente trabalho objetiva analisar a representação de Satã no conto A Hora do Diabo, de Fernando Pessoa. Tenciona-se, em substância, por meio de uma leitura analítico-comparativa do discurso de Satanás, deslindar a figura do Tentador enquanto sumo conhecedor de mistérios e iniciador que, ao longo da narrativa, sumariza e expõe ao leitor o pensamento esotérico de Fernando Pessoa para, a partir daí, estabelecer uma relação entre os desígnios do Diabo, o Oculto e o fazer poético / According to the Christian theology, the Devil is the utmost paradigm and unquestionable origin of what is commonly named Evil in the Western outlook. Howeveer, by crossing the borders of the religious texts in which it sprang, the Devil became, in the realms of literature, a recurring and indisputably significant symbol, as its various and manifold literary manifestations bear witness. Starting, thus, from an interpretation of the Adversary as a literary symbol of broad tradition, this paper aims at analyzing the representation of Satan in the short-story A Hora do Diabo, by Fernando Pessoa. By means of an analytical comparative study of Satans discourse, our purpose is, essentially, to unfold the figure of the Tempter as the supreme bearer of mysteries and the initiator who, along the narrative, synthesizes and exposes to the reader Fernando Pessoas esoteric thought in order to, from this point on, establish a relation among the Devils intent, the Occult and the poetic creation.

O objetivo deste estudo é analisar comparativamente o motivo fáustico e a representação do demônio nos romances Grande Sertão: Veredas, de Guimarães Rosa, Os Irmãos Karamázov, de Fiódor Dostoiévski, e Doutor Fausto, de Thomas Mann. O conto A Igreja do Diabo, de Machado de Assis, também insere-se no estudo. A análise tem por base a tragédia Fausto, de Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, origem de toda uma tradição que relaciona o demoníaco à insaciabilidade do homem moderno. Aspectos dos respectivos contextos históricos refletidos nas obras também são apontados, assim como diferenças e aproximações entre as experiências dos heróis no que tange ao bem e ao mal e às consequências do pacto com o demônio. Embora universal, tal temática alcança representações peculiares nos autores em estudo, em virtude do estilo e da inventividade de cada um deles e também das condições históricas e culturais diversas. / The aim of this study is to analyze the Faustian motive and the representation of the devil in the novels: Grande Sertão: Veredas, by Guimarães Rosa, The Brothers Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Doctor Faustus, by Thomas Mann. The short story A Igreja do diabo, by Machado de Assis, also fits into the study. The analysis is based on the tragedy of Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the origin of a tradition that relates to the demonic insatiability of modern man. Aspects of their historical contexts reflected in the works are also pointed as well as differences and similarities between the experiences of heroes when it comes to good and evil and the consequences of the pact with the devil. Although universal, this theme reaches representations peculiar to the authors analysed in this study, by virtue of style and creativity of each and also their various historical and cultural conditions.

Part of the biblical theology of Satan and the demonic realm includes a depiction of cosmic conflict, wherein earthly events and conflicts are portrayed as a reflection of heavenly ones, and vice versa. While this portrayal has been explored from various angles, it has not been applied to an examination of the letter of 1 Peter. This dissertation argues that the depiction of cosmic conflict does inform Peter’s paraenesis and depiction of suffering to a significant degree, in that Peter pictures the current persecution of the readers as a necessary and inevitable part of the cosmic struggle against Satan and the demonic realm.

In many African traditional societies, the felt needs of people are usually met by the services of the shaman or other traditional medicine specialists. These needs vary and they could include the need for protection against witchcraft and evil spirits. Another need in Africa is for physical and psychical health. These needs are felt by many Africans inside and outside ecclesiastical structures. Despite centuries of western influence and teaching by missionaries, these felt needs have not gone away. The sensitivity to the spirit world and its impact on the human and material word still remains a firm belief in the African socio-spiritual reality. In its missiological responsibilities in the past and now, the church in Africa continues to display a theological deficiency in addressing this vacuum in African spirituality. Consequently, many African Christians are trapped in the dual, two-tier or split-level Christianity. This shows itself in times of existential crises in which many committed and respectable African Christians revert to traditional religious practices as a means of meeting their spiritual needs, due to the church’s inability to do so. This observed lack of traditional Christian theology and its irrelevancy to African life, has left many African Christians in a dilemma. It is this lacuna in Christian theology and practice that the researcher seeks to address in this study. By analysing documents on spirits in the first-century Jewish world and the two-volume work of Luke-Acts, the researcher endeavours to show the relevance and possible appropriation of the New Testament message to African spiritual realities. This is based on the understanding that the world of the first-century Jews and other communities in the Mediterranean region at the time, has more in common with Africans than the extremely naturalistic, rationalistic and abstract-oriented worldview of the early western missionaries who initially brought the gospel to Africa. Central to the researcher’s thesis, is the argument that, if early Christians, as exemplified by the Lucan audience, could respond to the fears, problems and realities of the spirit world by using God-ordained, spiritual and biblically acceptable means and not magical ways, African Christians, too, who find themselves in similar situations, can do the same. The contention in this study is that the rediscovery of the aspect of the spirit world of the New Testament message will go a long way towards resolving the problem of split-level Christianity in Africa. This task remains a theological imperative for New Testament scholarship in order for the church to present a holistic message to the masses of Africa and to demonstrate how the immanence of the Christian God in Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit, relates to the daily needs of spirit-sensitive Africans – a message that Luke tried so hard to convey to his readers in the first century. / Thesis (PhD (New Testament Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / New Testament Studies / unrestricted

This thesis examines how the devil is depcicted and characterized in Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls, Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, and Revelation 12-13. By exploring their respective historical situations, I connect how all three depictions are linked to satire; however, I reflect upon the differences between the literary and religious, most notably the grotesque physical portrayals and allusory nature of Revelation. The three texts are given their own sections, each divided into three parts: historical situation, textual analysis, and literary commentary. From this analysis, it is shown that the devil carries with them a history of sins within great societies and within individual humans. It is through understanding the literary devil that the power of these sins can be understood, and by studying the literature, there is hope that we can recognize and be ready for when the devil returns to society.