Doctoral Dissertations
Digitized Dissertations on DSpace at University of Tartu, starting from 2012.
| 2023 | |||
| Author | Title | Degree | Supervisor |
| Imar Yacine Koutchoukali |
"Our ʿirbīt is not like your ʿarabiyya" – Linguistic and socio-political change in late antique South Arabia (550 – 850 AD)" |
Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Studies) |
Associate Professor A. Annus Doctor P. A. Webb Doctor I. Gajda |
| Helen Haas | Alevis in Contemporary Izmir: Imaginaries, Beliefs and Practices regarding Hacı Bektaş Veli | Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Studies) |
Doctor E. Süld Professor C. Raudvere |
| Iakov Kadochnikov | Deification of Kings in Ancient Mesopotamia (from III to II Millennium BC) | Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Studies) |
Associate professor A. Annus prof V. V. Emelianov |
| 2022 | |||
| Author | Title | Degree | Supervisor |
| Helle Kaasik | Sacred Medicine from the Forest: Chemical, Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Ayahuasca | Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Studies) |
Associate professor L. Altnurme prof K. Kreegipuu |
| Hedi Vilumaa | Open Communion of the Word and Eucharist. Admission of baptized children and young people to Holy Communion: Contexts and Conceptions in Estonian Lutheran Church 1917– 2005 | Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Studies) | prof R. Altnurme |
| Ahenkora Siaw Kwakye | Transcendence, as a theme in Theology and technology | Doctor of Philosophy (Theology) | prof A. Kull |
| 2021 | |||
| Author | Title | Degree | Supervisor |
| Silja Härm | Professional choices of Estonian upper secondary school Religious Education teachers in teaching Religious Education |
Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Studies) | Associate professor O. Schihalejev |
| Triin Käpp | Christian Values Education in Christian Schools and the Role of the Christian Schools in Estonian Society in 21. Century |
Doctor of Philosophy (Theology) | Associate professor O. Schihalejev |
| 2020 | |||
| Author | Title | Degree | Supervisor |
| Tiina-Erika Friedenthal | Quarrels and Disputes Regarding Theatrical Performances in Estonia and Livonia at the End of the 18th and Beginning of the 19th Century | Doctor of Philosophy (Theology) |
Associate professor L. Lukas Associate professor U. Petti |
| Liina Kilemit | Reasons for Joining Christian Congregations | Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Studies) | Senior Research Fellow L. Altnurme |
| 2019 | |||
| Author | Title | Degree | Supervisor |
| Indrek Peedu | Positioning the Scholar: Issues of Epistemology and Methodology in the Evolutionary Study of Religion | Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Studies) | lector R. Karo |
| Andreas Johandi | The God Asar/Asalluḫi in the Early Mesopotamian Pantheon | Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Studies) |
prof T. Kulmar Senior Research Fellow |
| Ege Lepa | The Dynamics of Estonian Islamic Community since the Restoration of Independence | Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Studies) |
prof T. Kulmar dr Ringo Ringvee |
| 2018 | |||
| Author | Title | Degree | Supervisor |
| Liidia Meel | Interdisciplinary Team Based Pastoral Care Model for Estonian Healthcare Institutions | Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Studies) | prof T.Lehtsaar |
| Marju Lepajõe | Pastors and Written Culture: On the Variations of Christian Humanism in Estonia and Livonia in the First Half of the 17th Century | Doctor of Philosophy (Theology) | prof A. Kull |
| 2017 | |||
| Author | Title | Degree | Supervisor |
| Liina Eek | Catechesis and Beliefs among Contemporary Estonian-Speaking Orthodox | Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Studies) | Senior Research Fellow L. Altnurme |
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2016 |
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Marko Uibu |
Religiosity as cultural toolbox: a study of Estonian new spirituality |
Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Studies) |
Senior Research Fellow L. Altnurme |
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2015 |
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Erki Lind |
The Concept of the Body in Chinese and Indian Bodily Practices: Transformation, Perspective, and Ethics |
Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Studies) |
prof T. Kulmar |
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2014 |
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Degree |
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Mart Jaanson |
A grammatical, theological and musical analysis of the |
Doctor of Philosophy (Theology) |
Associate professor U. Petti prof M. Humal |
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Elo Süld |
Muhammad, der Gesandte Gottes, und Paulus, der Gesandte Christi. Ein Vergleich der Berufungs- und offenbarungsgeschichtlichen Vorstellungen mit Bezug auf die islamische sowie die biblische Tradition |
Doctor of Philosophy (Theology) |
PhD P. Roosimaa, prof S. Schreiner |
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2013 |
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Raul Tiganik |
Social control and religion (in Estonian) |
Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Studies) |
prof A. Kull |
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2012 |
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Maire Latvala |
Congregational pastoral care according to the example of four Estonian denominations (in Estonian) |
Doctor of Philosophy (Theology) |
prof T. Lehtsaar |
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Priit Rohtmets |
Theological Factions in the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church 1917–1934 (in Estonian) |
Doctor of Philosophy (Theology) |
prof R. Altnurme |
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2011 |
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Degree |
Supervisor |
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Ain Riistan |
The Historical Jesus: the Problem of Science in the Context of Religion (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof A. Kull, prof P. Torop |
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Kaarina Rein |
Medicine at the Gymnasium and University of Tartu from 1630 to 1656. Medical Disputations, Orations and their Authors (in Estonian) |
Doctor of Philosophy (Religious Anthropology) |
PhD A.Tering, prof A.Kull |
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Anu Põldsam |
Lazar Gulkowitsch – eine vergessene Stimme der Wissenschaft des Judentums. Seine Tätigkeit, sein Werk und seine Wirkung im zeitgeschichtlichen Kontext |
Doctor of Philosophy (Theology) |
prof K. Kasemaa |
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Atko-Sulhan Remmel |
Anti-religious struggle in Estonian SSR in 1957–1990. Main institutions and their activities (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof R. Altnurme |
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Ringo Ringvee |
State and Religion in Post-Soviet Estonia 1991–2008 (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof T. Kulmar, prof R. Altnurme |
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2010 |
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Title |
Degree |
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Piret Lotman |
Heinrich Stahl's activities in the Swedish Baltic provinces in the first half of the seventeenth century (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof R.Altnurme |
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Ingmar Kurg |
The Perspectives of Ecumenical Evangelization in Europe: a Missiological and Religio-sociological Study (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
Associate professor U. Petti, prof A. Laats |
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Peeter Espak |
The God Enki in Sumerian Royal Ideology and Mythology |
Doctor of Philosophy (Theology) |
prof Th.Kämmerer, prof T.Kulmar |
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2009 |
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Title |
Degree |
Supervisor |
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Roland Karo |
Eros & Mysticism. Are Mystical States of Consciousness Evolutionary Byproducts of Sexual Response? (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof Anne Kull |
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Olga Schihalejev |
Estonian Young People, Religion and Religious Diversity: Personal Views and the Role of the School |
doctor theologiae |
Associate professor Pille Valk, prof Robert Jackson |
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Jaan Lahe |
Gnosis und Judentum. Alttestamentliche und jüdische Motive in der gnostischen Literatur und das Ursprungsproblem der Gnosis |
doctor theologiae |
PhD P. Roosimaa, PhD K. Rudolph, PhD H.-G. Bethge |
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2008 |
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Title |
Degree |
Supervisor |
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Andrei Sõtšov |
The Estonian Orthodox Eparchy under the Influence of the Soviet Religious Policies in 1954–1964 (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof Riho Altnurme |
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Meelis Friedenthal |
The Tractatus moralis de oculo of the Tallinn City Archives (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
Associate professor Urmas Petti |
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2007 |
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Title |
Degree |
Supervisor |
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Veiko Vihuri |
Hugo Bernhard Rahamägi, the second Bishop of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church 1934–1939 (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof Riho Altnurme |
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Kaido Soom |
Adult confirmation in the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof Tõnu Lehtsaar |
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2006 |
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Title |
Degree |
Supervisor |
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Vasyl Vepruk |
Феномен аскетизма в религиозной жизни человечества. Системно-сравнительный анализ модификаций аскезы с позиций Святого Православия |
doctor theologiae |
prof Tarmo Kulmar |
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Dace Balode |
Gottesdienst in Korinth |
PhD (Theology) |
Associate professor Peeter Roosimaa |
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Aira Võsa |
Johann Georg Gichtel - a supporter of the Theosophical Idea in the Early Modern Europe (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
Associate professor Urmas Petti |
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Lea Altnurme |
From Christianity to own belief. A study about the changes in the religiosity of the Estonians in the 2nd half of the 20th century (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof Tarmo Kulmar |
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2005 |
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Title |
Degree |
Supervisor |
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Einike Pilli |
A Holistic concept of Lifelong learning in the context of Estonian Protestant Churches (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof Tõnu Lehtsaar |
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Tõnis Nõmmik |
The Military Chaplain Service in Estonia (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof Tarmo Kulmar |
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2004 |
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Title |
Degree |
Supervisor |
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Peeter Roosimaa |
About the Estonian translations of the New Testament and about exegesis-supporting translating (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof dr Toomas Paul, Associate professor Anne Kull, PhD |
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2003 |
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Title |
Degree |
Supervisor |
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Pille Valk |
The concept of religious education for Estonian schools (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof dr Tõnu Lehtsaar, prof dr Markku Pyysiäinen |
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Ilmars Hiršs-Iršs |
Ein Volk aus Juden und Heiden. Der ekklesiologische Beitrag des Ersten Petrusbriefes zum christlich-jüdischen Gespräch |
doctor theologiae |
prof dr Folker Siegert |
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2000 |
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Title |
Degree |
Supervisor |
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Riho Altnurme |
The Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Soviet state, 1944-1949 (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof dr Tarmo Kulmar, prof M. Lamberijts |
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Arne Hiob |
The main features of the philosophy of religion of Uku Masing (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof dr Alar Laats |
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1997 |
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Title |
Degree |
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Kalle Kasemaa |
About semitic studies and poetics (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
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1994 |
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Title |
Degree |
Supervisor |
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Tarmo Kulmar |
The theology of the earliest stratum of Estonian power, god and soul beliefs (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
prof Jaan Puhvel, prof Alfred Rupp |
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Toomas Paul |
The history of Estonian Bible translation. Part I (XVI to XIX century) (in Estonian) |
doctor theologiae |
Member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Juhan Kahk |