@phdthesis{anHaack2018,
  author    = {an Haack, Jan},
  title     = {Market and affect in evangelical mission},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-42469},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-424694},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {viii, 240},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {This text is a contribution to the research on the worldwide success of evangelical Christianity and offers a new perspective on the relationship between late modern capitalism and evangelicalism. For this purpose, the utilization of affect and emotion in evangelicalism towards the mobilization of its members will be examined in order to find out what similarities to their employment in late modern capitalism can be found. Different examples from within the evangelical spectrum will be analyzed as affective economies in order to elaborate how affective mobilization is crucial for evangelicalism's worldwide success. Pivotal point of this text is the exploration of how evangelicalism is able to activate the voluntary commitment of its members, financiers, and missionaries. Gathered here are examples where both spheres—evangelicalism and late modern capitalism—overlap and reciprocate, followed by a theoretical exploration of how the findings presented support a view of evangelicalism as an inner-worldly narcissism that contributes to an assumed re-enchantment of the world.},
  language  = {en}
}
@phdthesis{Keruth2021,
  author    = {Keruth, Christine},
  title     = {Die Piet{\`a}-Ilkonik in der Gegenwartskunst},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-51661},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-516617},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {335},
  year      = {2021},
  abstract  = {Die vorliegende Studie beschreitet im religionswissenschaftlichen Kontext einen Weg zur Erforschung der Modifikation und Neuausrichtung eines einzelnen christlichen Bildmotivs, dessen Bildformel sich bis in die Gegenwart durchgesetzt hat. Das Bildmotiv der Piet{\`a} wird in der Gegenwartskunst verst{\"a}rkt als innovative Bildformel in politischen oder sozialen Kontexten verwendet, um existenzielle Lebenserfahrungen oder gesellschaftskritische, sowie politische Anklagen zu formulieren. Es erlebt einen Relaunch in der Medienberichterstattung, der Kunst, in Filmen oder der Alltagskultur. K{\"u}nstler_innen und Fotojournalist_innen geben ihren Objekten vermehrt den Titel Piet{\`a} oder er wird ihnen von außen zuge-schrieben. Die Semantik dieses spezifischen Bildmotivs r{\"u}hrt offenbar an und kann bei Betrachtenden eine emotionale Gestimmtheit evozieren. F{\"u}r diese Stu-die ist das Norm- und Wertesystem mit dem dahinter liegenden Tradierungs- und Transformationsprozess von Interesse. Bisher fehlt eine Monografie, in der die Zusammenh{\"a}nge der Wiederbelebung eines prim{\"a}r christlichen Bildmotivs und der gegenw{\"a}rtigen Bez{\"u}ge zu Gewalt, Tod, Angst, Verg{\"a}nglichkeit, dem Altern oder des Verlustes analysiert werden. Im Vordergrund steht die Frage nach einer Modifikation bzw. Neuinterpretation dieser Ikonik. Das Aufzeigen eines m{\"o}glichen dynamischen Entwicklungspro-zesses des Bildmotivs soll kl{\"a}ren, welche ver{\"a}nderten Funktionen dem Piet{\`a}-Motiv in der Gegenwartskunst zugeschrieben werden. {\"U}ber ein Set international renomierter, zeitgen{\"o}ssischer K{\"u}nstler_innen werden eventuelle Ver{\"a}nderun-gen und ein damit verbundener gesellschaftlicher Bedeutungswandel seit dem 21. Jahrhundert analysiert. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist die Frage nach einer religions{\"u}bergreifenden Wirk-m{\"a}chtigkeit ikonischer Pr{\"a}senz eines religi{\"o}sen Bildmotivs in der Kunst und den Bildmedien von aktueller Relevanz. Diese Studie leistet einen exemplarischen Beitrag f{\"u}r die Affektforschung, die sich in den vergangenen Jahren vermehrt mit der Emotionsdarstellung und der Emotionsvermittlung in den audiovisuellen Medien befasst.},
  language  = {de}
}
@phdthesis{Schinkoeth2020,
  author    = {Schink{\"o}th, Michaela},
  title     = {Automatic affective reactions to exercise-related stimuli},
  doi       = {10.25932/publishup-47111},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-471115},
  school      = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam},
  pages     = {II, 117},
  year      = {2020},
  abstract  = {Even though the majority of individuals know that exercising is healthy, a high percentage struggle to achieve the recommended amount of exercise. The (social-cognitive) theories that are commonly applied to explain exercise motivation refer to the assumption that people base their decisions mainly on rational reasoning. However, behavior is not only bound to reflection. In recent years, the role of automaticity and affect for exercise motivation has been increasingly discussed. In this dissertation, central assumptions of the affective-reflective theory of physical inactivity and exercise (ART; Brand \& Ekkekakis, 2018), an exercise-specific dual-process theory that emphasizes the role of a momentary automatic affective reaction for exercise-decisions, were examined. The central aim of this dissertation was to investigate exercisers and non-exercisers automatic affective reactions to exercise-related stimuli (i.e., type-1 process). In particular, the two components of the ART's type-1 process, that are, automatic associations with exercise and the automatic affective valuation to exercise, were under study. In the first publication (Schinkoeth \& Antoniewicz, 2017), research on automatic (evaluative) associations with exercise was summarized and evaluated in a systematic review. The results indicated that automatic associations with exercise appeared to be relevant predictors for exercise behavior and other exercise-related variables, providing evidence for a central assumption of the ART's type-1 process. Furthermore, indirect methods seem to be suitable to assess automatic associations. The aim of the second publication (Schinkoeth, Weymar, \& Brand, 2019) was to approach the somato-affective core of the automatic valuation of exercise using analysis of reactivity in vagal HRV while viewing exercise-related pictures. Results revealed that differences in exercise volume could be regressed on HRV reactivity. In light of the ART, these findings were interpreted as evidence of an inter-individual affective reaction elicited at the thought of exercise and triggered by exercise-stimuli. In the third publication (Schinkoeth \& Brand, 2019, subm.), it was sought to disentangle and relate to each other the ART's type-1 process components—automatic associations and the affective valuation of exercise. Automatic associations to exercise were assessed with a recoding-free variant of an implicit association test (IAT). Analysis of HRV reactivity was applied to approach a somatic component of the affective valuation, and facial reactions in a facial expression (FE) task served as indicators of the automatic affective reaction's valence. Exercise behavior was assessed via self-report. The measurement of the affective valuation's valence with the FE task did not work well in this study. HRV reactivity was predicted by the IAT score and did also statistically predict exercise behavior. These results thus confirm and expand upon the results of publication two and provide empirical evidence for the type-1 process, as defined in the ART. This dissertation advances the field of exercise psychology concerning the influence of automaticity and affect on exercise motivation. Moreover, both methodical implications and theoretical extensions for the ART can be derived from the results.},
  language  = {en}
}