Selaus tekijän mukaan kokoelmassa Donner-instituutin julkaisuja

    • Approaching Religion vol 1 

      Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1999)
      The current volume is based on the symposium “Methodology of the Study of Religions” arranged by the Donner Institute in 1997 as a Regional Symposium for the International Association for the Study of Religions (IAHR). The ...
    • Approaching Religion vol 2 

      Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1999)
      The current volume is based on the symposium “Methodology of the Study of Religions” arranged by the Donner Institute in 1997 as a Regional Symposium for the International Association for the Study of Religions (IAHR). The ...
    • Book reviews 

      Ahlbäck, Tore; Jouili, Jeanette; Wickström, Laura; Laitila, Teuvo (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 2011)
      Four book reviews are included in this issue of Approaching Religion: The Process of Buddhist-Christian Dialogue (2009) by Paul O. Ingram is reviewed by Dr Teuvo Laitila. The book deals with contemporary dialogues between ...
    • Dance, Music, Art, and Religion 

      Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1996)
      By tradition, the study of religion has predominantly been concerned with intellectual aspects of faith and believing, focusing on texts, systematised creeds and articulated truth claims. Aesthetic dimensions of religions ...
    • Digital Religion 

      Illman, Ruth; Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 2013)
      The current volume of Scripta focuses on the contemporary interface between religion and new internet technologies under the heading Digital Religion. The aim of the volume is to explore the complex relationship between ...
    • Exercising Power: The Role of Religions in Concord and Conflict 

      Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 2006)
      The current volume is based on papers presented at the conference by the same name, arranged by the Finnish Society for the Study of Religion (SUS) together with the European Association for the Study of Religion (EASR) ...
    • Old Norse and Finnish Religions and Cultic Place-Names 

      Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1990)
      In September 1986 the Nordic Cooperation Committee for Humanistic Research presented a report on the research into Norse religion within the Nordic region. The report pointed out the need for intensified research efforts ...
    • Pilgrimages Today 

      Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 2010)
      Pilgrimages can tentatively be described as journeys undertaken by individuals or groups to a place, which for the persons involved in the journey is of great importance; either for religious or spiritual reasons or for ...
    • Post-secular Religious Practices 

      Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 2012)
      The theme of the current volume of Scripta is the emerging field of research connected to Post-secular religious practices. Special attention is given to the trend of combining a renewed openness to questions of the spirit ...
    • Postmodern Spirituality 

      Ahlbäck, Tore; (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 2009)
      Postmodern Spirituality is an umbrella term that covers a broad number of beliefs and approaches that fall under a common, though rather fuzzy, category. Within this category, one finds a wide variety of spiritual practices ...
    • Religion and the Body 

      Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 2011)
      During recent years, the body has become a central focus of religious studies. The understanding of religion as a solely intellectual practice of beliefs, norms and convictions is giving way to a broader understanding of ...
    • Ritualistics 

      Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 2003)
      The problem of ritual has been a central topic of religious studies since the earliest days of the research tradition. Rituals offer material for interesting paths of inquiry related to both historical and contemporary ...
    • Saami Religion 

      Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1987)
      The aim of the current volume is to present recent advances in the research on Saami culture and religion. Thus, these articles strive to answer the call for an international coordination of all forces in order to build a ...
    • The Mercator-Hondius Atlas at the Donner Institute 

      Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 2016)
      This introduction describes the background and reasons why the Mercator-Hondius atlas analysed in this issue became part of the library collection of the Donner Institute.
    • The Problem of Ritual 

      Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1993)
      Religious rites play a key role in most religions and spiritual traditions of the world. For researchers of religion they offer an especially prolific source of knowledge and data due to their empirical character – most ...
    • The Saami Shaman Drum 

      Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1991)
      The current volume is based on articles presented at a symposium by the same name, arranged by the Donner Institute in 1984. The aim of the symposium was to gather a limited number of experts from different academic ...
    • Uppkomsten av Teosofiska Samfundet i Finland 

      Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, 1995)
      I boken tecknar docent Tore Ahlbäck Teosofiska Samfundets uppkomst i Finland i sina huvuddrag. Undersökningen inleds med ett kartläggande av hur teosofin presenterades i finländsk press i början av 1890-talet. Inläggen i ...
    • Western Esotericism 

      Ahlbäck, Tore (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 2008)
      The concept of Western Esotericism includes a multiplicity of traditions and lines of thought included in Western culture, from antiquity and the renaissance up to modern times. It is often used to refer to different forms ...