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The Symbolist aesthetic and the impact of occult and esoteric ideologies on modern art
(The Donner Institute, 2018-04-21)
Within the past couple of decades, art-historical scholarship has developed a more acute awareness of the need to reassess and re-evaluate its dominant narratives. It has become apparent that the value judgements that have ...
Vicarious dissonance and the narrative of the Gospel of Matthew
(The Donner Institute, 2018-12-01)
This article presents a novel social-scientific approach to the Gospel of Matthew, one of the most influential texts in the history of Christianity. This approach combines social-psychological and narrative-critical ...
Esotericism in reverse
(The Donner Institute, 2018-04-21)
Western esotericism appears to be a field most precarious in terms of positioning. This article will highlight the divide between ‘critics’ and ‘religionists’ from a pre-Enlightenment position by discussing René Descartes’ ...
A relation of Swedenborgianism and anthroposophy
(The Donner Institute, 2018-04-21)
My article discusses the influence of Emanuel- Swedenborg on a Finnish female author, Kersti Bergroth (1886–1975) through one of Bergroth’s novels Eläviä ja kuolleita (‘The Living and the Dead’, 1945). Bergroth was a ...
Singing of divine identities in a liturgical space? John Damascene's treatise on the Trisagion and his anti-heretical polemics
(The Donner Institute, 2018-12-01)
John Damascene, one of the most productive Greek theologians of the Middle Byzantine era, also composed a treatise on the Trisagion hymn, or how it should be sung correctly and why; a text that has been little discussed ...
Putting the spiritual into practice
(The Donner Institute, 2018-04-21)
The aim of this article is to examine how Rudolf Steiner’s anthroposophical ideas were reflected and put into practice in the lives of the Finnish couple Olly (Olga) Donner (1881–1956, neé Sinebrychoff) and Uno Donner ...
Facing the problem of evil: Visual, verbal, and mental images of (in)humanity
(the Donner Institute, 2018-05-29)
This article explores imagination as a means of ethical re-orientation in the aftermath of atrocity. The discussion of the problem of evil is based on Hannah Arendt’s critique of Kant and her notion of ‘rootless’ rather ...
Vera Hjelt and the calling of theosophical universal work, 1894–1904
(The Donner Institute, 2018-04-21)
This article discusses the theosophy of Vera Hjelt (1857–1947), who was inspired by Annie Besant. Hjelt led an active life as a schoolteacher, factory owner, writer, occupational safety inspector and member of parliament. ...
Transformations of identity and space in the Middle East and North Africa
(The Donner Institute, 2018-12-01)
The current issue of Approaching Religion includes articles based on conference papers presented at the Fifth Finnish Colloquium on the Middle East and North Africa Studies, which was organised by the Finnish Institute in ...
'The one and only true and salvational faith'
(The Donner Institute, 2018-04-21)
In the 1880s, the religious life in Finland was in the midst of a turbulent period which, for some, presented a threat to traditional moral values and social cohesion while for others it was the beginning of a new, more ...