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Critical-feminist studies of funerals. A way to grasp the rite’s complexity
(The Donner Institute, 2023-03-08)
This article aims to show how critical-feminist studies can improve research on funerals by contributing to a more complex understanding of ritualization and how it can be explored. The article discusses central issues ...
Innovation, adaptation, and maintaining the balance
(The Donner Institute, 2022-11-07)
The environmental crisis has challenged faith traditions to take a stand and act both globally and locally. Statements and action build on reinterpretations of tradition, which also produce a variety of ritual applications. ...
Religious practice among Finnish converts to Orthodox Christianity
(The Donner Institute, 2022-11-07)
In this study, I discuss the devotional lives of Finns who have joined the Orthodox Church of Finland as adults. The analysis is based on interviews conducted with 29 converts to Orthodoxy. My specific focus is the interplay ...
Editorial. Rituals and ritualization
(The Donner Institute, 2022-11-07)
This issue of Approaching Religion is dedicated to Terhi Utriainen, Professor of the Study of Religions at the University of Helsinki. It is published on the 7 November 2022, Terhi’s sixtieth birthday, and contains reflections ...
Praying with Blathmac
(The Donner Institute, 2022-11-07)
The mid-eighth-century Old Irish text known as the poems of Blathmac is a long devotional composition meditating on the mystery of Christ’s cross and its significance for salvation history. Since the discovery and subsequent ...
Out of many modes and motivations
(The Donner Institute, 2022-11-07)
This article explores a sequence of events, a combination of Orthodox Christian village and chapel festivals, associated processions and a cross-border procession, through the theoretical concept of ritualisation. The ...