Broo, Måns, Marcus Moberg, Terhi Utriainen and Tommy Ramstedt: “Diversification, Mainstreaming, Commercialization and Domestication – Trends within New Religious Movements in Finland”. Nordic New Religions. Ed. James R. Lewis. Leiden: Brill, forthcoming.
Broo, Måns and Marcus Moberg: “Sources of Authority and Knowledge”. In the Outskirts of ‘the Church’:Diversities, Fluidities and New Spaces of Religion in Finland. Eds. Peter Nynäs, Tuomas Martikainen and Ruth Illman. Berlin: Lit Verlag, forthcoming.
Broo, Måns and Tuija Hovi and Peik Ingman and Terhi Utriainen (eds.): Composing Sacrality and Enchantment: Beyond the Secular vs. Religious Debate, forthcoming 2015.
Granholm, Kennet, Marcus Moberg and Sofia Sjö (Eds.). Religion, Media and Social Change. London: Routledge, 2015.
Hovi, Tuija (Ed.): “Pentecostalism around the Baltic Sea”. Approaching Religion 1/2015, forthcoming.
Hovi, Tuija: “Non-communication in Pentecostal-Charismatic Rhetoric”. Silence in Cultural Practices. Eds. Elo-Hanna Seljamaa and Pihla Siim. Ethnologia Europaea. Copenhagen: Museum Tusculanum Press, forthcoming 2015.
Hovi, Tuija: “Identities, Agency and Resources”. In the Outskirt of “the Church”: Diversities, Fluidities and New Spaces of Religion in Finland. Eds. Peter Nynäs, Tuomas Martikainen and Ruth Illman. Stockholm: LIT Verlag, forthcoming.
Hovi, Tuija: “Faith-healing Revisited. A Charismatic Christian Intervention to the Therapy Culture in Finland”. Nordic Pentecostalism. Eds. Jessica Moberg and Jane Skjoldli. Basinstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming, 2015.
Hovi, Tuija: “Jäsenyys uskonnollisessa yhteisössä [Membership in a Religious Community]”. Uskontososiologia [Sociology of Religion]. Eds. Teemu Taira, Kimmo Ketola and Tuomas Martikainen. Helsinki: Gaudeamus, forthcoming 2015.
Illman, Ruth and Sofia Sjö: “Facebook as a Site for Inter-Religious Encounters”. Journal of Contemporary Religion, forthcoming 2015.
Moberg, Marcus and Måns Broo: “Discourses on Religion”. In the Outskirts of ‘the Church’: Diversities, Fluidities and New Spaces of Religion in Finland. Eds. Peter Nynäs, Tuomas Martikainen and Ruth Illman. Berlin: Lit Verlag, forthcoming.
Moberg, Marcus: “The Dance + Pray Worship Experience in Finland: Negotiating the Transcendent and Transgressive in Search of Alternative Sensational Forms and Affective Space”. Singing a New Song: Christian Congregational: Music Making and Community in a Mediated Age. Eds. Tom Wagner and Anna Nekola. Surrey: Ashgate, forthcoming.
Moberg, Marcus: “Exploring Marketization Discourse in the Nordic Folk Church Context”. Making Religion: Theory and Practice in the Discursive Study of Religion. Eds. Kocku von Stuckrad and Frans Wijsen. Leiden: Brill, forthcoming.
Christensen, Henrik Reintoft, Árni Svanur Daníelsson, Ann Kristin Gresaker, Knut Lundby, Mia Lövheim, Marcus Moberg Sofia Sjö, and Kati Niemelä, Kati: “Religion in the Media: Continuity and Mediatization”. Religion back in the Public Sphere? The Nordic Countries 1980s-2010. Ed. Knut Lundby. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.
Moberg, Marcus, Sofia Sjö and Kennet Granholm: “Introduction”. Religion, Media, and Social Change. Eds. Kennet Granholm, Marcus Moberg, and Sofia Sjö. London: Routledge, 2015.
Moberg, Marcus and Sofia Sjö: “Mass-Mediated Popular Culture and Religious Socialisation”. Religion, Media, and Social Change. Eds. Kennet Granholm, Marcus Moberg, and Sofia Sjö. London: Routledge, 2015.
Moberg, Marcus and Sofia Sjö: “Populaarikulttuuri” [Popular Culture]. Unskontososiologia [The Sociology of Religion]. Eds. Tuomas Martikainen, Kimmo Ketola, and Teemu Taira, Helsinki: Gaudeamus, forthcoming 2015.
2014
Broo, Måns: “Tendencies in Contemporary Views on Religion and the Need for a Broader Perspective”. Jadavpur University Journal of Sociology 7/7. 2014.
Granholm, Kennet: “Recent Occult Organizations”. The Occult World. Ed. Christopher Partridge. London: Routledge, 2014.
Granholm, Kennet: “The Occult, Graphic Novels and Comics”. The Occult World. Ed. Christopher Partridge. London: Routledge, 2014.
Granholm, Kennet: “Sociology and the Occult”. The Occult World. Ed. Christopher Partridge. London: Routledge, 2014.
Granholm, Kennet: “Researching Esoteric Groups”. Bloomsbury Companion to New Religious Movements. Eds. George D. Chryssides and Ben E. Zeller. London: Bloomsbury, 2014.
Hovi, Tuija: “Performatives of Faith. A Narrative Approach to Religious Experience”. Experiencing Religion. Eds. Clara Saraiva, Lionel Obadia and José Mapril. Berlin: Lit-Verlag, 2014.
Hovi, Tuija and Anna Haapalainen: “Omaehtoinen yhteisöllisyys 2000-luvun kristillisyydessä [Vernacular Collectivity in 21st century Christianity]”. Kansanusko ja nykykulttuuri [Folk Beliefs and Popular Culture]. Eds. Pasi Enges and Kirsi Hänninen Turku: Turun yliopisto, 2014.
Hovi, Tuija: “Servants and Agents. Gender Roles in Neo-charismatic Christianity”. - Finnish Women Making Religion: Between Ancestors and Angels. Eds. Terhi Utriainen and Päivi Salmesvuori. Basinstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Hovi, Tuija: “Functions of Narrative Genres for Lived Religion”. Approaching Religion Vol. 4/1, 2014.
Ingman, Peik: "Composity and Control in Compositions: Queers Overcoming Victimization in Christian Families". Queering Religion: Religious Queers. Eds. Yvette Taylor and Ria Snowdon. London: Routledge, 2014.
Ketola, Kimmo, Tuomas Martikainen and Hanna Salomäki: “New Communities of Worship: Continuities and Mutations among Religious Organizations in Finland”. Social Compass, 61/2, 2014.
Martikainen, Tuomas and Teuvo Laitila: “Population Movements and Orthodox Christianity in Finland: Dislocations, Resettlements, Migrations and Identities”. Orthodox Identities in Western Europe: Migration, Settlement and Innovation. Eds. Maria Hämmerli and Jean-François Mayer. Farnham: Ashgate, 2014.
Martikainen, Tuomas: “Immigrant Religions and the Context of Reception in Advanced Industrial Societies”. The Changing Soul of Europe: Religions and Migrations in Northern and Southern Europe . Eds. Enzo Pace, Helena Vilaça, Inger Furseth and Per Pettersson. Farnham: Ashgate, 2014.
Martikainen, Tuomas: “Muslim Immigrants, Public Religion and Developments towards a Post-Secular Finnish Welfare State”. Tidsskrift for Islamforskning, 8/1, 2014. http://islamforskning.dk/files/journal/2014/FIFO-2014-1-del3.pdf
Moberg, Marcus: “Aktuell akademisk diskussion om det ’postsekulära’: En översikt” [Current Akademic Debates on the Post-Secular: A Review Essay]. Finsk teologisk tidskrift, 4/118, 2014.
Utriainen, Terhi: “Angels, Agency and Emotions: Globalized Therapeutic Religion for Women”. Between Ancestors and Angels: Finnish Women Making Religion. Eds. Terhi Utriainen and Päivi Salmesvuori, Finnish Women Making Religion: Between Ancestors and Angels. Eds. Terhi Utriainen and Päivi Salmesvuori. Basinstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Utriainen, Terhi: “Doing Things with Angels: Agency, Alterity and Practices of Enchantment”. New Age Spirituality, Rethinking Religion. Eds. Ingvild Gilhus and Steve Suttcliffe. London: Equinox Publishing, 2013.
Utriainen, Terhi: ”Uskontotaidetta ja enkelinsiipiä: kaksi tapausta suomalaisissa naistenlehdissä” [Religious Art and Angel Wings: Two Cases in Finnish Women’s Magazines]. Media & viestinta : Kulttuurin ja yhteiskunnan tutkimuksen lehti. 2013/2.
2013
Broo, Måns: “Contemporary Trends in the Sociology of Religion and the Need for a Broader Perspective”. Journal of the Centre for the Jadavpur Study of Sociology of Religion 2, forthcoming (2013).
Granholm, Kennet: “The Secular, the Post-Secular, and the Esoteric in the Public Sphere”. Contemporary Esotericism. Eds. Egil Asprem and Kennet Granholm. London: Equinox Publishing, 2013.
Granholm, Kennet: “Esoteric Currents as Discursive Complexes”. Religion, forthcoming (2013).
Hovi, Tuija: “Kliinilised teenused jutluste asemel [Clinical Services instead of Sermons]” (Estonian translation by Ringo Ringvee). - Mäetagused 55, 2013.
Hovi, Tuija: “Meanings of Healing. Experiences of Prayer-Team Members at the Christian Healing Rooms Service in Finland”. Constructs of Meaning and Religious Transformation. Current Issues in the Psychology of Religion. Ed. Herman Westerink. Göttingen: Vienna University Press at V and R Unipress, 2013.
Illman, Ruth and W. Alan Smith: Theology and the Arts. Engaging Faith. New York: Routledge, 2013.
Martikainen, Tuomas. ”Finland”. Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Volume 5. Eds. Jørgen S. Nielsen, Samim Akgönül, Ahmet Alibašić and Egdūnas Račius. Leiden: Brill, 2013.
Martikainen, Tuomas and Gauthier, François (Eds.): Religion in Consumer Society: Brands, Consumers and Markets. London: Ashgate, 2013.
Martikainen, Tuomas and Gauthier, François (Eds.): Religion in the Neoliberal Age: Political Economy and Modes of Governance. London: Ashgate, 2013
Martikainen, Tuomas and Tiilikainen, Marja (Eds.): Islam, hallinta ja turvallisuus [Islam, Governance, and Security], Turku, Eetos, 2013.
Martikainen, Tuomas: Religion, Migration, Settlement: Reflections over Post-1990 Immigration to Finland. Leiden: Brill, 2013.
Martikainen, Tuomas, Pasi Saukkonen and Minna Säävälä. Muuttajat: Kansainvälinen muuttoliike ja suomalainen yhteiskunta [Migrants: International Migration and Finnish Society]. Helsinki: Gaudeamus, 2013.
Martikainen, Tuomas: “Reframing Islam and Muslim Identities: Neoliberalism, Minority Governance and the Welfare State in Finland”. Living Islam in Europe: Muslim Traditions in European Contexts. Ed. Dietrich Reetz. Leiden: Brill, 2013.
Martikainen, Tuomas and Gauthier, François: “Multilevel and Pluricentric Network Governance of Religion”. Religion in the Neoliberal Age: Political Economy and Modes of Governance. Eds. Tuomas Martikainen and François Gauthier. London: Ashgate, 2013.
Gauthier, Francois, Tuomas Martikainen and Linda Woodhead. “Acknowledging a Global Shift: A Primer for Thinking about Religion in Consumer Societies”. Implicit Religion, 16/3, 2013.
Moberg, Marcus: “Fist-, Second-, and Third-Level Discourse Analytic Approaches in the Study of Religion: Moving from Meta-theoretical Reflection to Implementation in Practice”. Religion 43/1, 2013.
Nynäs, Peter and Yip, Andrew (Eds.): Religion, Gender and Sexuality in Everyday Life. London: Ashgate, 2013.
Sjö, Sofia: "Go with Peace Jamil - Affirmation and Challenge of the Image of the Muslim Man". Journal of Religion and Film, 17/2, 2013.
Sjö, Sofia: "The Internet Movie Database and Online Discussions of Religion". Journal of Religion in Europe, 6/3, 2013.
Sjö, Sofia and Arní Svanur Daníelsson. "Detraditionalization, Diversity and Mediatization: Explorations of Religion in Nordic Films. Nordic Journal of Religion and Society, 26/1, 2013.
Utriainen, Terhi: “Doing Things with Angels: Agency, Alterity and Practices of Enchantment”. New Age Spirituality, Rethinking Religion. Eds. Ingvild Gilhus and Steve Suttcliffe. London: Equinox Publishing, 2013.
Utriainen, Terhi: “Healing Enchantment: What Happens in Angel Therapy”. Religion, Healing, Psychiatry. Eds. Helen Basu and Roland Littlewood. Bergroth, 2013.
Utriainen, Terhi: “Angels, Agency, and Emotions: Global Religion for Women in Finland?” Finnish Women Making Religion: Between Ancestors and Angels. Eds. Terhi Utriainen and Päivi Salmesvuori, New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2013.
Utriainen, Terhi: ”Enkeliuskon lumo”. Kirkon tutkimuskeskuksen verkkojulkaisu 2014/36.
2012
Broo, Måns: “Yoga in Cyberspace? The Web Pages of Yoga Studios in Turku/ Åbo”. Approaching Religion 2, 2012.
Granholm, Kennet “Metal and Magic: The Intricate Relationship Between the Metal Band Therion and the Magic Order Dragon Rouge”. Brill Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production. Eds. Carole Cusack and Alex Norman. Leiden: Brill, 2012.
Granholm, Kennet: “Dragon Rouge: Left-Hand Path Magic with a Neopagan Flavour”. Aries 12/1, 2012.
Hovi, Tuija: “Clinical Services instead of Sermons ?” Post-secular Religious Practices. Ed. Tore Ahlbäck. Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis 24. Åbo: The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History, 2012.
Illman, Ruth: Art and Belief. Artists Engaged in Interreligious Dialogue. London: Equinox Publications, 2012.
Illman, Ruth: “Incarnating Encounters. Reflections on Spirituality, Art and Interreligious Dialogue”. Mapping Religion and Spirituality in a Postsecular World. Eds. Giuseppe Giordan and William Swatos. Leiden: Brill, 2012.
Illman, Ruth: ”Attacken mot det vietnamesisk-buddhistiska templet i Åbo 2010 – vad hände sedan? [The Attack Against the Vietnamese Temple in Turku 2010 – what Happened Afterwards?]” Siirtolaisuus – Migration, 2/2012.
Lassander, Mika: “Grappling with Liquid Modernity: Investigating Post-Secular Religion”. Post-Secular Society. Ed. Peter Nynäs, Mika Lassander and Terhi Utriainen. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2012.
Martikainen, Tuomas and Isra Lehtinen. ”Uudet maahanmuuttajat, etenkin muslimit – kielten ja kulttuurien kirjo”. 2. uudistettu painos. Suomen kansalliset vähemmistöt – kulttuurien ja kielten rikkautta. Helsinki: Minority Rights Group Finland, 2012.
Martikainen, Tuomas: “Global Political Economy, Welfare State Reforms and the Governance of Religion”. Post-Secular Society. Eds. Peter Nynäs, Mika Lassander and Terhi Utriainen. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2012.
Martikainen, Tuomas, Valtonen, Kathleen, and Wahlbeck, Östen: ”The Social Integration of Immigrants in Finland”. International Perspectives: Integration and Inclusion. Eds. James Frideres and John Biles. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012.
Moberg, Marcus, Granholm, Kennet, and Nynäs Peter: “Trajectories of Post-Secular Complexity: An Introduction”. Post-Secular Society. Ed. Peter Nynäs, Mika Lassander and Terhi Utriainen. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2012.
Moberg, Marcus and Granholm, Kennet: “The Concept of the Post-Secular and the Contemporary Nexus of Religion, Media, Popular Culture, and Consumer Culture”. Post-Secular Society. Eds. Peter Nynäs, Mika Lassander and Terhi Utriainen. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2012.
Moberg, Marcus and Sjö, Sofia: “The Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Media in Post-Secular Finland”. Mediatization and Religion: Nordic Perspectives. Eds. Stig Hjarvard and Mia Lövheim. Gothenburg: Nordicom, 2012.
Nynäs, Peter and Pessi, Anne-Birgitta: "Relocating and Communicating the Sacred: The Reception of a Chapel in a Shopping Mall". Sacred in the City". Ed. W.Van Herck and L. Gomez. London and New York: Continuum, 2012.
Nynäs, Peter, Lassander, Mika, and Utriainen, Terhi (Eds.): Post-Secular Society. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2012.
Nynäs, Peter and Frisk, Liselotte: “Characteristics of Contemporary Religious Change: Globalization, Neoliberalism, and Interpretive Tendencies”. Post-Secular Society. Eds. Peter Nynäs, Mika Lassander and Terhi Utriainen. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2012.
Ramstedt, Tommy: "Making Sense of Personal and Global Problems: An Analysis of the Writings and Lectures of Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde". Post-secular Religious Practices. Ed. Tore Ahlbäck. Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis 24. Åbo: Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History, 2012.
Sjö, Sofia: “Bad religion/ good spirituality? Explorations of Religion in Contemporary Scandinavian Films". Journal of Scandinavian Cinema 2/1, 2012.
Utriainen, Terhi, Hovi, Tuija, and Broo, Måns: “Combining Choice and Destiny: Identity and Agency within Post-Secular Well-being Practices”. Post-Secular Society. Eds. Peter Nynäs, Mika Lassander and Terhi Utriainen. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2012.
Utriainen, Terhi: and Pesonen, Heikki: “Religious Women and the Sacrality of Nature in Modern Finland: Two Cases”. Religious Experience North and South. Ed. René Gothoni. Oxford, Peter Lang, 2012.
Wickström, Laura and Illman, Ruth: “Environmentalism as a Trend in Post-Secular Society”. Post-Secular Society. Ed. Peter Nynäs, Mika Lassander and Terhi Utriainen. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2012.
Wickström, Laura: “Contemporary environmentalism as a current of spiritual post-secular practice”. Post-Secular Religious Practices. Ed. Tore Ahlbäck. Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis 24. Åbo: Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History, 2012.
2011
Hovi, Tuija: “Praising as Bodily Practice”. Religion and the Body. Ed. Tore Ahlbäck. Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis 23. Åbo: The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History, 2011.
Hovi, Tuija: “Sukupuoli, toimijuus ja muutos” [Gender, Agency, and Change: The ”newness” of the Neocharismatic Movement]. Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 3/201), 2011.
Illman, Ruth: “Reciprocity and Power in Philosophies of Dialogue. The Burning of a Buddhist Temple in Finland”. Studies in Interreligious Dialogue 21/1, 2011.
Martikainen, Tuomas, Gauthier, François, and Woodhead, Linda: “Introduction: Religion in Consumer Society”. Social Compass 58/3, 2011.
Martikainen, Tuomas, Gauthier, François, and Woodhead, Linda (Eds.): Religion and Consumer Society, Social Compass 58/3, 2011.
Martikainen, Tuomas: “Finland”. Yearbook of Muslims in Europe. Eds. Jørgen S. Nielsen, Samim Akgönül, Ahmet Alibašić, Brigitte Maréchal and Christian Moe (eds.), Volume 3. Leiden: Brill, 2011.
Martikainen, Tuomas and Sakaranaho, Tuula: Mitä muslimit tarkoittavat? Keskustelua islamilaisista virtauksista Suomessa ja Euroopassa [What do Muslims Mean? Discussion over Islamic Currents in Finland and Europe]. Turku: Savukeidas, 2011.
Moberg, Marcus: “The Concept of Scene and its Applicability in Empirically Grounded Research on the Intersection of Religion/Spirituality and Popular Music”. Journal of Contemporary Religion 26/3, 2011.
Nynäs, Peter and Finch, Jason (Eds.): Transforming Otherness. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2012.
Nynäs, Peter: "Multiple Bodies in the Spirituality of the Gay Porn Star McCree: Reflections on Corporeality and Subjectivity". Religion and the Body. Ed. Tore Ahlbäck. Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis 23. Åbo: The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History, 2011.
Nynäs, Peter: "Intercultural Competence and False Projections: A Perspective on the Critical Tradition of Intercultural Documentary Film". Transforming Otherness. Ed. Jason Finch and Peter Nynäs. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2012.
2010
Hovi, Tuija: “Gender, Agency and Change in Neo-charismatic Christianity”. Aura: Tidskrift för akademiska studier av nyreligiositet 2, 2010.
Hovi, Tuija: ”Healing Rooms as Bodily Channeled Spirituality”. CESNUR Center for Studies on New Religions Conference Proceedings [http://www.cesnur.org/2010/to_cyberpro.htm], 2010.
Illman, Ruth: “Plurality and Peace. Interreligious Dialogue in a Creative Perspective”
International Journal of Public Theology, 4/2, 2010.
Moberg, Marcus: ”Den virtuella kyrkan” [The Virtual Church]. Uskonnon ylösnousemus: Kirkon, uskonnon ja kulttuurin murros/Religionens återkomst? Brytningspunkter i kyrkan, religionen och kulturen [The Return of Religion: Changes in the Church, Religions and Culture]. Eds. Tuomas Martikainen and Ville Jalovaara. Helsinki: Magma, 2010.
Martikainen, Tuomas and Jalovaara, Ville (Eds.): Uskonnon ylösnousemus: Kirkon, uskonnon ja kulttuurin murros/Religionens återkomst? Brytningspunkter i kyrkan, religionen och kulturen [The Return of Religion: Changes in the Church, Religions and Culture]. Helsinki: Magma, 2010.
Martikainen, Tuomas and Baumann, Martin: “Engaging in a New Society: South Asian Religions in the Nordic Countries and Switzerland”. Finnish Journal of Ethnicity and Migration. 5/2, 2010.
Events
Papers presented at conferences, symposia, and workshops
2014
Hovi, Tuija: “The Dilemma of a Physical Touch in Faith Healing – The Healing Rooms Intercessory Prayer Movement in Finland”. Christianity and the Limits of Materiality. September 25-26, 2014. Turku, Finland.
Hovi, Tuija: “Counter Narratives vs. Master Narratives in Religious Involvement”. Narrative Matters 2014: Narrative Knowing. June 23-27, 2014. Paris, France.
Hovi, Tuija: “Localizing and Culturizing the Global: Healing Rooms Prayer Service Network in Finland”. Pentecostalism around the Baltic Sea. May 26-27, 2014. Turku, Finland.
Moberg, Marcus. “Folk Church and Marketization in the Nordic Countries: Official Discourse and Practical Implementation”. European Association for the Study of Religions: Religion and Pluralities of Knowledge. 11-14.5. 2014. Groningen, The Netherlands.
Utriainen, Terhi. “Ethnographic Knowledge and Enchanted Moments”. European Association for the Study of Religions: Religion and Pluralities of Knowledge, 11.-15.5.2014. Groningen, The Netherlands.
Utriainen, Terhi. “Therapeutic Religion and Credibility of Enchantment”. The 22nd Nordic conference for Sociology of Religion 20.-22.8.2014, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2013
Hovi, Tuija: ”Faith Healing Revisited: A Pentecostal-Charismatic Intervention to the Modern Therapy Culture”. Religion, Migration and Mutation, 12th EASR Conference. September 3-6, 2013. Liverpool, United Kingdom.
Hovi, Tuija: “Narrative Construction of Healing in the Charismatic Christian Tradition”. IAPR International Psychology of Religion Congress. August 27-30. Lausanne, Switzerland.
Hovi, Tuija: “Functions of Narrative Genres for Lived Religion”. Honko Conference: The Role of Theory in Folkloristics and Comparative Religion. August 21-23, 2013. Turku, Finland.
Hovi, Tuija: “Localizing and Culturizing. Accommodation of the Healing Rooms Prayer Service Network in Finland”. ISSR Rethinking Community – Religious Continuities and Mutations in Late Modernity. June 27-30. Turku, Finland.
Moberg, Marcus. “Popular Music Services in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland”. Christian Congregational Music: Local and Global Perspectives. August 1-3. 2013. Cuddesdon, United Kingdom.
Utriainen, Terhi. : “From ‘Angel-Amulet’ to ‘Prayer Ornament”. BSA Religion Study Group Material Religion conference 9.-11-4-2013, Durham, UK.
2012
Granholm, Kennet: “Popular Culture as Esoteric Mediation: The Case of Occult Metal”. 2012 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion. November 17-20, 2012. Chicago, USA.
Granholm, Kennet: Presentation and Discussion on the research of Christopher Partridge and the Concept of Re-Enchantment. En dag om återförtrollning (interdisciplinary symposium on re-enchantment). May 3, 2012. Stockholm, Sweden.
Moberg, Marcus: “The Impact of Digital Media on the Organization, Communication, and Agency of Institutional Christian Churches: The Nordic Context”. Keynote address. Digital Religion. The Donner Institute 23rd Symposium. June 13-15, Turku, Finland.
Utriainen, Terhi: “Healing Enchantment and Agency with Angels”. EASR Annual conference. August 23-26, 2012. Stockholm, Sweden.
Utriainen, Terhi: “Spirituality outside Traditional Religious Spaces”. Chair and speaker. Aboagora – The Power of the Sacred and the Secular. August 14-16, 2012. Turku, Finland.
2011
Granholm, Kennet: ”Det esoteriska och populärkulturens ’oftentliga rum’: Postsekulära utvecklingar på det religiösa fältet”. Nordisk konferens om forskning om nyreligiositet (Nordic Conference on New Religiosity). October 27-28, 2011. Sigtunastiftelsen, Sweden.
Utriainen, Terhi: “Women, Angels and the Fragility of Agency”. EASR annual conference. September 18-22, 2011. Budapest, Hungary.
Utriainen, Terhi: “Purity and Danger within Angel Practices”. Post-secular Religious Practices. The Donner Institute 22nd Symposium. June 15-17, 2011. Turku, Finland.
Utriainen, Terhi: “Angelically Empowered: Young Finnish Women Working with Michael & Co.”. Empowerment and the Sacred. June 15-17. Leeds University, Leeds, UK.
Utriainen, Terhi: “Embodiment and Ritual Performance in a Post-Secular Context”. Gender and Society in Present-day Society: International research exchange network meeting.
Utriainen, Terhi: “Mikä on tämänpuoleinen uskonto?” [What is this-worldly Religion?]. Tieteen päivät: Arktinen arki. September 9-10. 2011. Rovaniemi, Finland.
2010
Granholm, Kennet: “Visual Popular Culture and the Esoteric”. ESSWE 3: The Visual and the Symbolic in Western Esotericism. July 6-10, 2011. University of Szeged, Hungary.
Granholm, Kennet: “Western Esoteric Currents: A Discourse Analytical Approach”. XXth IAHR Quinquennial World Congress. August 15-21, 2010. University of Toronto, Canada.
Granholm: Kennet: “The Role of Popular Culture in ‘Mainstreaming the Alternative’ and ‘Undeviating the Deviant’”. 7th International Conference on Media, Religion, and Culture. August 9-13, 2010. Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada.
Granholm, Kennet: “New Arenas of Religion and the Demand for New Methodological and Theoretical Approaches”. (Invited speaker). Innovative Methods in the Study of Religion. March 29, 2010. Dexter House Conference Centre, London, UK.
Organized Sessions
2014
Hovi, Tuija: panel on “Narrative Knowing in Lived Religion”. Narrative Matters 2014: Narrative Knowing. June 23-27, 2014. Paris, France.
2013
Hovi, Tuija and Minna Opas: panel on “Transcultural Christianities”. ISSR Rethinking Community – Religious Continuities and Mutations in Late Modernity. June 27-30, 2013. Turku, Finland.
Moberg, Marcus and Sofia Sjö. “Religion, Popular Culture, and Community”. International Society for the Sociology of Religion: Rethinking Community: Religious Continuities and Mutations in Late Modernity. June 27-30, 2013. Turku, Finland.
2012
Granholm, Kennet and Moberg, Marcus: Sessions on “Media, Popular Culture, and Religious Change”. EASR Annual conference. August 23-26, 2012. Stockholm, Sweden.
Utriainen, Terhi: Session on “Spirituality, Gender and the Post-Secular”. 8th European Feminist Research Conference. May 17-20, 2012. Budapest, Hungary.
Utriainen, Terhi: Session on “Religious Actants and a Relational-Compositionist Take on Agency”. EASR Annual conference. August 23-26, 2012. Stockholm, Sweden.
Utriainen, Terhi: Chair. Uskontotieteen päivä: Uskonto ja hyvinvointi [Religious Studies Day: Religion and Well-being]. February 29. 2012. Helsinki, Finland.
Organization of conferences, symposia, and workshops
2014
Hovi, Tuija: principal organizer of the international seminar “Pentecostalism around the Baltic Sea”. May 26-27, 2014. Turku, Finland.
Illman, Ruth: Religion and Food. Conference arranged by the Donner Institute. June 25-27. 2014. Åbo, Finland. www.abo.fi/donnersymposium
2013
Granholm, Kennet: In the organization committee for ESSWE4. Overall theme: Esotericism and Health. June 26-29, 2013. Gothenburg University, Sweden.
Martikainen, Tuomas. International Society for the Sociology of Religion: Rethinking Community: Religious Continuities and Mutations in Late Modernity. June 27-30.6, 2013. Turku., Finland.
Illman, Ruth: Aboagora - Between Arts and Sciences 2014: Chaos and Cosmos. Conference arranged in co-operation with The University of Turku, Turku Music Festival and the Donner Institute. August 13-15. 2013. Åbo, Finland. www.aboagora.fi
Illman, Ruth: Aboagora - Between Arts and Sciences 2013: The Human Machine. Conference arranged in co-operation with The University of Turku, Turku Music Festival and the Donner Institute. August 13-15. 2013. Åbo, Finland. www.aboagora.fi
Utriainen, Terhi (together with Anne-Marie Korte, Utrecht University). “Post-secular and gender expert meeting” 24.-25.4.2013, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.
2012
Granholm, Kennet: 1st International Conference on Contemporary Esotericism. With Egil Asprem. August 27-29, 2012. Stockholm University, Sweden.
Granholm, Kennet: En dag om återförtrollning (interdisciplinary symposium on re-enchantment). With Eva Kingsepp. May 3, 2012. Stockholm University, Sweden.
Illman, Ruth: The New Visibility of Atheism in Europe. With Teemu Taira. Roundtable seminar held at the Donner Institute. January 18-20.1. 2012. Turku, Finland. http://ojs.abo.fi/index.php/ar/issue/view/20
Utriainen, Terhi: “Workshop on “Religion and Embodiment: Theory, Research and Pedagogy”. May 7-8. 2012. University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
2011
Nynäs, Peter: Uskontotieteen päivä/Religionsvetenskapens dag [Religious Studies Day]: Media & Religion & Change. March 17, 2011. Åbo Akademi University. Turku, Finland.
Martikainen, Tuomas: Religion and Neoliberalism: Changes in Governance, Law, Security and Welfare. December 8, 2011. Åbo Akademi University. Turku, Finland.
Martikainen, Tuomas: Uskonnon ylösnousemus: Kirkon, uskonnon ja kulttuurin murros/Religionens återkomst? Brytningspunkter i kyrkan, religionen och kulturen [The Return of Religion: Changes in the Church, Religions and Culture]. PCCR, with Magma and Demos. November 2, 2010. Helsinki, Finland.
2010
Nynäs , Peter: Exploring the Post-Secular. Seminar with guest lecture by José Casanova. May 24, 2010. Åbo Akademi University. Turku, Finland.
Martikainen, Tuomas: Engaging in a New Society: Conference on South Asian Religions in Nordic Countries and Switzerland. June 14-15, 2010. Åbo Akademi University. Turku, Finland.
Moberg, Marcus: The 1st UskoMus Research Network Seminar: "Music and Transcendence". With Antti-Ville Kärjä and Pekka Tolonen. December 2-3, 2010. Turku, Finland.
