Selaus julkaisuajan mukaan kokoelmassa Donner-instituutin julkaisuja

    • ”Den som pekar på andras brister visar därigenom sina egna” Genmäle till Pontus Rudberg 

      Thor Tureby, Malin (The Donner Institute, 202-12-12)
      Genmäle i den pågående diskussionen mellan Malin Thor Tureby och Pontus Rudberg om svenk-judisk historieforskning (se Vol 31 No 1).
    • Studies in shamanism 

      Edsman, Carl-Martin (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1967)
      This inaugural volume of the publication series Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis is based on the very first symposium arranged by the newly founded Donner Institute, arranged in 1962 on the topic of Shamanism. The ...
    • Fatalistic Beliefs in Religion, Folklore, and Literature 

      Ringgren, Helmer (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1967)
      Religions are often thought to help human beings to adjust themselves to the realities of life, to give them an understanding of what happens – i.e. to enable them to relate in some way to what they regard as their fate ...
    • Syncretism 

      Hartman, Sven S. (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1969)
      That which happens when two religions meet is obviously different from case to case. It is possible for two "organized" religions to exist side by side for centuries without any exchange taking place. But otherwise, we are ...
    • Lachesis and Nemesis. Lachesis and Nemesis: four chapters on the human condition in the writings of Carl Linnaeus 

      Wikman, Karl Robert Villehad (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1970)
      The current volume consists of essays written by Prof. K. Rob V. Wikman, dealing with the Swedish 18th century botanist and zoologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné). The texts focus on Linnaeus’ ideas of natural magic and ...
    • Mysticism 

      Hartman, Sven S & Edsman, Carl-Martin (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1970)
      Mysticism has been a central part of the study of religion in the Nordic countries since the groundbreaking works of Tor Andrae and Nathan Söderblom were published in the early 20th century. In this volume, based on a ...
    • The Myth of the State 

      Biezais, Haralds (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1972)
      The current volume examines myths of the state from ancient to modern time and from various cultural and religious contexts. It opens with a theoretical attempt to define the concept of myth followed by an analysis of the ...
    • New Religions 

      Biezais, Haralds (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1975)
      This volume presents research on religious movements that were characterised as “New Religions” at the time when the volume was originally published, i.e. in 1974. Among the groups presented in the volume can be found: ...
    • Lichtgott der Alten Letten 

      Biezais, Haralds (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1976)
      Professor Haralds Biezais, director of the Donner Institute 1968-1978, has authored the current volume of Scripta, dealing with the indigenous religious tradition of Latvia and especially the Light God Ūsiņš. The work ...
    • Dynamics and Institution 

      Biezais, Haralds (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1976)
      The current issue deals with a central aspect of religious social life: the formation of institutions. Religions are always embedded in a context formed by time and place, culture and history; hence, they are part of the ...
    • Religious Symbols and their Functions 

      Biezais, Haralds (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1979)
      Religious symbols play a significant role in the lives of individual human beings as well as in the lives of religious groups. Within the research on religion, symbols have traditionally been an object of interest for ...
    • Religious Ecstasy 

      Holm, Nils G. (The Donner Institute, Åbo Akademi, 1982)
      The phenomenon of religious ecstasy was has been the focus of scholarly investigations and debate for centuries. The term implies an alteration of a person’s mental activity with attendant consequences for his interpretation ...
    • Hypnos, symboldrama och religion 

      Wikström, Ove (The Donner Institute, 1984)
      Professor Owe Wikström arbetar i den här boken med teoretiska ramar som inte tidigare varit framträdande i det religionsvetenskapliga studiet, nämligen med teorier från hypnos och mental imagery-forskningen. I analysen ...
    • 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 ...
    • Kommentar till Påskhaggadan 

      Martola, Nils (The Donner Institute, 1988)
      Det här är den första fylliga kommentaren till Påskhaggadan på ett nordiskt språk. Den riktar sig till personer med ett intresse för Haggadan som besitter vissa grundläggande kunskaper i judisk historia och litteratur. ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Judendomen i ljuset av dess högtider 

      Illman, Karl-Johan (The Donner Institute, 1994)
      Den här boken är tänkt som en översiktsbok för dem som studerar judendom inom teologi eller religionshistoria. Boken inleds med en reflektion kring hur man kan beskriva judendomen och den judiska tideräkningen. Sabbaten ...
    • 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 ...