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Until death do us part? Swedish cemeteries from and inter-faith and no-faith perspective
(The Donner Institute, 2023-03-08)
In life, identity is based on many things. In death, people tend to be identified more on the basis of religion: separate cemeteries for Jews, Buddhists and the Plymouth Brethren, separate quarters for Muslims, Yezidis, ...
The role of flowers in the personalization of Christian funerals in Denmark
(The Donner Institute, 2023-03-08)
Flowers are a common element in Danish funerals. Drawing on fieldnotes, interviews and survey data on funeral practices in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark as well as theories of ritualization, meaning-making and ...
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 ...
An interview with Terhi Utriainen
(The Donner Institute, 2022-11-07)
An interview with Terhi Utriainen by Linda Woodhead.