Archives

• The Witching of Art History—How to Approach Women, Art and Esotericism

  Vol. 15 No. 2 (2025)

  Guest Editor: Nina Kokkinen (The Donner Institute). Editor: Sofia Sjö (The Donner Institute).

• Polin Issue: Perspectives on Lived Religion and Lived Theology

  Vol. 15 No. 1 (2025)

  Guest Editors: Martina Björkander (Åbo Akademi University) and Clementine Nishimwe (Åbo Akademi University). Editor: Sofia Sjö (The Donner Institute).

• Peace and Understanding: A Ricœurian Perspective

  Vol. 14 No. 3 (2024)

  Guest Editors: Timo Helenius (Åbo Akademi University) and Björn Vikström (Åbo Akademi University). Editor: Sofia Sjö (The Donner Institute).

• Religion and Spirituality as Sites of Learning

  Vol. 14 No. 2 (2024)

  Guest Editors: Terhi Utriainen (University of Helsinki), Ville Husgafvel (University of Helsinki) and Kim Knott (Lancaster University). Editor: Ruth Illman (the Donner Institute).

• Polin Issue: Religion - Memory and Innovation

  Vol. 14 No. 1 (2024)

  Guest Editors: Tuija Hovi (Centre for the Study of Christian Cultures, University of Turku) & Mika Vähäkangas (the Polin Institute, Åbo Akademi University). Editor: Ruth Illman (the Donner Institute)

• Appropriation as a Perspective and Topic in the Study of Religion and Spirituality

  Vol. 13 No. 3 (2023)

  Guest Editors: Linda Annunen (Åbo Akademi University) and Terhi Utriainen (University of Helsinki); Editor: Ruth Illman (Donner Institute)

• Religious Heritage and Change in the North

  Vol. 13 No. 2 (2023)

  Guest Editors: Kim Groop and Jakob Dahlbacka. Editor: Ruth Illman

• Funerals in the North of Europe: Similarities and Differences

  Vol. 13 No. 1 (2023)

  Guest editors: Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon, Magdalena Nordin and Måns Broo. Editor: Ruth Illman.

• Rituals and Ritualization

  Vol. 12 No. 3 (2022)

  Special issue dedicated to Professor Terhi Utriainen (University of Helsinki). Guest Editors: Helena Kupari (University of Eastern Finland) & Maija Butters (University of Helsinki)

• Nordic Fundamentalism

  Vol. 12 No. 2 (2022)

  Guest Editors: Prof. Susanne Olsson (Stockholm University) and Prof. Simon Sorgenfrei (Södertörn University)

• Polin Issue: Religion and Cultural Change

  Vol. 12 No. 1 (2022)

  Special issue in co-operation with the Inez and Julius Polin Institute for Theological Research (Åbo Akademi University) and the Centre for the Study of Chirstian Cultures (University of Turku).

  Guest Editors: Anni-Maria Laato (Polin) and Minna Opas (CSCC)

• Religious Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

  Vol. 11 No. 2 (2021)

  Guest Editors: Olav Hammer & Karen Swartz

• Seekers of the Spiritual Art and Higher Wisdom: Encounters between Art and Esotericism

  Vol. 11 No. 1 (2021)

  Guest Editor: Nina Kokkinen

• Feminism and Hospitality: Religious and Critical Perspectives in Dialogue with a Secular Age

  Vol. 10 No. 2 (2020)

  Guest Editors: Laura Hellsten and Nicole des Bouvrie

• Approaching Laestadianism. Research perspectives on the Laestadian movement

  Vol. 10 No. 1 (2020)

  Guest Editors: Bengt-Ove Andreassen, Roald E. Kristiansen and Rolf Inge Larsen

• Religion and Politics in Diverse Societies

  Vol. 9 No. 1–2 (2019)

  Guest editors: Johanna Leinonen, Elina Pirjatanniemi, Anna Haapalainen, Minna Opas and Marika Räsänen

• Transformations of Identity and Space in the Middle East and North Africa

  Vol. 8 No. 2 (2018)

  Guest editor: Raija Mattila

• The history of modern Western esotericism

  Vol. 8 No. 1 (2018)

  Guest editors: Tiina Mahlamäki and Maarit Leskelä-Kärki

• The “Beauty Fallacy”: Religion, science and the aesthetics of knowledge

  Vol. 7 No. 2 (2017)

  Guest editors: Arianna Borrelli and Alexandra Grieser

• Religious diversity in Asia

  Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017)

  Guest editor: Lionel Obadia

• Art Approaching Science and Religion

  Vol. 6 No. 2 (2016)

  Guest editor: Bengt Kristensson Uggla

• Tracing circulations: The case of the Mercator-Hondius atlas (1613)

  Vol. 6 No. 1 (2016)

  Guest editors: Janne Tunturi and Johanna Skurnik

• Systems thinking sprituality and wisdom: Perspectives on Ken Wilber

  Vol. 5 No. 2 (2015)

  Guest editors: Matti Kamppinen and JP Jakonen

• Pentecostalism around the Baltic Sea

  Vol. 5 No. 1 (2015)

  Guest editor: Tuija Hovi

• Third Finnish Colloquium of Middle East and North African Studies

  Vol. 4 No. 2 (2014)

  Guest editor: Ari Kerkkänen