Approaching Religion is an academic open access journal published by the Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History in Åbo, Finland. Its purpose is to publish current research on religion and to offer a platform for scholarly co-operation and debate within the field. The journal only publishes thematic issues.
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Religious Heritage and Change in the North
Vol. 13 No. 2 (2023)Guest Editors: Kim Groop and Jakob Dahlbacka. Editor: Ruth Illman
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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.
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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)
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Nordic Fundamentalism
Vol. 12 No. 2 (2022)Guest Editors: Prof. Susanne Olsson (Stockholm University) and Prof. Simon Sorgenfrei (Södertörn University)
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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)
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Religious Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Vol. 11 No. 2 (2021)Guest Editors: Olav Hammer & Karen Swartz
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Seekers of the Spiritual Art and Higher Wisdom: Encounters between Art and Esotericism
Vol. 11 No. 1 (2021)Guest Editor: Nina Kokkinen
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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
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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
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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
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Transformations of Identity and Space in the Middle East and North Africa
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2018)Guest editor: Raija Mattila
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The history of modern Western esotericism
Vol. 8 No. 1 (2018)Guest editors: Tiina Mahlamäki and Maarit Leskelä-Kärki
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The “Beauty Fallacy”: Religion, science and the aesthetics of knowledge
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2017)Guest editors: Arianna Borrelli and Alexandra Grieser
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Religious diversity in Asia
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2017)Guest editor: Lionel Obadia
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Art Approaching Science and Religion
Vol. 6 No. 2 (2016)Guest editor: Bengt Kristensson Uggla
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Tracing circulations: The case of the Mercator-Hondius atlas (1613)
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2016)Guest editors: Janne Tunturi and Johanna Skurnik
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Systems thinking sprituality and wisdom: Perspectives on Ken Wilber
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2015)Guest editors: Matti Kamppinen and JP Jakonen
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Pentecostalism around the Baltic Sea
Vol. 5 No. 1 (2015)Guest editor: Tuija Hovi
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Third Finnish Colloquium of Middle East and North African Studies
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2014)Guest editor: Ari Kerkkänen
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The Legacy of Lauri Honko: Contemporary Conversations
Vol. 4 No. 1 (2014)Guest editors: Pekka Hakamies and Ulrika Wolf Knuts
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Aboagora: The Human Machine
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Shifting Gear: New agendas in the sociological study of religion
Vol. 3 No. 1 (2013)Guest editors: Birgitte Schepelern Johansen and Stephanie Garling
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The Branding, Marketing and Embodied Practice of Contemporary Yoga
Vol. 2 No. 2 (2012)Guest editor: Måns Broo
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The New Visibility of Atheism in Europe
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2012)Guest editor: Teemu Taira
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Aboagora: Rethinking Enlightenment
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2011)