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We have taken another look beyond the veil of the Temenos archives. John Björkman's article "The Spirit of the Place and the Place of the Spirit" discusses the meaning of local spirits and takes us to the borderlands of society, touching on taboos - and maybe some taBoooos 👻 #studyofreligion

In addition to these four peer-reviewed articles the issue includes two book reviews and Sarah Riccardi-Swartz’s 2023 Temenos lecture. This lecture also explores online and offline religion, with its focus on a group of American citizens in Appalachia who have embraced the Russian Orthodox Church

The fourth article by Saara Aitokari, explores the intersections between religious identity and national belonging. Based on twenty semi-structed interviews, the author discusses how Muslim women in Finland view the relationship between Islam and Finnishness,

The third article by Toomas Gross, is based on participant observation within the ethnographic context of contemporary spiritual festivals in Estonia. It explores how the ‘High on Life’ (Ühenduses) festival, which attracts a heterogeneous crowd that includes

The second article by Julia Kuhlin, discusses how local Swedish Free Churches employ the social media platform Instagram to communicate their values and engage with congregants. Based on a substantial dataset of posts from nine local churches and the theory of affordances,

The first article by Marie Glasø Glein, examines how nature is presented in relation to yoga, and how such representations relate to what she calls the Norwegianization of yoga. Drawing on Sámi spirituality, nature is depicted in the promotional materials as something sacred and an inseparable part

Let's take a deeper dive into the articles we published last week in our 1st issue of 2025!

We are proud to present the 1st issue of Temenos for 2025! This issue of Temenos brings together a collection of articles on the contemporary landscape of interplay between tradition and innovation in spirituality and religious practice within the Nordic countries and the Baltic area. Link below.

In just a couple of weeks the 1st issue of Temenos 2025 will be out. There are articles on social media, yoga, Islam in Finland, and a lecture transcription with the provocative title "Only Russia Can Save The World". We can hardly wait to share this exciting issue with you in the beginning of June!

Hello BlueSky! We will be sharing our latest issues, picks from the journal archives, and other relevant news and publications from the Nordic Study of Religion milieu. Feel free to check out our latest issue from 2024 on our website (link in comments). Next issue is will be out in June!