(Updated August 2, 2016)
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23RD NORDIC CONFERENCE FOR THE SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION
Helsinki, August 17-19, 2016
Preliminary timetable
TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2016
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19:00-21:00 Registration and Pre-conference reception (Crypt of the Helsinki Cathedral, Kirkkokatu 18)
Organized in collaboration with the Parish Union of Helsinki
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2016
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9:00-10:15 Arrival, registration (University Main Building, Fabianinkatu 33)
Refreshment
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10:15 Welcome and opening
Kati Tervo-Niemelä and Jenni Spännäri
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10:30-12:30 Plenary session I
Against wellbeing?
Courtney Bender: Individual religious authority in an era of subjective well being – is it time to “study up?”
Anne Birgitta Pessi: Dazed and Amazed by Moonlight: exploring the entanglements of sense of meaning & well-being
Chair: Kati Tervo-Niemelä
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12.30-13:30 Lunch
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13:30-15:30 Parallel sessions I
Session 5: Challenging ideas, negotiating authority: Immigrant youth and ways of being religious in Europe
Organizers:
Martin Bauman (University of Lucerne, Switzerland), martin.baumann@unilu.ch
Andreas Tunger (University of Lucerne, Switzerland) andreas.tunger@unilu.ch
Chair: Martin Bauman
Package customers or cherry-pickers? Strategies for religious self-management among Muslim youths in Switzerland
Andreas Tunger-Zanetti, University of Lucerne
Silvia Martens, University of Lucerne
Religiousness among young Vietnamese Buddhists in Germany and Switzerland
Rebekka Khaliefi, Lucerne University
Shifts and Changes of Religion among Immigrant Youth: A Comparative Theoretical
Martin Baumann, University of Lucerne, Switzerland
“Coming out,” speaking up – discussions with Muslim feminists in Sweden on their struggle for equal rights as women and Muslims
Vanja Mosbach
Session 6: Problems and prospects of religious aspects of extremism and radicalism research
Organizers: Inger Furseth (University of Oslo), inger.furseth@sosgeo.uio.no
Brian Arly Jacobsen (University of Copenhagen), brianj@hum.ku.dk
Chair: Brian Arly Jacobsen
The role of religion in the New European Right the use of religion as identity
Brian Arly Jacobsen, University of Copenhagen
Contesting radicalization and extremism among Muslim youth in Norway
Sindre Bangstad, KIFO, Oslo, Norway
Repertoire Identities in Radical Religious Movements
Ismail Demirezen, Istanbul University
Definitions of Religion as they emerged from Australia’s 2014 and 2015 domestic terror events
William Hoverd, Massey University
Session 12: Pentecostal, Charismatic and other Evangelical communities and identities in local and transnational spaces
Organizer:
Maija Penttilä (University of Helsinki), maija.t.penttila@helsinki.fi
Chair: Maija Penttilä
“She sees the smallest ones” – Children´s construction of love and longing for the charismatic leader in Knutby Filadelfia congregation
Sanja Nilsson, Dalarna University
Determinants of religious commitment among Dutch evangelicals
Paul Vermeer, Radboud University
Pentecostalism and Women’s Wellbeing: a New Look at the Changing Roles of Nigerian Women in Church and Society
Christian Onyenaucheya Uchegbue, University of Calabar, Nigeria
Session 15: Religious groups and leaders in a changing society: wellbeing, leadership and the life-span
Organizers:
Kati Tervo-Niemelä (University of Helsinki), kati.niemela@helsinki.fi
Aura Nortomaa (University of Helsinki), aura.nortomaa@helsinki.fi
Chair: Kati Tervo-Niemelä
United by Faith? Three directions of interpretation of beliefs among priests in the Church
Erika Willander, The Church of Sweden
Recruitment of clergy in the new religious landscape: which features to favour?
Aura Nortomaa, University of Helsinki
Heading for Priesthood? Professionally Indefinite Students of Theology
Anna Kasvinen, University of Helsinki
Church organizational culture
Olli Viljakainen, University of Helsinki
Session 16/1: The Impact of Religion: Challenges for Law and Democracy I
Organizer and chair:
Per Pettersson (Uppsala University), per.pettersson@kau.se
Chair: Per Pettersson
An Invisible Church in a Visible Culture of Trust
Anders Bäckström, Uppsala Religion and Society Research Centre
World view dialogues for peace?
Ånund Brottveit, KIFO
The Hobby Lobby case: testing the space for religious moralism in American law
David Huisjen, University of Helsinki
Environmentalism and Faith Based Organizations in Lebanon
Laura Wikström, Abo Akademi University
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15:30-16:00 Coffee break
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16:00-18:00 Parallel sessions II
Session 4 & 17 (combined): The Role of Religion in Welfare and Care
Organizers:
Josephine Sundqvist (Uppsala Religion and Society Research Centre) josephine.sundqvist@crs.uu.se
Anna Salonen (University of Helsinki), anna.s.salonen@helsinki.fi
Jenni Spännäri (University of Helsinki), jenni.spannari@helsinki.fi
Anne Birgitta Pessi (University of Helsinki, anne.b.pessi@helsinki.fi
Chair: Josephine Sundqvist
Families Experiencing Austerity: A Time for Religious Support?
Elisabeth Arweck, University of Warwick
Religion as a model for welfare
Muukkonen Martti, University of Eastern Finland
Orthodox Christian parish social worker in Russia: tension between charity and profession
Daria Oreshina, St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University
Elena Prutskova, St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University
Food for soul or soul for food? Charitable food assistance at the interface between
Anna Sofia Salonen, University of Helsinki
The care and support for the young adults with cancer
Suvi-Maria Saarelainen, University of Helsinki
Session 7/1: Religion and migration I
Organizers:
Anders Aschim (Volda University College), Anders.Aschim@hivolda.no
Olav Hovdelien (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences), Olav.Hovdelien@hioa.no
Chair: Anders Aschim
Religion, migration and social capital
Pål Ketil Botvar, KIFO, Institute for Church, Religion, and Worldview Research
A World Church in Miniature – The Catholic Church of Norway as Migrant Church
Olav Hovdelien, Oslo and Akershus University College
Refugees and asylum seekers – a topic on the Norwegian Christian grass-roots?
Pål Repstad, University of Agder, Norway
Transnational Russian-speaking Evangelicalism in the Helsinki metropolitan area
Maija Penttilä, University of Helsinki
Session 8/1: LEAVING RELIGION
Organizer: Teemu T. Mantsinen (University of Turku), teemu.mantsinen@utu.fi
Chair: Teemu Mantsinen
Who are leaving the Lutheran Church in Finland?
Kimmo Ketola, Church Research Institute
Can the theory of intergenerational religious momentum explain the growing issue of church leaving among Protestant youth in Europe?
Kati Tervo-Niemelä, University of Helsinki
Leaving Pentecostal community
Sanja Fält, University of Helsinki
Apostasy – personal experience and failure of religion
Teemu T. Mantsinen, University of Turku
Session 16/2: The Impact of Religion: Challenges for Law and Democracy
Organizer and chair: Per Pettersson (Uppsala University), per.pettersson@kau.se
Preferences for religion-state relationships among Muslims and Christians
Sterkens Carl, Radboud University, Nijmegen
The sacred as a justifying tool
Aida Arosoaie, RSIS, NTU, Singapore
Advocacy of the mission organizations and FCA for refugee policy in Finland
Minttu Väisänen, University of Helsinki
Gender Equality in Different Readings of Islam
Marziyeh Bakhshizadeh, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Session 18: majority churches and changing religious climate
Organizers: Jenni Spännäri (University of Helsinki) jenni.spannari@helsinki.fi
Kati Tervo-Niemelä (University of Helsinki) kati.niemela@helsinki.fi
Chair: Jenni Spännäri
Comparing the financial situation of seven majority churches in Northern Europe
Sidsel Kjems, Copenhagen University
“Theories of the middle range” – approach to Nordic church statistics
Erika Willander, The Church of Sweden
Do churches matter? A quantitative study of religious attitudes and generation
Jes Heise Rasmussen, University of Copenhagen
To baptize or not to baptize?
Tore Witsø Rafoss, KIFO
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18:15 Reception: Reception by the University of Helsinki, hosted by the dean of the Faculty of Theology Ismo Dunderberg (at the Teachers’ lounge, University Main Building)
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19
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9:00-11:00 Parallel sessions III
Session 2/1: RELIGIOUS CHANGE, WELLBEING AND GENERATIONS I
Organizers:
Kati Tervo-Niemelä (University of Helsinki), kati.niemela@helsinki.fi
Maija Penttilä (University of Helsinki) maija.t.penttila@helsinki.fi
Chair: Kati Tervo-Niemelä
Catholic Commitment around the Globe: A 45 Country Analysis
Brian Conway, Maynooth University, Ireland
Bram Spruyt, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Religion, Spirituality and “Ageing Well”
Jenni Spännäri, University of Helsinki
Life Force: vitality, wellbeing, the existential Paul Heelas, Visiting Professor, University of Tartu
Is ‘Islam’ becoming more individualised too? The customisation of ‘religion’ in the context of Iran
Hossein Godazgar, Al-Maktoum College of Higher Education, Dundee, UK
Shiva Velayati, Nabi Akram University, Tabriz, Iran
Session 7/2: Religion and Migration II
Organizers:
Anders Aschim (Volda University College), Anders.Aschim@hivolda.no
Olav Hovdelien (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences), Olav.Hovdelien@hioa.no
Chair: Olav Hovdelien
Our Lady in Sunnmøre. Migration and Change in a Local Catholic Parish
Anders Aschim, Volda University College
Lars Julius Halvorsen, Møreforsking Research Institute
Norwegianness in the Seamen’s Churches
Lars Laird Iversen, MF – Norwegian School of Theology
Islamic religious professionals; brokering into or closing of from society?
Niels Valdemar Vinding, University of Copenhagen
From Generation to Generation: Strategies in the Terminal Phases of Migrant Congregations
Margit Warburg, University of Copenhagen
Session 10: Death, Bereavement and Memory
Organizer: Tim Hutchings, Stockholm University, timothy.hutchings@ims.su.se
Chair: Suvi-Maria Saarelainen
Death, Digital Media and the Question of “Religion”
Tim Hutchings, Stockholm University
Cholera – A voice from God.
Michael Perlt, University of Copenhagen
The Dark Night of the Soul. Art Film, Bereavement and Complicated Audience Response
Tomas Axelson, Dalarna University
Session 14: The transnational circulation of ideas, gurus and practices between East and West
Organizers:
Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger (Aarhus University), MF@cas.au.dk
Jacob Hartvig Sandager Hansen (Aarhus University), jhsh@cas.au.dk
Chair: Jacob Hartvig Sandager Hansen
Hugging Amma from Kerala – A Eastern guru or a Western Saint?
Marianne Fibiger, Aarhus University
Westernization of eastern religious techniques
Lars Ahlin, University of Aarhus
Doors of hope – Baha’i western-women pilgrimage to the Holy Land
Shay Rozen, University of Haifa
Kalachakra for Peace: Western Rebranding of Old Buddhist Tantra
Andrei Znamenski, University of Memphis
New answers to old questions? Popular culture and a renewed search for meaning
Anna Clot-Garrell, ISOR, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Session 16/3: The Impact of Religion: Challenges for Law and Democracy
Organizer: Per Pettersson (Uppsala University), per.pettersson@kau.se
Chair: Anders Bäckström
The increasing problem of defining religion and the governance of freedom of religion
Per Pettersson, Karlstad University and Uppsala University
Sociology of Human Rights in Religious Communities
Emir Kaya, Yildirim Beyazit University
Defining Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) in Swedish society
Linnea Lundgren, Ersta Sköndal University College
How Yrsani define their religion in Sweden
Behnaz Hosseini, University of Vienna
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11:30-14:00 Lunch cruise in the Archipelago of Helsinki
Leaving at 11:10 from the Reception
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14:30-15:30 Plenary session II
Jörg Stolz: (Un)believing in a Modern Society
Chair: Lene Kühle
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15:30-16:00 Coffee break
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16:00-18:00 Parallel sessions IV
Session 1/1. RELIGIOSITY IN PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS i: Religion in schools and secular space
Organizers:
Magdalena Nordin (Lund University), magdalena.nordin@teol.lu.se
Lene Kühle (Aarhus University), lk@cas.au.dk
Chair: Lene Kühle
U.S. Public Schoolteachers and Religious Free Exercise in the Classroom
Laura R. Olson, Clemson University
Suzanne N. Rosenblith, Clemson University
Creating and Navigating Boundaries in a London Catholic School
Rachel Hanemann, University of Kent
Speaking of the elephant? Dealing with religious diversity through the eyes of Swedish RE teachers
Anders Sjöborg, Uppsala University
Maximilian Broberg, Uppsala University Malin Löfstedt, Uppsala University
Bifurcated Temple: Maintaining Religious Purpose While Navigating Secular Space
Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis, Monmouth University
Session 2/2: RELIGIOUS CHANGE, WELLBEING AND GENERATIONS II: Religion and gender
Organizers:
Kati Tervo-Niemelä (University of Helsinki), kati.niemela@helsinki.fi
Maija Penttilä (University of Helsinki) maija.t.penttila@helsinki.fi
Chair: Maija Penttilä
Body as territory: Religious and secular practices related to unwanted pregnancy
Astrid Krabbe Trolle, University of Copenhagen
Lived religion of Sami women
Ronja Iso-Heiko, University of Helsinki
Spirituality in the loops. Handicraft making as an everyday religion of women
Riikka Myllys, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Theology
What happens when women turn towards God/dess?
Elizabeth Cloe Erdmann, Study of Religions Department
SESSION 3: Media and the customization of religious beliefs and individual wellbeing
Organizers:
Mia Lövheim (Uppsala University), mia.lovheim@teol.uu.se
Henrik Reintoft Christensen (Aarhus University), hc@cas.au.dk
Chair: Mia Lövheim
Embodied and Disembodied Religion in Danish Newspapers since 1980s
Henrik Reintoft Christensen, Aarhus University
Women’s Magazines, Wellbeing and Everyday Religion
Anneli Winell, Department of Theology, Uppsala University
Negotiating Boundaries of Public Religion: Islam in Swedish Public Service Radio
Mia Lövheim, Uppsala University
Linnea Jensdotter, Uppsala University
Women’s magazine discourses on celebrity and religion
Ann Kristin Gresaker, KIFO Institute for Church, Religion and Worldview Research
A “Cowgirl” or a Suicide Bomber – Deconstructing Phantasies and Fears around Religion in the Digital Media
Johanna Sumiala, University of Helsinki
SESSION 9: Interactions of Religious, Spiritual, and Secular Coping
Organizer: Suvi-Maria Saarelainen (University of Helsinki), suvi.saarelainen@helsinki.fi
Chair: Tim Hutchings
Religious, spiritual, and secular coping in the cancer narratives
Suvi-Maria Saarelainen, University of Helsinki
Life in Bethlehem – Spiritual Coping in Occupied Palestinian Territory
Mari Parkkinen, University of Eastern Finland
Freedom to choose? The spouses and partners of the mentally ill narrate
Jonna Ojalammi, University of Helsinki
The dimension of spirituality in coping with divorce
Kalle Leppälä, University of Helsinki
Session 11/1: Youth and Religion I
Organizers:
Anders Sjöborg, Uppsala University, anders.sjoborg@crs.uu.se
Ida Marie Høeg, University of Agder, ida.m.hoeg@uia.no
Chair: Ida Marie Høeg
Does confirmation prepare young people to be productive citizens?
Ida Marie Høeg, University of Agder
The YMCA – A Pioneer of Youth Work
Martti Muukkonen, University of Eastern Finland
Raising a Christian or an Orthodox Christian?
Pekka Metso, University of Eastern Finland
Young people at a summer gathering of revivalist movement
Paula Nissilä, University of Tampere
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19:00 Conference dinner at Sipuli Winter Garden (address: Kanavanranta 7) Supported by Church Research Institute
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 19
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9:15-11:15 Parallel sessions V
Session 1/2: Religion in public institutions II
Organizers:
Magdalena Nordin (Lund University), magdalena.nordin@teol.lu.se
Lene Kühle (Aarhus University), lk@cas.au.dk
Chair: Magdalena Nordin
Understanding Chaplaincy in Late Modernity: The Growth of Religion in Public Institutions
Lene Kühle, School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University
Henrik Reintoft Christensen, School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University
Trust influences preference for religious politicians
Peter B. Andersen, University of Copenhagen
Andreas Baumann, Municipality of Copenhagen
Multi-faith rooms and the representation of religious pluralism in hospitals
Anna Clot-Garrell, ISOR, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Mar Griera, ISOR, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Religion and Sprituality in Finland’s Prisons
Sami Puumala, University of Eastern Finland
Session 2/3: RELIGIOUS CHANGE, WELLBEING AND GENERATIONS III: Religion, music and meaning-making
Organizers:
Kati Tervo-Niemelä (University of Helsinki), kati.niemela@helsinki.fi
Maija Penttilä (University of Helsinki) maija.t.penttila@helsinki.fi
Chair: Tapani Innanen
Transmission of religion through new ritualized learning environments
Aino-Elina Kilpeläinen, University of Helsinki
Marie Vejrup Nielsen, University of Aarhus
Drumming activities in Finland: Between spirituality and entertainment
Linda Annunen, Åbo Akademi University
“Most Beautiful Christmas Songs” in Finland, emotions and sequential generations
Tapani Innanen, University of Helsinki
The meaning of Christian music in constructing the communal forms of religiousness
Sari Murtonen, University of Eastern Finland
The significance of Divine Services for Secularized Christians in Finland
Olavi Rissanen, University of Helsinki
Session 11/2: Youth and Religion II
Organizers:
Anders Sjöborg, Uppsala University, anders.sjoborg@crs.uu.se
Ida Marie Høeg, University of Agder, ida.m.hoeg@uia.no
Chair: Anders Sjöborg
A comparative view on young adults and religion
Sofia Sjö, Åbo Akademi University
Marcus Moberg, Åbo Akademi University
Xers and Yers as theological re-formers
Marjukka Laiho, University of Helsinki
Believing and belonging among Protestant youth in Europe
Kati Tervo-Niemelä, University of Helsinki
Apocalyptic popular religion and teenagers in the age of global media.
Nina Maskulin, University of Helsinki
Session 13: In Search of Meaning and Purpose! A Current Trend in Sociology of Religion
Organizers:
Anne Birgitta Pessi (University of Helsinki), anne.b.pessi@helsinki.fi
Tii Syrjänen (University of Helsinki), tii.syrjanen@helsinki.fi
Chair: Anne Birgitta Pessi
Corporate mindfulness as spiritual labour in post-secular society
Mira Karjalainen, University of Helsinki
Finding meaning through charity work? The role of religion reconsidered
Veli-Matti Salminen, Church Research Institute
Conceptions and Experiences of the Sacred in Finland Today
Henrietta Grönlund, University of Helsinki
Anne Birgitta Pessi, University of Helsinki
Mette Ranta, University of Helsinki
The role of values and religion in Finns’ perspectives on compassion
Henrietta Grönlund, University of Helsinki
Anna Seppänen, University of Helsinki
Tii Syrjänen, University of Helsinki
In Search of Meaning and Purpose! A Current Trend in Sociology of Religion
Tii Syrjänen, University of Helsinki
Jenni Spännäri, University of Helsinki Anna Seppänen, University of Helsinki
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11:15-11:45 Coffee break
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11:45-13:00 Plenary Session III
Nancy Ammerman: Religion in Everyday Life: Individuals, Institutions and How We Study Them
13:00-13:15 Final comments and the closing of the conference Next conference
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13:15 Lunch
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Conference ends