Faculty of Theology

Learning, Knowledge, and Leadership in Early Christianity
Dunderberg, I. (Project manager) & Hietanen, H. T. (Participant)
Academy of Finland
01/09/2026 → 31/08/2030
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project
Prophecy, Body, and Society in Early Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Nissinen, M. (Project manager) & Kujanpää, K. (Participant)
Academy of Finland
01/09/2026 → 31/08/2030
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project
A Political Genealogy of Happiness
Backman, J. (Principal Investigator)
Kone Foundation
01/09/2026 → 31/08/2028
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
Quashing Existential Threats with Science and Religion across Cultures
Zarzeczna, N. (Principal Investigator), Bansal, A. (Co-Principal Investigator), Haimila, R. (Co-Principal Investigator), Buchtel, E. E. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Rutjens, B. (Co-Principal Investigator)
01/08/2026 → 31/01/2028
Project: Research project
Palkkatuki Vantaan kaupunki
Vainio, O.-P. (Project manager) & Karimies, I. (Participant)
Vantaan kaupunki
01/07/2026 → 31/12/2026
Project: Other funder

Analytic Explorations of Religious Language: On Speaking of the Unspeakable
Vainio, O.-P. (Editor) & Crisp, O. (Editor), 2027, (Accepted/In press) Routledge.
Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
"As a Christian, sex is not a matter of opinion to me": Religious populism in the Finnish parliament during the legislation process of the Act on Legal Recognition of Gender
Heinonen, V. M. E. & Poutiainen, S., 2027, (Accepted/In press) In: Temenos : Nordic journal of comparative religion.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Echoes of the Imperial Gaze
Pfoh, E., 2027, (Accepted/In press) In: Forum Kritische Archäologie.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Environmental Responsibilities as Responsibilities for Relational Moral Agency
Nurmi, S., 2027, (In preparation) In: Ethics and the Environment.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Free Will and Lutheran Tradition
Vainio, O.-P. & Kallas-Pöder, K., 2027, (Accepted/In press) In: Lutherjahrbuch : Organ der internationalen Lutherforschung.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific

Nordic Conference for the Sociology of Religion: Research Approaches, Design and Methodology in the Sociology of Religion: Centering the Marginalized, Vulnerable and Socially Excluded12/08/2026 → 14/08/2026Turku, Suomi
Pessi, A. B. (Attendee)
12 Aug 2027 → 14 Aug 2027
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Living Ancient Neighborhoods: Gods, Humans, and Others
Haarala, V.-P. (Speaker: Presenter)
14 Apr 2027 → 16 Apr 2027
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Teologian ja Uskonnontutkimuksen Päivät 2026
Salovaara, J. A. (Secretary of organizing committee)
11 May 2026 → 13 May 2026
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
"The prayer of the righteous is very powerful and effective": On the Efficacy of an Elder's Prayer in Abbas Barsanuphius and John
Bergman, A. (Speaker)
21 Aug 2026
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Teologian ja Uskonnontutkimuksen Päivät 2026
Heikkinen, A. K. (Attendee)
11 May 2026 → 13 May 2026
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars

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