Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Curriculum vitae
Auli Vähäkangas is professor in pastoral theology as well as vice dean of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. She is the author of Christian Couples Coping with Childlessness: Narratives from Machame, Kilimajaro. Vähäkangas’ research has focused on those in the margins: HIV-positives and childless people in their communities. She has additionally done research on palliative care and on African feminist theology.
External positions
Research associate, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch South Africa
30 Mar 2023 → 30 Mar 2026
Fields of Science
- 614 Theology
- pastoral theology, pastoral psychology
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Book Review: The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Theology and Qualitative Research ed. by Pete Ward and Knut Tveitereid. 2022. 541 pp.
Vähäkangas, A., 10 Nov 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Tidsskrift for Praktisk Teologi .Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Scientific
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Covid-19 funerals in Finland as disaster rituals
Vähäkangas, A., 10 Nov 2023, (Submitted) In: Tidsskrift for Praktisk Teologi .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Deathscapes in Finnish funerals during Covid-19
Vahakangas, A., 8 Mar 2023, In: Approaching Religion. 13, 1, p. 21-37 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Kuolemantilat korona-ajan siunaustilaisuuksissa
Vähäkangas, A., 27 Mar 2023, Kokemuksia, käytäntöjä ja kohtaamisia rajoituksissa : Koronapandemia eksistentiaalisena, eettisenä ja uskonnollisena kysymyksenä. Kallatsa, L. & Ojalammi, J. (eds.). Helsinki: Suomalainen teologinen kirjallisuusseura, p. 76-95 20 p. (Suomalaisen Teologisen Kirjallisuusseuran julkaisuja; no. 302).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Past-Oral Care - Christian Hope in Pastoral Care and Counseling for People With Severe Dementia in Finland
Pirhonen, J., Saarelainen, S-M., Peltomaki, I. & Vahakangas, A., 2023, In: The Journal of Pastoral Theology. 33, 2, p. 84-98 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Establishing Black History Month at the University of Helsinki
Lüpke, F. K. E. M., Oinas, E., Pohjonen, M., Wayessa, G., Väyrynen, S., Vähäkangas, A., Pietilä, T., Al-Sharmani, M. & Posti-Ahokas, H.
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2023
Project: Other project
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HSSH catalyst funding for the newly founded Africa Research Forum in Social Sciences and Humanities
Lüpke, F. K. E. M., Wayessa, G., Väyrynen, S., Posti-Ahokas, H., Vähäkangas, A., Oinas, E., Pietilä, T., Al-Sharmani, M. & Pohjonen, M.
21/01/2022 → 31/12/2022
Project: Research project
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Establishing an African Studies SSH network at the University of Helsinki
Lüpke, F. K. E. M., Väyrynen, S., Posti-Ahokas, H., Oinas, E., Pietilä, T., Vähäkangas, A., Green, S. & Wayessa, G.
18/10/2021 → 31/12/2021
Project: Research project
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MeRela: Meaningful Relations: Patient and family carer encountering death at home
Vähäkangas, A., Seppänen, M., Saarelainen, S. & Mäki-Petäjä-Leinonen, A.
09/01/2017 → 31/03/2021
Project: Research project
Activities
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University of Stellenbosch
Auli Vähäkangas (Visiting researcher)
11 Apr 2022 → 30 Apr 2022Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
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A good wife? A critical study of how ordinary Bible readers, Madagascar, understand Proverbs 31:10-31 in relation to the question of women oppression and liberation.
Auli Vähäkangas (Pre-examiner)
10 May 2022Activity: Examination types › Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis
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Funerals in the North of Europe – similarities and differences
Auli Vähäkangas (Speaker)
6 Apr 2022 → 8 Apr 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Mighty forces of life
Auli Vähäkangas (Speaker)
6 Jun 2022 → 8 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Univ Nairobi, University of Nairobi
Auli Vähäkangas (Visiting researcher)
28 Nov 2022 → 3 Dec 2022Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution
Press/Media
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Surun aallot läheisen menehdyttyä-radiokeskustelu
16/12/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Elämä on kuolemista – miten meidän tulisi puhua väistämättömästä?
01/11/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Asiantuntijahaastattelu: Lapsettomuus Kilimanjaron rinteillä
20/11/2015
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media