Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Terhi Utriainen is Professor in the Study of Religions at the University of Helsinki (Faculty of Theology) as well as Adjunct Professor (Docent) both in the Study of Religions and Gender Studies. Her research and teaching interests include ethnography of lived and vernacular religion, gender and embodiment, ritual studies, death, dying and suffering. She is co-editor of Post-secular Society (Transaction Publishers 2013), Finnish Women Making Religion: Between Ancestors and Angels (Palgrave MacMillan 2014) and The Relational Dynamics of Enchantment and Sacralization: Changing the Terms of the Religion versus Secularity Debate (Equinox 2016), and recently the special issue Appropriation as a Perspective and Topic in the Study of Religon in the journal Approaching Religion (13/3). She is the series editor of Brill Handbook on Contemporary Religion.
Education/Academic qualification
Learning from new religion and spirituality
1 Sept 2019 → 31 Aug 2023
Fields of Science
- 614 Theology
- Study of religions
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Becoming a (Better) Muslim: A Connectivist Perspective on Learning Islam in Finland
Butters, M. & Utriainen, T., 3 Sept 2024, In: Sociology of Religion. 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Learning in the intimacy of the guru-disciple relationship: The case of Mother Amma and her Finnish follower
Mällinen, T.-M. & Utriainen, T., 30 Apr 2024, In: Approaching Religion. 14, 2, p. 75-92 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Newcomers learning religious ritual: Legitimate peripheral participation in an Orthodox worshipping community
Kupari, H. & Utriainen, T., 30 Apr 2024, In: Approaching Religion. 14, 2, p. 10-29 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Religion and spirituality as sites of learning
Utriainen, T., Husgafvel, V., Knott, K. & Illman, R., 30 Apr 2024, In: Approaching Religion. 14, 2, p. 1-9 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific
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Uskontomaisema liikkeessä: Olga Tokarczukin Vaeltajat
Utriainen, T., 2024, Havaintoja uskontojen kentällä: Juhlakirja Teuvo Laitilan täyttäessä 70 vuotta. Hurskainen, H. & Takala-Roszczenko, M. (eds.). Helsinki: Suomen kirkkohistoriallinen seura, (Suomen kirkkohistoriallisen seuran toimituksia ; no. 45).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Kone-Kenen enkelit?
Utriainen, T. (Project manager)
01/01/2023 → 31/12/2026
Project: Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)
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LeNeRe: Learning from new religion and spirituality
Utriainen, T. (Principal Investigator), Butters, M. (Participant), Husgafvel, V. (Participant) & Virta, S. A. (Participant)
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project
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Learning from new religion and spirituality (LeNeRe)
Utriainen, T. (Project manager), Butters, M. (Participant), Husgafvel, V. (Participant), Kupari, H. (Participant), Mällinen, T.-M. (Participant) & Virta, S. A. (Participant)
Suomen Akatemia Projektilaskutus
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2023
Project: Research Council of Finland: Academy Project
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Performance in the triangle of culture, power and belief
Anttonen, P. (Other), Salmi-Niklander, K. (Participant), Seppälä, M.-O. (Participant), Utriainen, T. (Participant), Paavolainen, P. (Participant) & Tervo, P. (Participant)
30/01/2013 → 31/12/2013
Project: Research project
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Gender Studies Research Community
Elomäki, A. (Participant), Al-Sharmani, M. (Principal Investigator), Dahlgren, S. (Participant), Engelberg, M. (Participant), Haritaworn, J. (Principal Investigator), Holli, A. (Principal Investigator), Honkasalo, J. (Participant), Hoppania, H.-K. (Participant), Ihrche-Åberg, I. (Participant), Jokila, H. (Participant), Kalha, H. (Participant), Kantola, J. (Principal Investigator), Kinnarinen, K. (Participant), Kornak, J. (Participant), Korsisaari, E. M. (Participant), Koskinen, T. (Participant), Kuosmanen, P. K. (Participant), Kupari, H. (Participant), Leclin, J. (Participant), Moisala, P. (Principal Investigator), Moring, A. (Participant), Muravyeva, M. (Principal Investigator), Niemi, J. (Principal Investigator), Norocel, O. C. (Participant), Nousiainen, K. (Principal Investigator), Oikkonen, V. (Participant), Oroza, S. (Participant), Paasonen, S. (Participant), Pakkanen, J. (Participant), Palin, T. (Participant), Patosalmi, M. (Participant), Paunu, H. (Participant), Pulkkinen, T. (Project manager), Raevaara, E. (Participant), Ratinen, S. (Participant), Repo, J. (Participant), Roman-Lagerspetz, S. (Participant), Rossi, L.-M. (Principal Investigator), Rundgren, H. (Participant), Ruuskanen, M. (Participant), Saari, M. (Participant), Saarikangas, K. (Principal Investigator), Salmesvuori, P. (Participant), Saresma, T. A. M. (Principal Investigator), Sorainen, A. (Participant), Soronen, A. (Participant), Svanström, M. E. (Participant), Tsokkinen, A. (Participant), Tuomaala-Özdemir, S. (Participant), Tuomi, L. M. (Participant), Uimonen, M. (Participant), Urponen, M. (Participant), Urrio, E. (Participant), Utriainen, T. (Principal Investigator), Weide, M. (Participant), Werner, L. (Participant), Vuola, E. (Principal Investigator), Vänskä, A. (Participant) & Xu-Susiluoto, Q. (Participant)
01/03/2011 → 01/03/2011
Project: Research Evaluation 2011
Activities
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Intricate trajectories in the transreligious landscape
Utriainen, T. (Speaker)
3 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Contextualizing lived religion
Utriainen, T. (Speaker: Presenter)
22 May 2023 → 24 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Religion and Spirituality as Sites of Learning
Utriainen, T. (Chair of organizing committee) & Illmann, R. (Chair of organizing committee)
15 May 2023 → 17 May 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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EASR 2023: Religions and Technologies
Utriainen, T. (Speaker: Presenter)
4 Sept 2023 → 8 Sept 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
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Abby Day
Utriainen, T. (Host)
16 Apr 2023 → 21 Apr 2023Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Academic visit at UH
Press/Media
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Ihminen tarvitsee mielikuvitusta ja lumoa uskontotieteilijä Terhi Utriainen sanoo
04/11/2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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An interview with Terhi Utriainen (by Linda Woodhead)
10/05/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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