INEZ AND JULIUS POLIN – INSTITUTE FOR THEOLOGICAL RESEARCH is our full name, but we generally shorten this to The Polin Institute. We’re an independent research institute at Åbo Akademi University.
Our address is The Polin Institute, Theologicum, Biskopsgatan 16, FI-20500 Åbo, Finland. Come and say hello!
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14.03.2024 | Uncategorized
PENTECOSTALISM AND THE DIALECTICS OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE POSTCOLONY
An international conference organized by the Polin Institute of Åbo Akademi University Espoo, Finland, 27th-30th August 2024 Pentecostalism is one of the most dynamic and influential forms of Christianity in contemporary Africa. It has been variously described as a response to modernity, a postmodern phenomenon itself, a revitalization movement, a return to the fundamental theology embodying […]
26.03.2025 | Uncategorized
By the tree which is no longer…
The course “Abraham goes global” gave me a unique opportunity to experience how different communities on opposite sides of the globe worship God and cultivate their faith. The discussions, both the ones included in the program and the informal ones, gave me a deeper understanding of what interfaith dialogue is or what it could be […]
16.01.2025 | Uncategorized
CFP: Rethinking the holy materiality: bones and other “stuff”, with and without reliquaries (the Middles Ages and Beyond), deadline March 1, 2025
A workshop Rethinking the holy materiality: bones and other “stuff”, with and without reliquaries (the Middles Ages and Beyond) September 10–11, 2025 Venue: University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland Call for Papers While much has been published on relics, their understanding remains restricted and inflexible because of the prevalent definitions of the […]
09.01.2025 | Uncategorized
SEMINAR WITH ANDRIY FERT: CHURCHES AND THE WAR-TIME ”SPIRITUAL DECOLONIZATION” IN UKRAINE ON 21 JANUARY, 2025
A seminar with Andriy Fert ”Churches and the War-Time ’Spiritual Decolonization’ in Ukraine” that takes place online, 21 January at 9:30am CET (10.30 EET/Finnish time). The meeting will be chaired by Zuzanna Bogumił. Please register in order to participate https://shorturl.at/1Ilwy Abstract: The colonial nature of the subordination of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church to the Patriarch of Moscow came to the fore […]
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Are you writing a doctoral thesis or are you a post-doc researcher in theology? The Polin Institute awards working scholarships to researchers and doctoral students. The research must take place in association with Åbo Akademi University. Find out more about how to apply for funding.
