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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 […]

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 […]

Till att börja med vill jag tacka er alla för det goda arbete som gjorts tillsammans, och den vackra känslan av gemenskap vi har upplevt under 2024. När man planterar ett fruktträd krävs mycket arbete i början även om resultatet är osäkert. Du gräver ett hål, planterar plantan och vattnar den även om du inte […]

Vår studieresa började lugnt med ta oss från Åbo till det ortodoxa kyrkomuseet Riisa i Kuopio. Sedan startade bussen mot Valamo kloster. Där slogs jag slogs av den välkomnande och lugna atmosfären vid klostret och hela dess omgivning. Det var tidig väckning (kl. 05:40) för att hinna till morgongudstjänsten, men å andra sidan fick man […]

Need time to finalize a book manuscript? Research stint at the Polin Institute for theological research within Åbo Akademi University, Finland The Polin Institute is a growing international center of theological research in Finland. We announce two research stints of maximum six months between the beginning of September 2025 and the end of February 2026 […]

Revival Movements in World Christianity: Key Themes and Methodological Issues An international conference organised by the Polin Institute of Åbo Akademi University in collaboration with the Oxford Centre of Mission Studies, UK. Helsinki, Finland, 1-4 September 2025 The term revival has been loosely used to refer to various spiritual awakening movements in the history of […]

Political Theologies of a Democratic Common Life  24-26 March 2025  New College, University of Oxford  Event Description: Religion has a complex role in shaping our political landscape, with the power to either fuel division or serve as a resource for a democratic common life. The fifth Political Theologies conference gathers scholars and practitioners to discuss how […]

A group of theologians and professors from Stellenbosch University and Åbo Akademi University gathered around Dr Isaac H. T. Balie, who was sitting in the yard of the Moravian missionary station under a big tree. Dr Balie told us about the history of the station and the story of Moravian missionary Georg Smith, and a […]