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What constitutes a religion is a frequent question with many aspects to bear in mind, and it is a question that has been spinning in my head for a long time as well. So, having first visited different religions steaming from the Abrahamic faith in Finland we had a solid foundation to compare, and contrast […]

Historical, Contemporary, and Comparative Perspectives Research conference in Turku/Åbo, 29-30 January 2025 It is our great pleasure to invite you to the first conference in Finland on antisemitism, organized by the Antisemitism Undermining Democracy Project and the Inez and Julius Polin Institute for Theological Research. In a time where Jewish communities and individuals around the […]

“The situation in South Africa is complex.” was said by just about everyone who had a speech of any kind during the days of our course in South Africa. The complexity was also often used as an answer to questions. “Well, you know, that’s very complex here.” And those answers that referred to the complexity […]

The theological course Abraham Goes Global is a cooperation between Åbo Akademi University and Stellenbosch University (South Africa) funded by the Finnish National Agency for Education and The Polin Institute 2023-2024 and 2024-2025. The aims are to widen the perception of theology to cross boundaries of religion at both universities, to exchange expertise on contextualised […]

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 March 2025 and the end of August 2025 […]

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 […]

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 2024 and the end of February 2025 […]

Polin-chefens julhälsning 2023 I julevangeliet enligt Johannes står det: ”Ordet var liv och livet var människornas ljus. Och ljuset lyser i mörkret, och mörkret har inte övervunnit det”. Precis när året var på väg mot det djupaste vintermörkret fick vi beskedet om att den tidigare presidenten, diplomaten och Nobels fredspristagaren Martti Ahtisaari hade gått bort. […]

Polin-institutet vid Åbo Akademi ledigförklarar en avlönad doktorandbefattning i teologi. Befattningen hör till något av de teologiska disciplinerna (exegetik med judaistik, kyrkohistoria, systematisk teologi, praktisk teologi och religionsvetenskap) vid Fakulteten för humaniora, psykologi och teologi (FHPT) i Åbo, Finland. Anställningen är upp till fyra år med start 1.9.2024 eller enligt överenskommelse. Den tidsbundna anställningen är […]