Finding the right journal among all the available open access alternatives can be challenging. This article provides an overview of journals with a focus on the study of religions. You also find some reflections on [...]

The big questions concerning life and death have always fascinated artists. Art and the creation of art have offered ways to explore the meaning of life, the character of reality and the inevitableness of death. [...]

The latest issue of the Donner Institute e-journal Approaching Religion (Vol. 10/2) is based on an international symposium on hospitality and ethics from a feminist perspective that was organised in Åbo/Turku in early March 2020. [...]

The relationship between food and religion is a lived activity formed by the dynamics of both tradition and adaption. Religious commitments to food are influenced by several different factors, ranging from personal spirituality and [...]

Vol 2:1 of Approaching Religion consists of papers and reflections originating from a roundtable seminar held at the Donner Institute in January 2012. Under the topic ‘The New Visibility of Atheism in Europe’, scholars [...]

Many people today, and perhaps especially women, pursue the goal of a thinner body with religious-like devotion. This paper examines this devotion and some of the questions it raises about ‘religion’, ‘the body’, and [...]

During recent years, the body has become a central focus of religious studies. The understanding of religion as a solely intellectual practice of beliefs, norms and convictions is giving way to a broader understanding [...]

Vol. 14 of Scripta, "The Saami Shaman Drum", is based on articles presented at a symposium by the same name, arranged by the Donner Institute in 1984. The aim of the symposium was to [...]

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, published since 1967, is a conference publication issued by the Donner Institute. In Scripta, a selection of conference papers presented at symposia and conferences organised by the institute, often in [...]