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 [...]
The theme for the International Open Access Week 2018, starting today on October 22, is “designing equitable foundations for open knowledge.” Open Science is one of the core values of the research and publication activities of [...]
Europe is currently undergoing major demographic changes due to aging populations and increased immigration. The fear of this demographic change is one of the ideological motives behind several xenophobic social and political movements in [...]
Science and religion – opposites? In the contemporary world, science and religion are often regarded as each other's opposites. Not only that: the complicated relationship between these two entities has also been scrutinised by [...]
The first issue of the Donner Institute publication series “Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis” was published in 1967 – fifty years ago. During the half-century that has passed, many of the world's leading researchers on [...]
