Approaching Religion is an academic open access journal published by the Donner Institute for Research in Religion and Culture in Åbo, Finland. Its purpose is to publish current research on religion, understood in a broad sense, and to offer a platform for scholarly co-operation and debate within the field. The journal only publishes thematic issues.
Editorial Team
Editorial Team
Editor
Ruth Illman, The Donner Institute, Finland
Technical editor
Maria Vasenkari, University of Turku, Finland
Editorial Secretaries
Joakim Alander, The Donner Institute, Finland
Sofia Sjö, The Donner Institute, Finland
Language Editor
Clive Tolley, United Kingdom
Editorial Board
Dr. Bengt-Ove Andreassen, Professor in the Study of Religion, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Dr. Linda Annunen, Postdoctoral Research in the Study of Religions, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Dr. Alexandra Grieser, Assistant Professor for the Theory of Religion at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Dr. Tuija Hovi, Docent, Senior Research Fellow in the Study of Religion, University of Turku, Finland
Dr. Kimmo Ketola, Docent, Researcher at the Church Institute for Research and Advanced Training, Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Helena Kupari, Docent, University Lecturer in the Study of Religions, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Dr. Teuvo Laitila, Docent, Study of Religions, University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Dr. Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon, Director, Centre for Multidisciplinary Research on Religion and Society, Uppsala University, Sweden
Dr. Teemu Pauha, Docent, University Lecturer in the Study of Religions, University of Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Simon Sorgenfrei, Professor in the Study of Religions and director of IMS – the Institute for the Study of Multireligiosity and Secularity at Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden
Dr. Mika Vähäkangas, Director of the Polin Institute, Åbo Akademi University, Finland; extraordinary professor, faculty of theology, Stellenbosch University, South Africa and Desmond Tutu Centre of the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
