Maija Penttilä
Biographic Data
| ID | 1177679 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maija Penttilä |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maija |
| FAMILY NAME | Penttilä |
| SIGNATURE | PENTTILÄ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5553-4964 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Individual Emotions Describing Continuity and Engagement in Religion
The emotionality of modern times is evident in the ways in which people are religious. Among the Christian denominations, the Charismatic/Pentecostal movement, in all its diversity, is the most successful in spreading globally. It has been argued that charismatic communities are successful venues of interaction and are powerful in offering emotional experiences. However, in order for such religious experiences to lead to a continuity of religious…
Post-Soviet Believers in Migration
Understanding of space is central in migrant identity-building and integration to a host society. Identity also relates to time, which is effectuated by memory. This article shows how the interplay between religiosity and space may be central to believers’ identity narratives. Religiosity and memories of the past may affiliate migrants to a specific country. Through narrative analysis, I have shown five different ways Russian speakers from variou…
Creating an Evangelical self
In this article I analyse the narratives of conversion to Evangelical churches in St Petersburg by inquiring how Russians engage with the Evangelical churches and how they construct a meaningful conversion identity. My analysis shows how the social and political changes of post-Soviet Russia are experienced in religious terms and whether they have social implications that are reflected in identity-building as both Russian and Evangelical. Individ…
Saint Peter’s New Churches The Indigenization of Neocharismatic Christianity in St. Petersburg
The neo-charismatic movement has rapidly expanded globally. The article examines how the western-based religious movement has been indigenized in Russia. It focuses on the analysis of ethnographic data collected in four neo-charismatic churches in St Petersburg between 2006 and 2009. The data were collected through interviews and participant observations as well as analysis of Internet sources and texts that the churches had produced. This articl…
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Saint Peter’s New Churches The Indigenization of Neocharismatic Christianity in St. Petersburg
The neo-charismatic movement has rapidly expanded globally. The article examines how the western-based religious movement has been indigenized in Russia. It focuses on the analysis of ethnographic data collected in four neo-charismatic churches in St Petersburg between 2006 and 2009. The data were collected through interviews and participant observations as well as analysis of Internet sources and texts that the churches had produced. This articl…
Creating an Evangelical self
In this article I analyse the narratives of conversion to Evangelical churches in St Petersburg by inquiring how Russians engage with the Evangelical churches and how they construct a meaningful conversion identity. My analysis shows how the social and political changes of post-Soviet Russia are experienced in religious terms and whether they have social implications that are reflected in identity-building as both Russian and Evangelical. Individ…
Post-Soviet Believers in Migration
Understanding of space is central in migrant identity-building and integration to a host society. Identity also relates to time, which is effectuated by memory. This article shows how the interplay between religiosity and space may be central to believers’ identity narratives. Religiosity and memories of the past may affiliate migrants to a specific country. Through narrative analysis, I have shown five different ways Russian speakers from variou…
Individual Emotions Describing Continuity and Engagement in Religion
The emotionality of modern times is evident in the ways in which people are religious. Among the Christian denominations, the Charismatic/Pentecostal movement, in all its diversity, is the most successful in spreading globally. It has been argued that charismatic communities are successful venues of interaction and are powerful in offering emotional experiences. However, in order for such religious experiences to lead to a continuity of religious…
Gender Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Charisma (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (2 works) · Religiosity (2 works)