Tuija Hovi
Biographic Data
| ID | 3736761 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tuija Hovi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tuija |
| FAMILY NAME | Hovi |
| SIGNATURE | HOVI T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Turku |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-2026-3563 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ekologiaa uskonnon ehdoilla
Sacred Trees of the Finns in the Past and Today
Reetta Ranta 2025. Pyhät puut [Sacred Trees]. Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society. 160 pages. ISBN 978-951-858-696-1. ISSN 2323-7392
Etnografia edellä
Miten uskontoa luetaan
Religion
The current issue of Approaching Religion is based on a summer school and conference arranged in Åbo/Turku, Finland, in June 2023, on the theme of 'Religion: Memory and Innovation'. The event was organized jointly by the Polin Institute for Theological Research (Åbo Akademi University), the Centre for the Study of Christian Cultures (University of Turku) and the Donner Institute for Research in Religion and Culture. The aim was to bring together …
Yksityiset elämäntarinat ja yhteinen menneisyys
Folkloristiikkaa digiajassa
Gender, Agency and Change in Neo-Charismatic Christianity
Leigh Eric Schmidt's Village Atheists. How America’s Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation
Self-Fulfilling Words and Topics Not to Be Touched Upon Noncommunication in Neo-Charismatic Rhetoric
Uttering certain words with certain intention is understood as having performative power to produce desired outcomes in social life. However, a deliberate silence as well as words spoken out loud can function as an objectification of reality. With the help of Gregory Bateson’s concept of noncommunication, silences are approached in personal narratives in the Word of Life congregation. Whereas explicit communication would alter the nature of ideas…
Localising and acculturating the global
The article addresses the theme of accommodating an imported model of international religious practice into a national context. The case in question involves an intentional 'translation' of an American Pentecostal concept of a lay-based prayer service into a Nordic, rather secularised Lutheran context. This recent newcomer into the Finnish religious field is the Healing Rooms network which is a predominantly charismatic Christian, globally expand…
Pentecostalism around the Baltic Sea
This is the editorial for the special issue 'Pentecostalism around the Baltic Sea
Functions of Narrative Genres for Lived Religion
The article presents the object and results of a study which combines the psychology of religion and folkloristics in the form of a qualitative analysis of empirical ethnographic material compiled from sources in a local neo-charismatic congregation called the 'Word of Life'. Personal narrative is discussed as a genre which represents the collective tradition of a religious community. It is a socially-learned speech act and a means of interpretin…
Kliinilised teenused jutluste asemel
Institutsionaalse religiooni thenduse kahanemine on viimastel aastatel olnud vga kiire, kuid samal ajal on thelepanuvrselt mitmekesistunud religioossed valikud
Clinical services instead of sermons
Today, we are facing the decline of institutional religion. In Finland, the decrease in membership of the mainstream Evangelical Lutheran Church has been unusually rapid over the past few years, but, at the same time, the variety of religious supply has significantly increased. In addition to non-Christian spiritual and religious alternatives, innumerable lay movements, functions and practices are also offering their services within the Christian…
Praising as bodily practice
Rhythmic body movements and dancing, as well as singing, have been used as a means and inspiration for both individual and communal spiritual experience throughout the history of religions. This article takes a tentative look at the contemporary neocharismatic culture of celebration as a means of aiming at religious experience through collective bodily practice; namely praising, which is generally understood to take the form of singing but is, in…
Religious Conviction Shaped and Maintained by Narration
Creating one's identity is an on-going process, which is greatly dependent on language. Having this idea as a starting point in the study of religiosity, sharing self-reported experiences can be seen as an integral part in constructing one's religious identity and personal conviction. In this article, I would like to present the idea of bringing together narrative research and the psychological approach to the study of religious experience with t…
Elu Sõna
The author provides an overview of the predecessors of the new religious group Word of Life(the healing-revival of the Pentecostal Church in the 1950s and other Charismatic Ministries), its emergence in the United States and spreading to Scandinavia, incl. Finland. The paper presents a more detailed account of the versatile activities of the «Elämän Sana» congregation in Turku.The author also observes the so-called 'success theology' from the his…
Localising and acculturating the global
The article addresses the theme of accommodating an imported model of international religious practice into a national context. The case in question involves an intentional 'translation' of an American Pentecostal concept of a lay-based prayer service into a Nordic, rather secularised Lutheran context. This recent newcomer into the Finnish religious field is the Healing Rooms network which is a predominantly charismatic Christian, globally expand…
Functions of Narrative Genres for Lived Religion
The article presents the object and results of a study which combines the psychology of religion and folkloristics in the form of a qualitative analysis of empirical ethnographic material compiled from sources in a local neo-charismatic congregation called the 'Word of Life'. Personal narrative is discussed as a genre which represents the collective tradition of a religious community. It is a socially-learned speech act and a means of interpretin…
Kliinilised teenused jutluste asemel
Institutsionaalse religiooni thenduse kahanemine on viimastel aastatel olnud vga kiire, kuid samal ajal on thelepanuvrselt mitmekesistunud religioossed valikud
Elu Sõna
The author provides an overview of the predecessors of the new religious group Word of Life(the healing-revival of the Pentecostal Church in the 1950s and other Charismatic Ministries), its emergence in the United States and spreading to Scandinavia, incl. Finland. The paper presents a more detailed account of the versatile activities of the «Elämän Sana» congregation in Turku.The author also observes the so-called 'success theology' from the his…
Elu Sõna
The author provides an overview of the predecessors of the new religious group Word of Life(the healing-revival of the Pentecostal Church in the 1950s and other Charismatic Ministries), its emergence in the United States and spreading to Scandinavia, incl. Finland. The paper presents a more detailed account of the versatile activities of the «Elämän Sana» congregation in Turku.The author also observes the so-called 'success theology' from the his…
Religious Conviction Shaped and Maintained by Narration
Creating one's identity is an on-going process, which is greatly dependent on language. Having this idea as a starting point in the study of religiosity, sharing self-reported experiences can be seen as an integral part in constructing one's religious identity and personal conviction. In this article, I would like to present the idea of bringing together narrative research and the psychological approach to the study of religious experience with t…
Praising as bodily practice
Rhythmic body movements and dancing, as well as singing, have been used as a means and inspiration for both individual and communal spiritual experience throughout the history of religions. This article takes a tentative look at the contemporary neocharismatic culture of celebration as a means of aiming at religious experience through collective bodily practice; namely praising, which is generally understood to take the form of singing but is, in…
Clinical services instead of sermons
Today, we are facing the decline of institutional religion. In Finland, the decrease in membership of the mainstream Evangelical Lutheran Church has been unusually rapid over the past few years, but, at the same time, the variety of religious supply has significantly increased. In addition to non-Christian spiritual and religious alternatives, innumerable lay movements, functions and practices are also offering their services within the Christian…
Kliinilised teenused jutluste asemel
Institutsionaalse religiooni thenduse kahanemine on viimastel aastatel olnud vga kiire, kuid samal ajal on thelepanuvrselt mitmekesistunud religioossed valikud
Functions of Narrative Genres for Lived Religion
The article presents the object and results of a study which combines the psychology of religion and folkloristics in the form of a qualitative analysis of empirical ethnographic material compiled from sources in a local neo-charismatic congregation called the 'Word of Life'. Personal narrative is discussed as a genre which represents the collective tradition of a religious community. It is a socially-learned speech act and a means of interpretin…
Localising and acculturating the global
The article addresses the theme of accommodating an imported model of international religious practice into a national context. The case in question involves an intentional 'translation' of an American Pentecostal concept of a lay-based prayer service into a Nordic, rather secularised Lutheran context. This recent newcomer into the Finnish religious field is the Healing Rooms network which is a predominantly charismatic Christian, globally expand…
Pentecostalism around the Baltic Sea
This is the editorial for the special issue 'Pentecostalism around the Baltic Sea
Self-Fulfilling Words and Topics Not to Be Touched Upon Noncommunication in Neo-Charismatic Rhetoric
Uttering certain words with certain intention is understood as having performative power to produce desired outcomes in social life. However, a deliberate silence as well as words spoken out loud can function as an objectification of reality. With the help of Gregory Bateson’s concept of noncommunication, silences are approached in personal narratives in the Word of Life congregation. Whereas explicit communication would alter the nature of ideas…
Leigh Eric Schmidt's Village Atheists. How America’s Unbelievers Made Their Way in a Godly Nation
Gender, Agency and Change in Neo-Charismatic Christianity
Yksityiset elämäntarinat ja yhteinen menneisyys
Folkloristiikkaa digiajassa
Etnografia edellä
Miten uskontoa luetaan
Religion
The current issue of Approaching Religion is based on a summer school and conference arranged in Åbo/Turku, Finland, in June 2023, on the theme of 'Religion: Memory and Innovation'. The event was organized jointly by the Polin Institute for Theological Research (Åbo Akademi University), the Centre for the Study of Christian Cultures (University of Turku) and the Donner Institute for Research in Religion and Culture. The aim was to bring together …
Sacred Trees of the Finns in the Past and Today
Reetta Ranta 2025. Pyhät puut [Sacred Trees]. Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society. 160 pages. ISBN 978-951-858-696-1. ISSN 2323-7392
Ekologiaa uskonnon ehdoilla
Sociology (9 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Charisma (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (4 works)