A Remmel
Biographic Data
| ID | 39894 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Remmel |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Remmel |
| SIGNATURE | REMMEL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Tartu |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6034-8250 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
On obscene and civil forms of nonreligion
Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 This development is well illustrated by the recent research projects Understanding Unbelief (2017–2021), Explaining Atheism (2022–2024), Nonreligion in the Complex Future (2019–) and Multiple Secularities (2016–2024).2 If Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes is anything to go by in the study of religion, the oft-cited sentence “Worse than the ordinary miserable c…
Ecologizing the Nation: Heritagization, Spiritualization, and Politicization of Nature in Estonia
By analyzing media debates over nature-related conflicts in Estonia in the last couple of decades, we explore the interactions between the state, environmental organizations, and creative intelligentsia. Our analysis points to the development of a new national-cultural set of ideas and actions about nature and environmental ethics, which can be interpreted as an example of ecologization. By ecologization we mean the entanglement of nature-related…
The forest is my church’: Christianity, secularisation and love of nature in a northern European existential field
This article employs ethnographic material from Sweden and Estonia to examine the relationship between religion and the love of nature in Northern Europe – a region known for its widespread secularisation. We propose that the existential depth that is often ascribed to nature experiences in this part of the world points to a facet of the secularisation process, indicating that love of nature among today's Northern Europeans is deeply entangled wi…
Sõjakas kaitse – konfliktid loodus- ja kultuuripärandi hoiu kujundamisel / Warlike Protection – Conflicts in Shaping the Preservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage
Artiklis uurime Eesti looduse ja kultuuri kaitsel tekkinud teravaid vastasseise, mida osalejad on mõnikord nimetanud sõdadeks. Näitejuhtumid ulatuvad pühapaikade kaitselt metsa ja linnalooduse kaitseni. Vaatleme artiklis, kuidas vastasseisud on arenenud, milliseid argumente kasutatakse ning millised konflikti osapooled neis eristuvad. Meie eesmärk ei ole otsida konfliktidele lahendusi või neid ennetada – selle asemel soovime mõista, miks mõnikord…
From Nature Romanticism to Eco-Nationalism: The Development of the Concept of Estonians as a Forest Nation
Forest plays an important role in many North European national identities. The Estonian example is one of the extreme cases as Estonians consider themselves a forest nation, the claim being backed up with references to both history and contemporary data. The article explores diachronically the formation of this motif in the Estonian national narrative and studies the nuances of intellectual and social history that have shaped the development of t…
Metsarahva kujunemine: Retrospektiivne vaade müüdiloomele
Eestlased ja nende sugulased liivlased ei elanud mitte nagu naabrid Lätlased metsades lahus, vaid neil olivad kindlad külad ja linnad, kellele vaenlase vägevus ja vahvus kaua aega midagi teha ei jõudnud. (Jakobson 1991 [1868]: 17) Kuna kõige tähtsam maastikutüüp on Eestis olnud ilmselt mets, siis kõlbab ka sõna „metsarahvas” enesemääratluseks päris kenasti. [---] Kuna metsarahvaid [...]
Freethought and Atheism in Central and Eastern Europe: The Development of Secularity and Nonreligion
"This book provides the first comprehensive overview of atheism, secularity and non-religion in Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In contrast to scholarship that has focused on the 'decline of religion' and secularization theory, the book builds upon recent trends to focus on the 'rise of non-religion' itself. While the label of 'post-communism' might suggest a generalized perception of the region, this surve…
The Pilgrimage Landscape in Contemporary Estonia: New Routes, Narratives, and Re-Christianization
This article is the first attempt at mapping the pilgrimage landscape in contemporary Estonia, reputedly one of the most secularized countries in Europe. Based on fieldwork on three case studies — the Estonian Society of the Friends of the Camino de Santiago, the Pirita-Vastseliina pilgrim trail, and the “Mobile Congregation” — we have identified three distinctive features that shape the Estonian pilgrimage scene. The processes of Caminoization a…
The Relocation of Transcendence
Denmark, Estonia, and Sweden are, if measured by certain sociological criteria, considered to be three of the world’s most secular countries. Nature—forests, pristine beaches, and the countryside—plays a specific role in the allegedly secular discourse of the mainstream populations of these nations. Not only is it almost without exception deemed as a positive asset worthy of protection, it is also thought of as holding certain existential qualiti…
(Non)religion in a Museum: Alterna(rra)tives to the Estonian National Story
The article analyses the treatment of religion and nonreligion in two current permanent exhibitions at the Estonian National Museum in the light of a Estonian national narrative which is critical of religion/Christianity. National narratives are concurrently a process and an outcome and therefore it is important to study how that narrative changes over time, as it reflects changes in society. The article also studies how culture and religion are …
Crossbreeding Atheism with Spirituality: Notes on Soviet and Western Attempts
The recent “nonreligious turn” in studies of secularity has changed the focus from what secularity lacks in comparison to religion to what it offers as an alternative. Various forms of nonreligion have been studied extensively in recent years, yet mostly in the contemporary Western societies. This article shifts the context more to the east and also towards the history by comparing two instances when meaning-making gained a central position withi…
Religion in secular archives. Soviet atheism and historical knowledge
Probably most of the authors of dissertations and monographs, after finishing their endeavour, have been overwhelmed by two feelings. First and foremost, the relief that it is all over, and then by
Outside Conventional Forms: Religion and Non-Religion in Estonia
The paper focuses on the features that have influenced current religious landscape of Estonia, considered one of the most secularized countries in the world, and its “special path” to secularization. To explain the ‘irregularities’ demonstrated by the sociological surveys, the paper argues for a situational and inclinational approach to the study of (non)religiosity as the majority of religious phenomena remain outside the conventional frames of …
The forest is my church’: Christianity, secularisation and love of nature in a northern European existential field
This article employs ethnographic material from Sweden and Estonia to examine the relationship between religion and the love of nature in Northern Europe – a region known for its widespread secularisation. We propose that the existential depth that is often ascribed to nature experiences in this part of the world points to a facet of the secularisation process, indicating that love of nature among today's Northern Europeans is deeply entangled wi…
From Nature Romanticism to Eco-Nationalism: The Development of the Concept of Estonians as a Forest Nation
Forest plays an important role in many North European national identities. The Estonian example is one of the extreme cases as Estonians consider themselves a forest nation, the claim being backed up with references to both history and contemporary data. The article explores diachronically the formation of this motif in the Estonian national narrative and studies the nuances of intellectual and social history that have shaped the development of t…
The Pilgrimage Landscape in Contemporary Estonia: New Routes, Narratives, and Re-Christianization
This article is the first attempt at mapping the pilgrimage landscape in contemporary Estonia, reputedly one of the most secularized countries in Europe. Based on fieldwork on three case studies — the Estonian Society of the Friends of the Camino de Santiago, the Pirita-Vastseliina pilgrim trail, and the “Mobile Congregation” — we have identified three distinctive features that shape the Estonian pilgrimage scene. The processes of Caminoization a…
Sõjakas kaitse – konfliktid loodus- ja kultuuripärandi hoiu kujundamisel / Warlike Protection – Conflicts in Shaping the Preservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage
Artiklis uurime Eesti looduse ja kultuuri kaitsel tekkinud teravaid vastasseise, mida osalejad on mõnikord nimetanud sõdadeks. Näitejuhtumid ulatuvad pühapaikade kaitselt metsa ja linnalooduse kaitseni. Vaatleme artiklis, kuidas vastasseisud on arenenud, milliseid argumente kasutatakse ning millised konflikti osapooled neis eristuvad. Meie eesmärk ei ole otsida konfliktidele lahendusi või neid ennetada – selle asemel soovime mõista, miks mõnikord…
Crossbreeding Atheism with Spirituality: Notes on Soviet and Western Attempts
The recent “nonreligious turn” in studies of secularity has changed the focus from what secularity lacks in comparison to religion to what it offers as an alternative. Various forms of nonreligion have been studied extensively in recent years, yet mostly in the contemporary Western societies. This article shifts the context more to the east and also towards the history by comparing two instances when meaning-making gained a central position withi…
Outside Conventional Forms: Religion and Non-Religion in Estonia
The paper focuses on the features that have influenced current religious landscape of Estonia, considered one of the most secularized countries in the world, and its “special path” to secularization. To explain the ‘irregularities’ demonstrated by the sociological surveys, the paper argues for a situational and inclinational approach to the study of (non)religiosity as the majority of religious phenomena remain outside the conventional frames of …
Religion in secular archives. Soviet atheism and historical knowledge
Probably most of the authors of dissertations and monographs, after finishing their endeavour, have been overwhelmed by two feelings. First and foremost, the relief that it is all over, and then by
Crossbreeding Atheism with Spirituality: Notes on Soviet and Western Attempts
The recent “nonreligious turn” in studies of secularity has changed the focus from what secularity lacks in comparison to religion to what it offers as an alternative. Various forms of nonreligion have been studied extensively in recent years, yet mostly in the contemporary Western societies. This article shifts the context more to the east and also towards the history by comparing two instances when meaning-making gained a central position withi…
The Relocation of Transcendence
Denmark, Estonia, and Sweden are, if measured by certain sociological criteria, considered to be three of the world’s most secular countries. Nature—forests, pristine beaches, and the countryside—plays a specific role in the allegedly secular discourse of the mainstream populations of these nations. Not only is it almost without exception deemed as a positive asset worthy of protection, it is also thought of as holding certain existential qualiti…
(Non)religion in a Museum: Alterna(rra)tives to the Estonian National Story
The article analyses the treatment of religion and nonreligion in two current permanent exhibitions at the Estonian National Museum in the light of a Estonian national narrative which is critical of religion/Christianity. National narratives are concurrently a process and an outcome and therefore it is important to study how that narrative changes over time, as it reflects changes in society. The article also studies how culture and religion are …
Metsarahva kujunemine: Retrospektiivne vaade müüdiloomele
Eestlased ja nende sugulased liivlased ei elanud mitte nagu naabrid Lätlased metsades lahus, vaid neil olivad kindlad külad ja linnad, kellele vaenlase vägevus ja vahvus kaua aega midagi teha ei jõudnud. (Jakobson 1991 [1868]: 17) Kuna kõige tähtsam maastikutüüp on Eestis olnud ilmselt mets, siis kõlbab ka sõna „metsarahvas” enesemääratluseks päris kenasti. [---] Kuna metsarahvaid [...]
Freethought and Atheism in Central and Eastern Europe: The Development of Secularity and Nonreligion
"This book provides the first comprehensive overview of atheism, secularity and non-religion in Central and Eastern Europe in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In contrast to scholarship that has focused on the 'decline of religion' and secularization theory, the book builds upon recent trends to focus on the 'rise of non-religion' itself. While the label of 'post-communism' might suggest a generalized perception of the region, this surve…
The Pilgrimage Landscape in Contemporary Estonia: New Routes, Narratives, and Re-Christianization
This article is the first attempt at mapping the pilgrimage landscape in contemporary Estonia, reputedly one of the most secularized countries in Europe. Based on fieldwork on three case studies — the Estonian Society of the Friends of the Camino de Santiago, the Pirita-Vastseliina pilgrim trail, and the “Mobile Congregation” — we have identified three distinctive features that shape the Estonian pilgrimage scene. The processes of Caminoization a…
From Nature Romanticism to Eco-Nationalism: The Development of the Concept of Estonians as a Forest Nation
Forest plays an important role in many North European national identities. The Estonian example is one of the extreme cases as Estonians consider themselves a forest nation, the claim being backed up with references to both history and contemporary data. The article explores diachronically the formation of this motif in the Estonian national narrative and studies the nuances of intellectual and social history that have shaped the development of t…
Sõjakas kaitse – konfliktid loodus- ja kultuuripärandi hoiu kujundamisel / Warlike Protection – Conflicts in Shaping the Preservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage
Artiklis uurime Eesti looduse ja kultuuri kaitsel tekkinud teravaid vastasseise, mida osalejad on mõnikord nimetanud sõdadeks. Näitejuhtumid ulatuvad pühapaikade kaitselt metsa ja linnalooduse kaitseni. Vaatleme artiklis, kuidas vastasseisud on arenenud, milliseid argumente kasutatakse ning millised konflikti osapooled neis eristuvad. Meie eesmärk ei ole otsida konfliktidele lahendusi või neid ennetada – selle asemel soovime mõista, miks mõnikord…
The forest is my church’: Christianity, secularisation and love of nature in a northern European existential field
This article employs ethnographic material from Sweden and Estonia to examine the relationship between religion and the love of nature in Northern Europe – a region known for its widespread secularisation. We propose that the existential depth that is often ascribed to nature experiences in this part of the world points to a facet of the secularisation process, indicating that love of nature among today's Northern Europeans is deeply entangled wi…
On obscene and civil forms of nonreligion
Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 This development is well illustrated by the recent research projects Understanding Unbelief (2017–2021), Explaining Atheism (2022–2024), Nonreligion in the Complex Future (2019–) and Multiple Secularities (2016–2024).2 If Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes is anything to go by in the study of religion, the oft-cited sentence “Worse than the ordinary miserable c…
Ecologizing the Nation: Heritagization, Spiritualization, and Politicization of Nature in Estonia
By analyzing media debates over nature-related conflicts in Estonia in the last couple of decades, we explore the interactions between the state, environmental organizations, and creative intelligentsia. Our analysis points to the development of a new national-cultural set of ideas and actions about nature and environmental ethics, which can be interpreted as an example of ecologization. By ecologization we mean the entanglement of nature-related…
Philosophy (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · History (7 works) · Religious studies (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Religious Tourism and Spaces (5 works)