Mika Lassander
Biographic Data
| ID | 6678587 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mika Lassander |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mika |
| FAMILY NAME | Lassander |
| SIGNATURE | LASSANDER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Åbo Akademi University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Post-Secular Society
Contemporary fundamentalist Christianity in Finland
In sharp contrast to both academic and public expectations on secularisation, religious fundamentalism has lately exhibited vitality both socially and culturally. This raises questions regarding its characteristics and nature; and from the increasing academic interestamore definite and nuanced understanding of its defining features has emerged. In this article we address the internal diversity of religious fundamentalism. The findings we report a…
Contemporary fundamentalist Christianity in Finland
Contemporary fundamentalist Christianity in Finland: the variety of religious subjectivities and their association with values Mika Lassander and Peter NynäsIn sharp contrast to both academic and public expectations on secularisation, religious fundamentalismh as lately exhibited vitality both socially and culturally.T his raises questions regardingi ts characteristics and nature;a nd from the increasing academic interest amore definiteand nuance…
LGBT Activism and Reflexive Religion
In this article we focus on lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender/-sexual (LGBT) activism that is grounded in some form of religious identification. Using the approach of the study of social movements highlights the features that enable such a movement to operate and proliferate in the heterogeneous, fluid, and distinctly non-institutional context of the contemporary religious or spiritual field and also to effect changes in the ranks of a tra…
Exploring the social without a separate domain for religion
In post-secular societies—after secularisation—it may increasingly be the case that the connecting and structuring of religious matter is done outsidedesignated religious sites and without appointed religious experts. The centres of calculation have changed and so the connections between these are different. The former ways of translation and ordering are transforming into new ones. By exiting the designated sites religious matter has found new f…
Modern Paganism as a Legitimating Framework for Post-Materialist Values
In this article I argue that the emergence of new religious movements may be a result of an adaptation of world-views to the changing needs of individuals in post-industrial societies. I explore the relation of the emergence of new religious movements and changes in social values. I compare value priorities of people who identify themselves as Pagans and those of a sample of the Open University students, who represent the United Kingdom's mainstr…
LGBT Activism and Reflexive Religion
In this article we focus on lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender/-sexual (LGBT) activism that is grounded in some form of religious identification. Using the approach of the study of social movements highlights the features that enable such a movement to operate and proliferate in the heterogeneous, fluid, and distinctly non-institutional context of the contemporary religious or spiritual field and also to effect changes in the ranks of a tra…
Modern Paganism as a Legitimating Framework for Post-Materialist Values
In this article I argue that the emergence of new religious movements may be a result of an adaptation of world-views to the changing needs of individuals in post-industrial societies. I explore the relation of the emergence of new religious movements and changes in social values. I compare value priorities of people who identify themselves as Pagans and those of a sample of the Open University students, who represent the United Kingdom's mainstr…
Exploring the social without a separate domain for religion
In post-secular societies—after secularisation—it may increasingly be the case that the connecting and structuring of religious matter is done outsidedesignated religious sites and without appointed religious experts. The centres of calculation have changed and so the connections between these are different. The former ways of translation and ordering are transforming into new ones. By exiting the designated sites religious matter has found new f…
LGBT Activism and Reflexive Religion
In this article we focus on lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender/-sexual (LGBT) activism that is grounded in some form of religious identification. Using the approach of the study of social movements highlights the features that enable such a movement to operate and proliferate in the heterogeneous, fluid, and distinctly non-institutional context of the contemporary religious or spiritual field and also to effect changes in the ranks of a tra…
Contemporary fundamentalist Christianity in Finland
In sharp contrast to both academic and public expectations on secularisation, religious fundamentalism has lately exhibited vitality both socially and culturally. This raises questions regarding its characteristics and nature; and from the increasing academic interestamore definite and nuanced understanding of its defining features has emerged. In this article we address the internal diversity of religious fundamentalism. The findings we report a…
Contemporary fundamentalist Christianity in Finland
Contemporary fundamentalist Christianity in Finland: the variety of religious subjectivities and their association with values Mika Lassander and Peter NynäsIn sharp contrast to both academic and public expectations on secularisation, religious fundamentalismh as lately exhibited vitality both socially and culturally.T his raises questions regardingi ts characteristics and nature;a nd from the increasing academic interest amore definiteand nuance…
Post-Secular Society
Religion and Society Interactions (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Christianity (3 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (3 works)