Something to read while waiting for our December issue.

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grappling with social transformations through digital communitas in the global context.
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Focusing the conversation on the relationship between digital media and religio-political conversion offers a window onto the shifting technological dynamics of both global politics and foreign affairs, while illustrating how particular US communities are

and through it Putin’s New Russia. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and digital content analysis, Riccardi-Swartz’s research highlights an intentional community of converts who exemplify much broader analogue and digital networks of Russian Orthodox converts in the United States.

In situating the study within the broader context of religious diversity in Finland, the article contributes to ongoing discussions of multiculturalism, integration, and the lived experiences of members of minority religions.
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and how they navigate their religious and civic identities and environments. Three main ways of perceiving the relationship are identified: the perception of oneself as a Finnish Muslim; as a non-Finnish Muslim; and as a multicultural citizen.

It highlights the importance of the body and embodied experiences in shaping spiritual identities in today’s religious and spiritual contexts.
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ritualized activities at these festivals encourage participants to engage in practices that foster openness of the body and self to the surrounding world.

adherents of emergent religions, seekers of self-knowledge, and aficionados of fringe knowledge, serves as a holistically transformative space for participants. By employing Charles Taylor’s concept of the ‘buffered’ versus ‘porous’ self, the article discusses how

negotiated approach, prioritizing coherence between online and offline practices above maximizing digital engagement. The article contributes to our understanding of how religious institutions navigate digital spaces in contemporary secular societies.
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the study challenges traditional notions of social media use among religious institutions, arguing for a more nuanced understanding of how these platforms can be adapted to serve specific goals. The findings reveal that rather than conforming to dominant platform norms, these churches adopt a

The article raises important questions about the commodification of spirituality, and how local contexts shape global practices.

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of Norwegian yoga.

According to the author the process of making yoga more Norwegian reflects a broader cultural shift in which yoga is not taken merely as a global practice but as a new form of pilgrimage that connects individuals to both their local spiritual and natural environments.

The articles provide a rich view of how religious and spiritual service providers employ the internet and social media to attract participants, and of how individuals experience and live out their worldview amidst the global currents and pressures from the dominant society
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You can read and download all the articles and pieces from here. Open access.
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Feel free to download and read the article by Teemu Taira (University of Helsinki) and Lori G. Beaman (University of Ottawa) here: journal.fi/temenos/arti...