New Doctors

Cristoffer Tidelius

The doctoral project Paranormal Sweden explored the prevalence of paranormal beliefs, practices and experiences in contemporary Sweden through quantitative and qualitative research methods, both in the general population and within subcultures with an active interest in paranormal phenomena. The thesis was defended in February 2024.

Vanja Mosbach

The doctoral project Muslim feminists navigating tradition, authority and the debate about Islam explored the relationship between Islam and feminism based on interviews with Muslim feminists in Scandinavia. The project was completed in March 2022, and contributes with empirical and theoretical knowledge on contemporary religiosity and religious agency.

Linnea Jensdotter

The doctoral project Religion and politics in hybrid media environments studied Facebook comments on news articles about three different political parties and three different issues. The study, which was completed in April 2021, analysed the politicisation of religion and how digital media structure the form and content of the debate.

Karin Rubensson

This doctoral project, which was completed in April 2021, combined interview material on children’s experiences of Church services with theoretical perspectives from liturgical theology, critical childhood studies and ethnographically inspired practical theology. The study contributed to theory development in practical theology, with a particular focus on children and worship.

Anna Wrammert

The doctoral project "Med(ie)vetet motstånd och ambivalent engagemang. Gymnasieungdomars tal om och erfarenheter av religion" was completed in September 2021. The study used concepts of agency and religious literacy to deepen understanding of upper secondary school students' experiences of religion in the media and other social contexts, and the didactic implications of these experiences.

Gabriel Bar-Sawme

The doctoral project Entering the Holy Place in Syriac Orthodox Liturgy – A Ritual and Theological Analysis was completed in September 2021. The study focused on how the entrance rite in Syriac Orthodox liturgy has been practised in historical contexts, and how it constructs the altar as a sacred space and the worshipping congregation as a church.