Daniel Enstedt – författare

Religion kan inte reduceras till tradition, text och tro. Den är levd det vill säga en kroppsligt förankrad praktik som både är könad och situerad.

Till den indiska pilgrimsorten Rishikesh kommer människor från hela världen för att utöva yoga och delta i satsang. I San Antonio, Texas, samlas evangelikat kristna med apokalyptiska övertygelser för bibelstudier och vardagsbestyr. Runt om i Sverige möts människor i tantristiska parövningar och andligt sökande. Samtidigt navigerar homosexuella muslimska män i vardagen, mellan familjens förväntningar, religionens föreskrifter och samhällets normer.

I Levd religion samlas religionsvetenskapliga forskare som empiriskt, metodiskt och teoretiskt arbetar utifrån ett levd religion perspektiv. Genom egna fallstudier visar de hur man kan gripa sig an fenomenet religion utifrån detta spännande forskningsfält.

Skribenterna sätter religionens rituella, rumsliga, materiella och narrativa aspekter i fokus och betonar hur gränserna mellan olika religioner kan vara otydliga i vardagslivet. Likaså belyser de hur de normer och praktiker som är förknippade med specifika religiösa traditioner, auktoriteter eller texter utmanas och förhandlas i vardagens olika religiösa sammanhang.

MedverkandeOlivia Cejvan, Lunds universitet Daniel Enstedt, Göteborgs universitet Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger, Århus universitet Karin Kittelmann Flensner, Högskolan Väst Fredrik Gregorius, Linköpings universitet Anne-Christine Hornborg, Lunds universitet Wilhelm Kardemark, Göteborgs universitet Lisa Lannerås, ämneslärare i Karlstad Erica Li Lundqvist, Malmö universitet Jessica Moberg, Göteborgs universitet Magdalena Nordin, Göteborgs universitet Katarina Plank, Karlstads universitet Lena Roos, Södertörns högskola Simon Sorgenfrei, Södertörns högskola Simon Stjernholm, Köpenhamns universitet Elin Thorsén, Göteborgs universitet Åsa Trulsson, Linnéuniversitetet, Växjö Erika Willander, Uppsala universitet Peter Åkerbäck, Stockholms universitet

Elaborating with the concepts of culture and religious literacy, this volume examines theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects of the practice and study of religion and non-religion, culture, spirituality and worldviews within healthcare.

In modern multi-cultural and multi-religious societies, a host of new issues have arisen concerning culture, religion and spirituality within healthcare, especially when people face serious and life-limiting illness. Healthcare professionals are faced with challenges addressing and handling patients’ cultural expressions of religiosity, spirituality and existential concerns. The variety needs to be met without essentializing the concepts of culture and religion, and with an ability to include the non-religious as well as new types of spiritualities. This collection reflects on the tension between cultural, religious and spiritual dimensions of care in a secularized healthcare institution and describes implications of this tension for healthcare professionals and patients. The book engages with an ongoing scholarly discussion about religious literacy in healthcare, and contributes perspectives, experiences and empirical examples from the Nordic countries, especially Sweden. It gives suggestions for practical application of research to healthcare practice, highlighting challenges and ideas for how to integrate religious, non-religious, and spiritual dimensions in care.

This is an important contribution to the literature on religious literacy and provides a vital reference for students, scholars and healthcare professionals with an interest in the complex relationship between culture, spirituality, and religion in healthcare.

Chapter 6 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.

Elaborating with the concepts of culture and religious literacy, this volume examines theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects of the practice and study of religion and non-religion, culture, spirituality and worldviews within healthcare.

In modern multi-cultural and multi-religious societies, a host of new issues have arisen concerning culture, religion and spirituality within healthcare, especially when people face serious and life-limiting illness. Healthcare professionals are faced with challenges addressing and handling patients’ cultural expressions of religiosity, spirituality and existential concerns. The variety needs to be met without essentializing the concepts of culture and religion, and with an ability to include the non-religious as well as new types of spiritualities. This collection reflects on the tension between cultural, religious and spiritual dimensions of care in a secularized healthcare institution and describes implications of this tension for healthcare professionals and patients. The book engages with an ongoing scholarly discussion about religious literacy in healthcare, and contributes perspectives, experiences and empirical examples from the Nordic countries, especially Sweden. It gives suggestions for practical application of research to healthcare practice, highlighting challenges and ideas for how to integrate religious, non-religious, and spiritual dimensions in care.

This is an important contribution to the literature on religious literacy and provides a vital reference for students, scholars and healthcare professionals with an interest in the complex relationship between culture, spirituality, and religion in healthcare.

Chapter 6 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.