Katarina Plank – 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

This book provides new unprecedented research on Buddhism in the five Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Aiming at comparisons between the different Nordic countries, the chapters identify possible unique characteristics of Nordic Buddhism.

Buddhism in the Nordic Countries contributes to the growing literature on Buddhism in the West. Identifying a number of similar cultural and social trends that have been at work in the Nordic countries, the book shows that these have favoured the growth of Buddhism in northern Europe. The chapters on each of the Nordic countries describe the establishment of the main Buddhist traditions in the country, temple institutions, monasteries, demography, estimation on the number of Buddhists, geography, economy and funding. They discuss tensions between ethnic Buddhist and converts, if any, and controlling mechanisms of who is a proper Buddhist and how Buddhism should be presented in public space. The contributors analyse representation in media and images of Buddhism in popular culture and present relevant scholarly interest in Buddhism. Additionally, the book includes chapters on significant Buddhist individuals in the Nordic countries who have played major roles in the development of Buddhism.

The first book to examine the characteristics of Nordic Buddhism, its connection to the ideology of the Nordic welfare society and to establish if Nordic Buddhism might differ from other forms of Buddhism, this work will be of interest to researchers in the field of religious studies, religion in context and Buddhist studies.

Chapter 2 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.

This book provides new unprecedented research on Buddhism in the five Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Aiming at comparisons between the different Nordic countries, the chapters identify possible unique characteristics of Nordic Buddhism.

Buddhism in the Nordic Countries contributes to the growing literature on Buddhism in the West. Identifying a number of similar cultural and social trends that have been at work in the Nordic countries, the book shows that these have favoured the growth of Buddhism in northern Europe. The chapters on each of the Nordic countries describe the establishment of the main Buddhist traditions in the country, temple institutions, monasteries, demography, estimation on the number of Buddhists, geography, economy and funding. They discuss tensions between ethnic Buddhist and converts, if any, and controlling mechanisms of who is a proper Buddhist and how Buddhism should be presented in public space. The contributors analyse representation in media and images of Buddhism in popular culture and present relevant scholarly interest in Buddhism. Additionally, the book includes chapters on significant Buddhist individuals in the Nordic countries who have played major roles in the development of Buddhism.

The first book to examine the characteristics of Nordic Buddhism, its connection to the ideology of the Nordic welfare society and to establish if Nordic Buddhism might differ from other forms of Buddhism, this work will be of interest to researchers in the field of religious studies, religion in context and Buddhist studies.

Chapter 2 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.