IAHR-WSN

This network has been founded in 2006 by IAHR Past President Rosalind I. J. Hackett and former IAHR Executive Committee member Morny Joy to provide a forum for women in Religious Studies throughout the world to be in contact with one another.

Women Scholars Network

Steering Committee

Terhi UtriainenTerhi Utriainen

Department of World Cultures
Study of Religions
P.o.Box 59
00014 University of Helsinki
Finland

E-mail: terhi.utriainen@helsinki.fi 

Website: https://tuhat.halvi.helsinki.fi/portal/en/persons/terhi-utriainen(95f26208-0fa9-41ba-9be9-d6cb56899559).html

Areas of Specialization

  • Embodiment
  • Death
  • Pesent-day lived religion
  • Ritual studies 

Major Relevant Publications

  • Nynäs, Peter, Mika Lassander and Terhi Utriainen 2012. Post-Secular Society. New Brunswick: Transaction Pulishers.
  • Utriainen, Terhi, 2013. Doing Things with Angels: Agency, Alterity and Practices of Enchantment. In Steven J. Suttcliffe and Ingvild Sælid Gilhus (eds), New age spirituality: Rethinking religion. Durham: Acumen publishing, 242–255.
  • Utriainen, Terhi, 2014. Angels, Agency and Emotions: Global Religion for Women in Finland? In Terhi Utriainen and  Päivi Salmesvuori (eds), Finnish women making religion: Between ancestors and angels. Palgrave McMillan, 237-254.
  • Utriainen, Terhi and Päivi Salmesvuori (eds.), 2014. Finnish Women Making Religion: Between Ancestors and Angels. New York: Palgrave McMillan.