Histories of Experience in the World of Lived Religion

'At a historic moment, when religion shows all its social and political strength in various post-modern societies around our globe, this fascinating collection of studies from the Middle Ages to twentieth-century Europe demonstrates all the richness and innovative force of investigating individ...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Katajala-Peltomaa, Sari (Editor), Toivo, Raisa Maria (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
Series:Palgrave Studies in the History of Experience,
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: Religion as historical experience, by Sari Katajala-Peltomaa and Raisa Maria Toivo
  • 2. From lived reality to a cultural script: Punishment miracles as an experience- Sari Katajala-Peltomaa
  • 3. A taste of dissent. Experiences of heretical blessed bread as a dimension of lived religion in 13th- and early 14th-century Languedoc- Saku Pihko
  • 4. The religious experience of ill health in late 16th-century Italy- Jenni Kuuliala
  • 5. Prayer and the body in lay religious experience in early modern Finland- Raisa Maria Toivo
  • 6. Extended families as communities of religious experience in late 17th-century eastern Finland- Miia Kuha
  • 7. Constructing "mad" religious experiences in early modern Sweden- Riikka Miettinen
  • 8. The trials of Sarah Wheeler (1807-1867) - experiencing submission- Mervi Kaarninen
  • 9. Working-class women living religion in Finland at the turn of the 20th century- Pirjo Markkola
  • 10. To the undiscovered country: Facing death in early twentieth-century Finnish poorhouses- Johanna Annola
  • 11. Artisans of religion at the moral frontiers: Finnish soldiers' religious practices, beliefs, and attitudes in World War II- Ville Kivimäki.