David Thurfjell is Associate Professor in the Study of Religions at Sodertorn University, Stockholm. He is the author of Living Shi'ism: Instances of Ritualisation Among Islamist Men in Contemporary Iran (2006).

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Finnish Kaale and Their ReligionChapter 3: Caught in a DeadlockChapter 4: Conjuring the Pious MoodChapter 5: Staying on the PathChapter 6: Ethnogenesis and EschatologyChapter 7: Walk this World a Stranger: Concluding RemarksNotesReferencesIndex

'Thurfjell is a very sensitive observer who does not only co-live his informants' lives with deep empathy but also is able to transfer his observations into a remarkably structured and well-written text. His descriptions and analyses are very vivid and even touching at times. All in all, this study could be used as a prime example of how to do ethnography.' Tuula Sakaranaho, Professor in the study of Religion, University of Helsinki

David Thurfjell is Associate Professor in the Study of Religions at Sodertorn University, Stockholm. He is the author of Living Shi'ism: Instances of Ritualisation Among Islamist Men in Contemporary Iran (2006).

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Finnish Kaale and Their ReligionChapter 3: Caught in a DeadlockChapter 4: Conjuring the Pious MoodChapter 5: Staying on the PathChapter 6: Ethnogenesis and EschatologyChapter 7: Walk this World a Stranger: Concluding RemarksNotesReferencesIndex

'Thurfjell is a very sensitive observer who does not only co-live his informants' lives with deep empathy but also is able to transfer his observations into a remarkably structured and well-written text. His descriptions and analyses are very vivid and even touching at times. All in all, this study could be used as a prime example of how to do ethnography.' Tuula Sakaranaho, Professor in the study of Religion, University of Helsinki

David Thurfjell is Associate Professor in the Study of Religions at Sodertorn University, Stockholm. He is the author of Living Shi'ism: Instances of Ritualisation Among Islamist Men in Contemporary Iran (2006).

• AcknowledgementsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: The Finnish Kaale and Their ReligionChapter 3: Caught in a DeadlockChapter 4: Conjuring the Pious MoodChapter 5: Staying on the PathChapter 6: Ethnogenesis and EschatologyChapter 7: Walk this World a Stranger: Concluding RemarksNotesReferencesIndex

'Thurfjell is a very sensitive observer who does not only co-live his informants' lives with deep empathy but also is able to transfer his observations into a remarkably structured and well-written text. His descriptions and analyses are very vivid and even touching at times. All in all, this study could be used as a prime example of how to do ethnography.' Tuula Sakaranaho, Professor in the study of Religion, University of Helsinki