Relational Dynamics of Enchantment and Sacralization

Peik Ingman is a PhD candidate in Comparative Religion at Abo Akademi University, Finland. Tuija Hovi is University Lecturer in Comparative Religion at the University of Turku.Terhi Utriainen is Docent and Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religions at the University of Helsinki. Mans Broo is University Researcher in the Department of Comparative Religion at Abo Akademi University, Finland.

• Introduction: Towards More Symmetrical CompositionsPeik Ingman, Terhi Utriainen, Tuija Hovi and Mans BrooPART I: Revisiting Enchantment and Animism1. Objects as Subjects: Agency and Performativity in RitualsAnne-Christine Hornborg, Lund University2. Enchantment, Matter, and the Unpredictability of DevotionAmy Whitehead, University of Wales and Oxford Brookes University3. Empowerment and the Articulation of Agency among Finnish Yoga PractitionersMans Broo and Christiane Konigstedt, University of Munster4. Mastery and Modernity: Control Issues in the Disenchantment TaleLinda Annunen, Abo Akademi University, and Peik IngmanPART II: Political Concerns5. Recomposing Religion: Radical Agnosticism and Transformative SpeechMichael Barnes Norton, University of Arkansas6. Re-enchanting Body and Religion in a Secular Society: Touch of an AngelTerhi Utriainen7. Marian Apparitions: The Construction of Authenticity and Governance of Sacralization in the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary in PortugalNora Machado, Lisbon University Institute and University of Gothenburg8. Protection through the Invocation of Shared Thirds: Sacralization Without IconoclasmPeik IngmanPART III: Academic Concerns9. Enchanted Sight/Site: An Esoteric Aesthetics of Image and ExperienceJay Johnston, University of Sydney10. From Religion to Ordering Uncertainty: A Lesson from DancersMilan Fujda, Masaryk University, Czech Republic11. Enchanted Environment: Co-composing a Village History in the Archipelago of Southwestern FinlandJaana Kouri, University of Turku12. After Dis/enchantment: The Profanity of the Human SciencesStuart McWilliams, Abo Akademi UniversityEpilogue: When Things Talk BackKocku von Stuckrad, University of Groningen