Ruth Illman

Oikeus omaan uskontoon on perusoikeus- ja yhdenvertaisuuskysymys, mutta uskonnoilla on myös poliittinen, sosiaalinen ja kulttuurinen ulottuvuutensa. Niiden merkitys on kasvanut globalisaation ja uskontoa hyödyntävän nationalismin ja populismin myötä, ja uskonnollisten vähemmistöjen osallisuus ja oikeudet ovat olennaisia yhteiskuntarauhalle. Kun uskonnollinen moninaisuus lisääntyy, tarvitaan uudenlaista tapaa jäsentää uskontojen roolia yhteiskunnassa. Tätä tietoa tarvitsevat paitsi tavalliset kansalaiset myös kasvatuksen ja koulutuksen ammattilaiset, eri viranomaiset sekä kotouttamisen parissa työskentelevät. Uskontolukutaito suomalaisessa yhteiskunnassa selvittää, mitä uskontolukutaito merkitsee kansalaistaitona sekä ammatillisena ja akateemisena osaamisena. Keskeisiä lähtökohtia uskontolukutaidossa ovat tieto ja ymmärtäminen mutta myös kriittisyys ja kontekstuaalisuus. Teos soveltuu oppikirjaksi ammattikorkeakouluissa ja yliopistoissa, ja siitä on hyötyä kaikille, jotka kohtaavat erilaisista uskonnollisista taustoista ja perinteistä tulevia ihmisiä.

This book analyses religion and change in relation to music within the context of contemporary progressive Judaism. It argues that music plays a central role as a driving force for religious change, comprising several elements seen as central to contemporary religiosity in general: participation, embodiment, experience, emotions and creativity. Focusing on the progressive Anglo-Jewish milieu today, the study investigates how responses to these processes of change are negotiated individually and collectively and what role is allotted to music in this context. Building on ethnographic research conducted at Leo Baeck College in London (2014–2016), it maps how theologically unsystematic life-views take form through everyday musical practices related to institutional religion, identifying three theoretically relevant processes at work: the reflexive turn, the turn within and the turn to tradition.

This book analyses religion and change in relation to music within the context of contemporary progressive Judaism. It argues that music plays a central role as a driving force for religious change, comprising several elements seen as central to contemporary religiosity in general: participation, embodiment, experience, emotions and creativity. Focusing on the progressive Anglo-Jewish milieu today, the study investigates how responses to these processes of change are negotiated individually and collectively and what role is allotted to music in this context. Building on ethnographic research conducted at Leo Baeck College in London (2014–2016), it maps how theologically unsystematic life-views take form through everyday musical practices related to institutional religion, identifying three theoretically relevant processes at work: the reflexive turn, the turn within and the turn to tradition.

'Art and Belief' explores communication between faiths through an examination of contemporary artistic practice. The book discusses how a range of artists formulate their worldview and what motivates them to engage in dialogue. These artists are engaged in a wide range of artistic forms and practice and come to dialogue from diverse religious positions. The aim of the book is to question the assumptions of interreligious dialogue as a largely intellectual exercise in defining the religious "other" and to explore dialogue as a manifestation of interpersonal ethics.

I Kultur, människa, möte visar författarna hur kulturella gränser skapas i möten mellan människor i dagens mångkulturella och föränderliga värld. De har ett brett humanistiskt perspektiv och beskriver hur gränser skapas och upplöses i mötet mellan människor vad gäller kultur, religion eller etnicitet. Det humanistiska perspektivet bryter upp dikotomin mellan individ och kollektiv, mellan inre och yttre, och söker i stället beröringspunkter. Begreppet kultur används för att belysa olika sidor av de meningsskapande relationerna mellan människan och den mångfald som omger henne. Boken erbjuder redskap för fördjupad förståelse av kulturmöten och visar hur vi kan se på bristande kommunikation, stereotyper och fördomar. Övriga teman som tas upp är bland annat globalisering, symboliska tolkningar och moralfrågor i relation till kulturmöten. Denna andra upplaga av en sedan drygt tio år använd och uppskattad kursbok är genomgående bearbetad och uppdaterad. Kultur, människa, möte riktar sig främst till studerande på kurser om kultur, kulturmöten och interkulturell kommunikation vid universitet och högskolor.

This book brings the emerging fields of practical theology and theology of the arts into a dialogue beyond the bias of modern systematic and constructive theology. The authors draw upon postmodern, post-secular, feminist, liberation, and dialogical/dialectical philosophy and theology, and their critiques of the narrow modern emphases on reason and the scientific method, as the model for all knowledge. Such a practical theology of the arts focuses the work of theology on the actual practices that engage the arts in their various forms as the means of interpreting and understanding the nature of the communities and their members, as well as the mechanisms through which these communities engage in transformative work, to make persons and neighborhoods whole. This book presents its theological claims through the careful analysis of several stories of communities around the world that have engaged in transformational practices through a specific art form, investigating communities from Europe, the Middle East, South America, and the U. S. The case studies explored include Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Druze, indigenous, and sometimes agnostic subjects, involved in visual art, music, dance, theatre, documentary film, and literature. Theology and the Arts demonstrates that the challenges of a postmodern and post-secular context require a fundamental rethinking of theology that focuses on discrete practices of faithful communities, rather than one-dimensional theories about religion.

This book brings the emerging fields of practical theology and theology of the arts into a dialogue beyond the bias of modern systematic and constructive theology. The authors draw upon postmodern, post-secular, feminist, liberation, and dialogical/dialectical philosophy and theology, and their critiques of the narrow modern emphases on reason and the scientific method, as the model for all knowledge. Such a practical theology of the arts focuses the work of theology on the actual practices that engage the arts in their various forms as the means of interpreting and understanding the nature of the communities and their members, as well as the mechanisms through which these communities engage in transformative work, to make persons and neighborhoods whole. This book presents its theological claims through the careful analysis of several stories of communities around the world that have engaged in transformational practices through a specific art form, investigating communities from Europe, the Middle East, South America, and the U. S. The case studies explored include Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Druze, indigenous, and sometimes agnostic subjects, involved in visual art, music, dance, theatre, documentary film, and literature. Theology and the Arts demonstrates that the challenges of a postmodern and post-secular context require a fundamental rethinking of theology that focuses on discrete practices of faithful communities, rather than one-dimensional theories about religion.

'Art and Belief' explores communication between faiths through an examination of contemporary artistic practice. The book discusses how a range of artists formulate their worldview and what motivates them to engage in dialogue. These artists are engaged in a wide range of artistic forms and practice and come to dialogue from diverse religious positions. The aim of the book is to question the assumptions of interreligious dialogue as a largely intellectual exercise in defining the religious "other" and to explore dialogue as a manifestation of interpersonal ethics.

Byggs religionsdialog upp kring likhet eller olikhet? Ofta utgår vi ifrån att delade erfarenheter är den viktigaste utgångspunkten i mötet med en annan människa, men den här boken lägger snarare tonvikten vid betydelsen av den andres annorlunda närvaro i dialogen. I mötet med människor av annan tro har var och en rätt att bemötas som ett eget perspektiv på världen. Därmed sammanflätas likt och olikt till en likhet-i-olikheten. Boken behandlar religionsdialogen både genom teoretiska diskussioner och genom konkreta exempel på dialoginitiativ och intervjuer med personer som engagerar sig i arbetet att föra människor av olika tro närmare varandra. Tankegångarna inspireras främst av hermeneutikens reflektion och tolkning, av dialogfilosofiska resonemang speciellt Martin Bubers tankar och av etiska frågeställningar, främst med fokus på systerreligionerna judendom, kristendom och islam. Siktet är inställt på religionsdialogen som ett möte mellan människor i all den rika komplexitet som detta innebär. Fil. dr Ruth Illman är forskare vid Freds- och konfliktforskningsinstitutet Tapri vid Tammerfors universitet och docent i religionsvetenskap vid Åbo Akademi. Hennes forskarintresse rör bland annat religionsdialog samt kulturmöten och interkulturell kommunikation. Hon har tidigare publicerat böckerna Gränser och gränsöverskridanden: skildrade erfarenheter av kulturella möten i internationellt projektarbete (2004) och, tillsammans med Peter Nynäs, Kultur, människa, möte: ett humanistiskt perspektiv (2005).