History of Religions
History of Religions has a broad research profile that includes historical-philological as well as ethnographic-anthropological approaches. This is reflected in our teachings programmes as well.
Through its broad empirical interests, that is not limited by time or space, History of Religions requires that the researchers develop a specialisation, for example in a specific language or cultural area. Simultaneously, historians of religion wish to contribute to the development of theoretical and analytical perspectives within the broader study of religions. This relates to religion in culture and society due to the central role that contextualisation of the empirical material has in the discipline.
Asceticism and Ritual Self-Practices
Asceticism is a concept that originated in ancient Greek culture. The term askêsis originally referred to training and exercises of a more physical and gymnastic nature, but also came to denote the strictly regulated spiritual way of life that distinguished philosophical and religious sects.
Asceticism and Ritual Self-Practices
Gender and Religion
The research area gender and religion explores how gender creates and is created by religious notions and practices. The dynamics between lived, popular religion and religious institutions are central for the gender perspective in ethnographic as well as historical studies.
Gender and Religion
Islamic Studies
Islamic Studies at Stockholm University is a multifaceted discipline in the history of religions. It includes research concerning how Islam has been interpreted and practiced in different historical periods as well as different cultural settings globally, from the beginning of Islam to the present.
Islamic Studies
