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Glocal Religion and Feeling at Home: Ethnography of Artistry in Finnish Orthodox Liturgy




AuthorsTatiana Tiaynen-Qadir

PublisherMDPI AG

Publishing placeBasel

Publication year2017

JournalReligions

Volume8

Issue2

Number of pages14

ISSN2077-1444

eISSN2077-1444

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3390/rel8020023

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/19058643


Abstract

This paper adapts a glocalization framework in a transnational, anthropological exploration of liturgy in the Orthodox Church of Finland (OCF). It draws on long-term ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with participants of liturgy from Finnish, Russian, and Greek cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The main argument of the paper is that generic processes of nationalization and transnationalization are not mutually exclusive in practitioners’ experiences of liturgy in OCF, but rather generate a glocal space that incorporates Finnish, Russian, Karelian, and Byzantine elements. Individuals artistically engage with glocal liturgy on sensorial, cognitive, social, and semantic levels. What is important for the participants is a therapeutic sense that comes from a feeling of ‘being at home’, metaphorically, spiritually, and literally. People’s ongoing, creative work constitutes Orthodoxy as their national and transnational home.


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