A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Esoteeristen naisten lumottu toimijuus
Authors: Tiina Mahlamäki, Terhi Utriainen
Publisher: Teologinen julkaisuseura
Publishing place: Helsinki
Publication year: 2019
Journal: Teologinen Aikakauskirja
Journal acronym: TA
Article number: 2
Volume: 124
Issue: 2
First page : 116
Last page: 130
eISSN: 0040-3555
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/46609384
Enchanted Agency among Finnish Esoteric Women — This article traces and explores esoteric agency among Finnish women, understanding agency as the capacity for a subject to make meaningful differences in her lifeworld, which consists of relations with the this-worldly and sometimes also the otherworldly. The article analyses the esoteric factors and features in the life, first, of the Anthroposophist and writer Kerstin Bergroth (1886–1975) and, second, of Finnish women in the present who have developed an interest in angel spirituality. Our analysis draws from scholarship on Western Esotericism in identifying how Finnish women from different generations enact participatory and even enchanted agency in the often complex spaces where secular society, Lutheran culture, and esoteric influences and worldviews coexist.
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