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Biography
I work as professor in the Study of Religions at Åbo Akademi University and Vice-Director of the ÅAU Centre of Excellence in Research (2024-2028) "Religion and Social Exclusion" (RelEx).
I currently also function as the Principal Investigator for the projects ReCoVirA: Religious Communities in the Virtual Age (Finnish part, 2022-2024) and Christian Cultural Memory in the Margins: Vernacular Christian Practices in Finland (2023-2026).
I mainly conduct research and supervise in the following areas:
- The sociology of religion
- The discursive study of religion
- Religion, media, and popular culture
- Religion in market- and consumer society
- Religion and social exclusion
- Religion and young adults
- Method and theory in the Study of Religions
- Mixed methods approaches in the Study of Religions
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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ReCoVirA: Religious Communities in the Virtual Age
Moberg, M. (Principal Investigator), Illman, R. (Co-Principal Investigator), Annunen, L. (Co-Investigator) & Broo, M. (Co-Investigator)
01/11/22 → 31/10/24
Project: EU
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CCMM: Christian Cultural Memory in the Margins: Vernacular Christian Practices in Finland
Moberg, M. (Principal Investigator), Ramstedt, T. (Co-Investigator) & Hulkkonen, K. (Co-Investigator)
01/04/21 → 30/03/26
Project: Foundation
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Folk Church and Marketization in Finland: An Empirical Investigation of the Technologization of Discourse and its Effects on Church Organization and Practice in a Changing Socio-Economic Environment
Moberg, M. (Principal Investigator)
01/09/18 → 31/08/23
Project: Research Council of Finland/Other Research Councils
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YARG: Young Adults and Religion in a Global Perspective
Nynäs, P. (Principal Investigator), Illman, R. (Co-Principal Investigator), Lassander, M. T. (Co-Investigator), Sjö, S. (Co-Investigator), Moberg, M. (Co-Investigator), Dahl, K. (Co-Investigator), Meijer, M. (Co-Investigator), Vrublevskaya, P. (Co-Investigator), Kontala, J. (Co-Investigator), Kheir, S. (Co-Investigator) & Broo, M. (Co-Investigator)
Åbo Akademi Foundation sr, Research Council of Finland
01/01/15 → 31/08/19
Project: Foundation
Publications
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Conceptualizations of the “Sacred Individual”: A Comparative Study of Russian and Finnish Young Adults
Vrublevskaya, P., Moberg, M. & Dahl, K., Apr 2024, Researching Global Religious Landscapes: A Methodology between Universalism and Particularism. Nynäs, P., Illman, R., Novis-Deutsch, N. & Fernandez Hart, R. (eds.). Sheffield: Equinox publishing, (The Study of Religion in a Global Context).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Translation and Major Categories in the Study of Religions: The Case of "Religion" and "Spirituality" in West Bengal
Broo, M., Moberg, M., Nynäs, P., Sarkar, M. & Ray, S., 15 Apr 2024, Researching Global Religious Landscapes : A Methodology between Universalism and Particularism . Nynäs, P., Illman, R., Novis-Deutsch, N. & Fernández Hart, R. (eds.). Sheffield: Equinox publishing, p. 25-53Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Atheism and Popular Music
Moberg, M. & Rantakallio, I., 2023, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music. Partridge, C. & Moberg, M. (eds.). Bloomsbury academicResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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End-Time Lyrics and Music in Contemporary Christian “ApokRock”
Moberg, M., 6 Apr 2023, Music in the Apocalyptic Mode. DiTommaso, L. & McAllister, C. (eds.). Leiden/Boston: Brill, p. 285-302 ( Word and Music Studies).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Heavy Metal
Moberg, M., 2023, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music. Partridge, C. & Moberg, M. (eds.). London: Bloomsbury academicResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Datasets
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Popular Music Divine Services Survey 2013-2014
Moberg, M. (Creator), Finnish Social Science Data Archive, 1 Jan 2018
http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3245
Dataset
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Digital Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Strategies and Solutions Employed by Three Religious Communities in Finland
Illman, R. (Speaker), Moberg, M. (Speaker) & Annunen, L. (Speaker)
5 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation
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Critical discourse analysis of 'Serving the Truth about Marriage and Family' : an inquiry into how social exclusion of childless women in Poland is built on theological arguments
Hellsten, L. (Supervisor of master student), Moberg, M. (Supervisor of master student) & Plichta, E. (Participant)
Dec 2022Activity: Supervision, mentoring and other activities › Supervision of undergraduate students
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Emilia Plitcha's Master Thesis
Hellsten, L. (Supervisor of master student) & Moberg, M. (Supervisor of master student)
2021 → …Activity: Supervision, mentoring and other activities › Supervision of undergraduate students
Courses
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SE00BP67 Social Exclusion, Religion and Life Views: Main Perspectives, 5 ECTS
Naik, K., Moberg, M., Broo, M., Svanberg, J. & Benyah, F. 28/10/24 → 17/12/24
Course