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Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
Martina Björkander is an associate professor in practical theology, especially pentecostal studies, and a post-doc researcher at the Polin Intstitute at Åbo Akademi University. She successfully defended her thesis in Global Christianity and Interreligious Relations at Lund University in August 2021 (Prosén, M. (2021). A Rhythm that Connects my Heart with God: Worship, Ritual and Pentecostal Spirituality as Theology.) Her current research deals with the genocide in Rwanda from a pentecostal-theological standpoint.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The Quest for Lived Theology: A Reflection
Björkander, M., 19 Jun 2025, In: Approaching Religion. 15, 1, p. 79-92Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific
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Worship, Ritual, and Pentecostal Spirituality-as-Theology: A Rhythm that Connects our Hearts with God
Björkander, M., 6 Feb 2024, Leiden, Boston: Brill. 488 p. (Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies; vol. 48)Research output: Book/Journal/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
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Who Got the Rite Wrong? The Mavuno Alternative Christmas Service and Charismatic Ritual
Björkander, M., 2024, Handbook on Rituals in the Contemporary Studies of Religion: Exploring Ritual Creativity in the Foot-steps of Anne-Christine Hornborg. Brissman, I., Linjamaa, P. & Thykier Makeeff, T. (eds.). Brill, p. 271-290 (Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion; vol. 22).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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En andra naivitet: Vägen mot en tro som bär
Björkander, M., 2022, Kristen tro på glid?: Tron hos unga vuxna i svensk frikyrklighet. Josefsson, U., Wahlström, M. & Wenell, F. (eds.). Institutet för Pentekostala Studier, p. 93-122 29 p. (Forskningsrapporter från Institutet för Pentekostala Studier; vol. 10).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Abundant life—holistic soteriology as motivation for socio-political engagement: A pentecostal and missional perspective
Prosén, M., 25 May 2020, The Routledge Handbook of African Theology. Kifon Bongmba, E. (ed.). Routledge, p. 303-319Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Prizes
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Stiftelsen Oscar II:s stipendium
Björkander, M. (Recipient), 12 Apr 2023
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
Activities
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Gender and Leadership in European Pentecostalism
Björkander, M. (Keynote speaker)
15 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Public or invited talk
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Pentecostalism in the Postcolony: Dialectics, Dynamics, and Transformations in Africa
Björkander, M. (Speaker)
9 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation
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Land of revival – Land of genocide: The case of Rwanda
Björkander, M. (Speaker)
2 Sept 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation
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The power of praise and prayer in the face of war and migration
Björkander, M. (Speaker)
21 Aug 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation
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Bridging the mind/body divide: How Pentecostal worship may inform pentecostal theologizing
Björkander, M. (Speaker)
14 Mar 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference presentation