Dance as a contemplative practice

This article analyses ethnographic material gathered in Sweden amongst dancers in the Church of Sweden. With the help of the writings of Sarah Coakley and Simone Weil I explore if, and how, dancing could be considered a contemplative practice in the Ch…

A mind of care

This article approaches issues arising out of being in the middle of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland in March 2020, both from the point of view of the lived experience of caring for people in our conference setting, and through analy…

Feminism and hospitality

This issue of Approaching Religion brings together different voices and disciplines to think in and about hospitality and solidarity through feminist thinking and lived experiences of the contemporary world.