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Jari Ristiniemi

Research presentation

Jari Ristiniemi

Professor

Research subject: Religious Studies

Jari Ristiniemi is professor in Religious Studies and programme director of the Master Programme in Religious Studies.

CURRENT RESEARCH

Globalisation and Social Ethics, Ethics, Aesthetics, Politics, and Religion, Dostoevsky as a philosopher; Children's thoughts about life; Existential issues in research and education; Paul Tillich's differential monism

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Articles


Scholarly articles, refereed

Ristiniemi, J. & Ahmadi, F. (2021). Where to and why? Children on meaning and value in a new materiality perspective. International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 26 (1-2), 44-66. 10.1080/1364436X.2020.1860913 [More information]
Ahmadi, F., Ristiniemi, J., Linblad, I. & Schiller, L. (2019). Perceptions of death among children in Sweden. International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 24 (4), 415-433. 10.1080/1364436X.2019.1672627 [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2015). The Unity of Life and the Kingdom of God : Interdependence and Interaction between Individuals, Natures, and the Ground of Being in Paul Tillich’s Eschatology. International Yearbook for Tillich Research, 10 (1), 81-102. 10.1515/tillich-2015-0106 [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2013). Tillichian pedagogy and new learning situation : Information Learning, Integral Learning and Self-Determination. Bulletin of The North American Paul Tillich Society, 39 (2), 15-24. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2012). Differential thinking and the possibility of faith-knowledge : Tillich and Kierkegaard between negative and positive philosophy. Bulletin of The North American Paul Tillich Society, 38 (3), 2-15. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2011). Differential Thinking and New Aesthetics : Potentialization, Essentialization, and Art. Bulletin of The North American Paul Tillich Society, 37 (2), 15-23. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2007). Ethics and expressionism : things, individuals and common concerns. Bulletin of The North American Paul Tillich Society, 33 (3). [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2005). Politics of the Soul in Changing Society : Paul Tillich’s Political Pathos of the 1920’s in Light of Nietzsche’s Moral Philosophy. Bulletin of The North American Paul Tillich Society, 31 (3), 9-15. External link [More information]

Scholarly articles, non-refereed

Ristiniemi, J. (2019). Spirit/matter interaction : a non-dualistic view. Bulletin of the North American Paul Tillich Society, 45 (1), 10-15. External link [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2018). State Philosophy, Micro-Fascism, and New Materiality: Paul Tillich's Contribution to Recent Political Philosophy. Bulletin of The North American Paul Tillich Society, 44 (1), 3-10. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2016). Clashes of Justice in Finding Life : Justice in General and the Expressive Creative Justice in Modern Cinema. Bulletin : The North American Paul Tillich Society, XLII (3), 20-29. External link [More information]

Books

Dahlin, O., Duppils, S. & Ristiniemi, J. (ed.) (2021). Människan i en existentiell kultur : en antologi om Människa-Kultur-Religionsprogrammet vid Högskolan i Gävle. Gävle: Gävle University Press. 228 p. (Religionsvetenskapliga studier från Gävle 11) External link [More information]
Ristiniemi, J., Skeie, G. & Sporre, K. (ed.) (2018). Challenging Life: Existential Questions as a Resource for Education. Münster: Waxmann Verlag. 416 p. (Religious Diversity and Education in Europe 37) [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2012). Ethics, Interaction, and Differential Thinking : Potentiality of Future in Paul Tillich's Social Ethics. Gävle: University of Gävle. 155 p. (Religionsvetenskapliga studier från Gävle 7) External link [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. & Sundqvist, O. (ed.) (2011). The New Student as a Didactic Challenge. Uppsala: Swedish Science Press. 188 p. (Religionsvetenskapliga studier från Gävle 6) External link [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2003). Wholeness and the Integral Mind : Towards Self-transcending Humanity. Gävle: University of Gävle. 205 p. (HS-institutionens skriftserie 9) [More information]

Book chapters

Ristiniemi, J. (2022). Conformity, totalitarian trends, and totalitarianism : Threaths to democracy in local/global community. International Yearbook for Tillich Research : Liminal Spaces and Ethical Challenges. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. P. 67-92. 10.1515/9783110984729-005 [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2022). Is another world possible? : Totalitarian thinking and individuality in George Orwell. Populism, Democracy, and the Humanities : Interdisciplinary explorations and critical enquiries. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. P. 37-55. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2022). The interaction of religion and culture as a basis for religious education in early childhood education : An integrative/integral approach. The Routledge International Handbook of the Place of Religion in Early Childhood Education and Care. London: Routledge. P. 34-46. 10.4324/9781003017783-3 [More information]
Dahlin, O., Duppils, S. & Ristiniemi, J. (2021). Introduktion : Människan i en existentiell kultur. Människan i en existentiell kultur : En antologi om Människa-Kultur-Religionsprogrammet vid Högskolan i Gävle. Gävle: Gävle University Press. P. 9-26. External link [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2021). New Materiality, Spirituality, and Leadership. Why Tillich? Why Now?. Macon: Mercer University Press. P. 79-92. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2021). Positioner, övergångar och förvandlingar. Människan i en existentiell kultur : En antologi om Människa-Kultur-Religionsprogrammet vid Högskolan i Gävle. Gävle: Gävle University Press. P. 130-146. External link [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2020). Själen, pengar och livet efter detta : Om tankevärldar hos barn. Existentiella frågor i barns och ungas liv. Malmö: Malmö universitet. P. 20-28. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2019). Life, Being, and Spirit in Paul Tillich's Differential Monism: Presupposition and Consequences. Reformation und Revolution in der Wahrnehmung Paul Tillichs. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter. P. 287-299. 10.1515/9783110668124-017 [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2018). Existence and Education : A Relational and Interactional Model. Challenging Life: Existential Questions as a Resource for Education. Münster: Waxmann Verlag. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J., Skeie, G. & Sporre, K. (2018). Introduction. Challenging Life: Existential Questions as a Resource for Education. Münster: Waxmann Verlag. P. 13-18. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2018). Paul Tillich om Varat och Ande. Om anden : Filosofiska perspektiv på ande och andlighet. Järna: Kosmos förlag. P. 87-110. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2017). Tidens tecken, föreståelsemönster och handlingsstrategier - filosofins ansvar för tidens skeenden. Kunskap Motstånd Möjlighet : Humanistisk forskning i dag. Halmstad: Molin & Sorgenfrei. P. 404-426. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2015). Från horisontell dualism till relationalitet och mångdimensionalitet : ett nytt paradigm för religionsdidaktiken?. Det postsekulära klassrummet : mot ett utvidgat religionskunskapsbegrepp. Gävle: Högskolan i Gävle. P. 167-192. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2015). Love on the Screen : Religion, Gestalt, and Emotion in Cinema. God and Popular Culture : A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Entertainment Industry's Most Influential Figure. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. P. 157-180. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2014). Idrott, religion och kulturella trender. Zlatan Frälsaren och andra texter om idrott och religion. Farsta: Molin & Sorgenfrei. P. 79-104. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2013). Existentialism. Encyclopedia of Sciences and Religions. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. P. 818-825. 10.1007/978-1-4020-8265-8 [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2011). The art of learning and art in learning : difference between informative and integral learning. The New Student : as a Didactic Challange. Uppsala: Swedish Science Press. P. 42-67. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2008). Democracy and the Ethical Self : Tillich and Nietzsche on Citizenship in the Modern Society. Internationales Jahrbuch für die Tillich-forschungen Bd. 3 : Tillich und Nietzsche. Münster: LIT Verlag. P. 232-. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2008). Film som expressivt medium : att vara passiv och att vara aktiv. Bogart och Betel : texter om film och religion. Uppsala: Swedish Science Press. P. 81-92. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2006). Att medvetandegöra handlingsansvar : om etikundervisningens mål och medel. Nya mål? : religionsdidaktik i en tid av förändring. Uppsala: Swedish Science Press. P. 77-87. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2005). Identitet och medvetenhet. Religionsmöten och religiös mångfald : religionsvetenskapliga essäer från Högskolan i Gävle. Uppsala: Swedish Science Press. P. 81-87. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (2004). Människan i det hela. Helse og helhet : etiske og tverrfaglige perspektiver på helsefaglig teori og praksis : festskrift til António Barbosa da Silva. Oslo: Unipub förlag. [More information]
Ristiniemi, J. (1995). Religion in a Non-Religious Age; Criticism of religion and after. Papers from the Annual Meeting of the North American Paul Tillich Society : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1995. Charlottesville: University of Virginia, 1995. University of Virginia. [More information]
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