Heidi Toivanen

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My doctoral dissertation Actualizing Religious Agency in Finnish Life Course Contexts examines religious agency in the Finnish life course and its evolution across generations.

Research objectives:

Religious agency

Religious biographies

Evolution of religion in society

Religion and families

Youth and confirmation training

Older adults and meaning in/of life

Projects

Live Meaningfully – Toward Existential Wellbeing of the Older People 01.01.2020 - 31.12.2024
The transmission of religion across generations: a comparative international study of continuities and discontinuities in family socialization Finished 01.11.2019 - 30.04.2022

Research communities

International Research on Confirmation Work. http://konfirmandenarbeit.eu/en/home-page/

Awards

Majakka (Lighthouse), an award for an excellent master’s thesis “Confirmation training, hybrid teaching and covid-19”. 25 November 2021. https://www.ukkt.fi/majakka/majakka-2021/

Keywords

confirmation training lived religion meaning in life practical theology religious agency religious education religious pedagogy youth and religion

Publications

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