Handbook of Rituals in Contemporary Studies of Religion : Exploring Ritual Creativity in the Footsteps of Anne-Cchristine Hornborg

This book brings together leading international scholars with the aim of exploring ritual perspectives in the study of contemporary religions. It combines significant theoretical and methodological reflections and applies it to four main fields relevant to the study of contemporary religions: indigeneity; new spiritualities and ecology; lived religion (with Islam and Africa as case studies); and finally, religion and embodiment.
The structure and content of the book takes its point of departure from the research topics and collegial network of the internationally acclaimed scholar of ritual studies, Professor Anne-Christine Hornborg. The book is dedicated to her.

Paul Linjamaa, Ph.D. (1984), Lund University, is associate Professor in Religious Studies at that university. He has published monographs and articles on early Christianity and the reception of ancient religions in modernity, including The Ethics of The Tripartite Tractate (Brill, 2019).
Ive Brissman, Ph.D. (1966), Lund University, is Post-doctoral research fellow at that university. Brissman currently works on a project on woodland cemeteries and sustainability in Sweden and has previously published articles and works on a monograph on dark green spirituality in the Anthropocene.
Tao Thykier Makeeff, Ph.D. (1978), Lund University. His recent research deals with the reception of antiquity among contemporary Hellenic Polytheists as well as contemporary "Viking" identities and the reception of Scandinavian religious history. He has published chapters and articles on a variety of subjects and is currently preparing his first monograph for publication.