Country of residence

Sweden

Brief introduction

Faculty member, Södertörn University, Sweden

Education

PhD, History of religions, 2003, Uppsala University, Docent, Study of religions, 2009, Södertörn University

Academic profile

David Thurfjell's work deals with religion and empowerment. Based on interviews and participant observation, he explores how religious language and ritual practices are used to express, explain and change societal marginalisation. He has studied this aspect of religion both among Iranian Muslims and Kaale Roma in Sweden and Finland

Publications

• David Thurfjell. 2011. Faith and revivalism in a Nordic Romani community: Pentecostalism among the Kaale Roma, London: I.B Tauris. (forthcoming)
• David Thurfjell & Adrian MArsh (eds) Romani Pentecostalism: Gypsies and charismatic Christianity. Forthcoming.
• David Thurfjell (2010) “The Performance of Identity: Universalist Christianity vs Romani Particularism in a Swedish Romani Community” i Madeleine Hurd (red.) Enchanted borders. 2010. London och Berlin: LIT verlag.

Keywords

Pentecostalism, Romani religion, the Kaale

Contact

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