Roosa HaimilaUniversity of Helsinki | HY · Department of Cultures
Roosa Haimila
PhD, Study of Religion
Postdoctoral research on religious and worldview literacy and non-religious outlooks on death.
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Introduction
PhD in Study of Religion, University of Helsinki.
Topics: nonreligion, worldview literacy, science and religion, death studies, disaster studies.
Funding: Finnish Cultural Foundation (2018-2022), Emil Aaltonen Foundation (2022-2023), HSSH and the Explaining Atheism Programme (2023), Kone Foundation (2024-2026), and Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation (2026).
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A ‘scientific worldview’ is commonly seen as contradictory to belief in supernatural forces, and there is little research on the supernatural beliefs of individuals who identify with science. In this article, we investigate the supernatural explanations of science-oriented individuals in domains of fundamental concern (suffering, death, and origins...
Previous work in the study of religion indicates that although science and supernatural belief (including religious belief) are often seen as contradictory, people across various cultures apply both scientific and supernatural explanations for the same events. Furthermore, some individuals integrate scientific and supernatural accounts into a singu...
A ‘scientific worldview’ is commonly seen as contradictory to belief in supernatural forces, and there is little research on the supernatural beliefs of individuals who identify with science. In this article, we investigate the supernatural explanations of
science-oriented individuals in domains of fundamental concern (suffering, death, and origin...
The global increase in nonreligious individuals begs for a better understanding of what nonreligious beliefs and worldviews actually entail. Rather than assuming an absence of belief or imposing a predetermined set of beliefs, this research uses an open-ended approach to investigate which secular beliefs and worldviews nonreligious nontheistic indi...
The global increase in non-religious individuals begs for a better understanding of what non-religious beliefs and worldviews actually entail. Rather than assuming an absence of belief or imposing a predetermined set of beliefs, the current research uses an open-ended approach to investigate which secular beliefs and worldviews non-religious non-th...
Endorsement of science might entail a belief in “secular death”, in which an individual faces annihilation as the bodily functions cease. In this article, we examine what science-oriented individuals think happens to humans after death. Does endorsement of science entail views on human annihilation or do people also express continuity beliefs? The...
Endorsement of science is often associated with non-religiosity and lack of supernatural belief. However, the relevance of science for worldviews might also relate to the cultural context and/or personal investment in science. This study investigates the following question: Is endorsement of worldview components of science associated with unbelief...
Endorsement of science is often associated with non-religiosity and lack of supernatural belief. However, the relevance of science for worldviews might also relate to the cultural context and/or personal investment in science. This study investigates the following question: Is endorsement of worldview components of science associated with unbelief...
Tässä artikkelissa tarkastelen sitä, missä määrin ja miten ihmiset ilmaisivat sekä yliluonnollisia tarkoituksia että naturalistisia selityksiä luonnonkatastrofeille suomalaisessa internetkeskustelussa. Tutkimuksen aineisto on noin yhdeksän vuoden mittainen suomalainen internetkeskustelu, jonka analysoin teoriaohjaavalla tekstinkoodausmenetelmällä....
