Clemens Cavallin
SENIOR LECTURER
Department of Literature, History of Ideas, andAbout Clemens Cavallin
Research
My research interests are broad and include Hinduism, Ritual theory and Catholic Studies. My Ph.D. thesis The Efficacy of Sacrifice (2002) was within the first field, more precisely focusing on Vedic sacrifices, while my second book, Ritualization and Human Interiority (2013) was within the second field of ritual theory. I have also opened up a third research specialization within Catholic Studies with research on the novels of the Canadian artist and author Michael O’Brien. In 2017, Justin Press published my biography of O'Brien, and in 2019, Ignatius Press published a second edition. A French translation was published in 2017 by Salvator.
I am also directing the research project Religion on Campus: A Study of Views on Religion at Two Indian Universities together with professor Åke Sander. The focus is on the relation between Indian forms of secularity and the academic study of religion.
Teaching
Besides teaching courses on religions of Asia, I have been active in the development of field study courses in India and several projects that aim to cultivate connections between Indian universities and religious studies at LIR.
I have also (2007, 2008, 2010) been teaching at CIPS (the Center for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies) at the University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Hercegovina at their masterprogram in religious studies.
During the fall semester 2013, I was a STINT fellow teaching the course “Introduction to Hinduism” at Haverford College in the US.
Education
- 2009−2010 Education for directors of studies, University of Gothenburg.
- 2006 Program for university pedagogy, University of Bergen.
- 2002 Ph.D. Religious studies, University of Gothenburg.
- 1995 Bachelor of Arts (Religious studies, philosophy and art history) University of Gothenburg.
- 1995 Diploma after five years of study in fine arts and painting at the Academy of Arts, Valand, University of Gothenburg.
Employment
- Senior lecturer, University of Gothenburg (2007-01-01 – Present).
- Senior lecturer, University of Bergen, Norway (2003-08-01 – 2006-12-31).
- Lecturer, University of Gothenburg (2002-09-01 – 2003-06-01).
- Doctoral student, University of Gothenburg (2000-01-01 – 2002-05-15).
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The Hindus on trial. Blasphemy charges and the study of
Hinduism
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Blasphemies Compared Transgressive Speech in a Globalised World / edited by Anne Stensvold. - 2021-01-01 -
Vers la fin de la fin des
temps
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Catholica no. 145, "La dignité humaine en désuétude" - 2019-01-01 -
Leaving
Hinduism
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Leaving Religion / edited by Daniel Enstedt, Göran Larsson, Teemu T. Mantsinen - 2019-01-01 -
Religious Studies in India. Banaras Hindu University: Religion and Universal Human
Values
Clemens Cavallin, Åke Sander
Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies - 2018-01-01 -
Unga européers tro och
otro
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Signum - 2018-01-01 -
Michael D. O´Brien:
Biographie
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- 2017-01-01 -
Millenarisme et
science-fiction
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Catholica - 2017-01-01 -
Sweden and the Five Hundred Year Reformation
Anamnesis
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Luther and his Progeny: 500 Years of Protestantism & Its Consequences for Church, State, and Society / edited by John C. Rao - 2017-01-01 -
Att studera religion i
Indien
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Signum - 2017-01-01 -
On the Edge of Infinity: A Biography of Michael D.
O'Brien
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- 2017-01-01 -
Det postkristna Sverige i
siffror
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Signum - 2017-01-01 -
Changing views at Banaras Hindu University on the Academic Study of Religion: A first report from an on-going research
project
Clemens Cavallin, Åke Sander, Sushil Kumar
Argument - 2016-01-01 -
Applied Religious
Studies
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Religionens varp och trasor: En festskrift till Åke Sander / Daniel Enstedt, Göran Larsson & Ferdinando Sardella (red.) - 2016-01-01 -
Interiorisation of Ritual in the Brāhmaṇas: Role of the Breaths in the Vedic System of Ritual
Correspondences
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Vedic Investigations. Papers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference / Asko Parpola (Editor), Petteri Koskikallio (Editor) - 2016-01-01 -
On Writing Michael O’Brien’s
Biography
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”Må de nu förklara…” Om bibeltexter, religion, litteratur. Festskrift för Staffan Olofsson - 2016-01-01 -
Review of Miroslav Volf, ed., 2014, Do We Worships the Same God? Jews, Christians and Muslims in Dialogue, Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, and Ralph Martin, 2012, Will Many Be Saved: What Vatican II Actually Teaches and its Implications for the New Evangelization, Grand Rapids,
Eerdmans.
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ET-studies, Journal of the European Society for Catholic Theology - 2016-01-01 -
Ritual Interiorization and Abstract
Action
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Philosophy and the End of Sacrifice - Disengaging Ritual in Ancient India, Greece and Beyond / edited by Peter Jackson and Anna-Pya Sjödin - 2016-01-01 -
Consolations of a New
Earth
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LIR.journal - 2015-01-01 -
Hinduism meets the global order: the "easternization" of the
West
Åke Sander, Clemens Cavallin
The Changing World Religion Map. Sacred Places, Identities, Practices and Politics, / Stanley D. Brunn, editor ; Donna A. Gilbreath, assistant editor. Vol. III - 2015-01-01 -
The Ritual
Person
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Anviksiki - 2015-01-01 -
Reflektion över relationen mellan katolsk teologi och
religionsvetenskap
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Den trogne arbetaren i vingården: Festskrift till Bo Claesson - 2015-01-01 -
Deep Realism: A Discussion of Christian Literary Realism with an Analysis of Passages from Michael O’Brien’s Children of the Last Days Novel
Series
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Logos : A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture - 2015-01-01 -
Hinduism Meets the Global World: the "Easternization" of the
West?
Clemens Cavallin, Åke Sander
The Changing World Religion Map - 2015-01-01 -
The Role of the Catholic Church in the Bosnian Conflict 1991-1995: An Historical
Approach
Clemens Cavallin, Sead Fetahagić
Politization of Religion, the Power of State, Nation, and Faith: The Case of Former Yugoslavia and its Successor States / edited by Gorana Ognjenovic, Jasna Jozelic. - 2014-01-01 -
Violence against Christians in India: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Two Indian English
Newspapers
Clemens Cavallin, Julia Kuhlin
Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies - 2014-01-01 -
Recension av Jacobsen, Knut. Jainismen: Religion, historie og
ickevold
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Din: Tidsskrift for religion og kultur - 2014-01-01 -
Religion som ett mänskligt
fenomen
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SEGL: katolsk årsskrift for religion og samfunn - 2014-01-01 -
Gudens
blick
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Bildens kraft: Religion och samtida utmaningar. Fahlén, Marie (red.) - 2014-01-01 -
Såsom i en spegel: Drömmar och visioner som portar till det övernaturliga i Michael O’Briens romansvit Children of the Last
Days
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Chaos. Dansk-norsk tidsskrift for religionhistoriske studier - 2013-01-01 -
Religious Studies and the Knowledge
Society
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The Sociology of Religion in India: Past, Present and Future - 2013-01-01 -
Review of Evangelical Catholicism: Deep Reform in the 21st-Century Church. By George
Weigel
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Seat of Wisdom - 2013-01-01 -
Ritualization and Human
Interiority
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- 2013-01-01 -
Catholic Identity and the Year of
Faith
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Seat of Wisdom: A Theological and Pastoral Journal - 2013-01-01 -
Apokalyptik
2012
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Föreningen Lärare i Religionskunskap Årsbok 2012, Religion & populärkultur - 2013-01-01 -
Religion as a Human Phenomenon vs. Openess to
Transcendence
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Anviksiki - 2012-01-01 -
Framtidens
humaniora
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Språket i historien: historien i språket. En vänbok till Bo Lindberg - 2011-01-01 -
After the State Church. A Reflection on the Relation between Theology and Religious Studies in Contemporary
Sweden
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Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies - 2011-01-01 -
The Efficacy of
Sacrifice
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- 2011-01-01 -
Hinduismens största
tempel
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India on my Mind, Daniel Andersson & Åke Sander (red.) - 2010-01-01 -
Drömsk
religion
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Drömmar: En vänbok till Ingemar Nilsson, red. Mats Andrén, Henrik Björck, Johan Kärnfelt och Cecilia Rosengren - 2010-01-01 -
Globalized
Apparitions
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Bandue - 2009-01-01 -
Anmeldelse Arne Bugge Amundsen (red.), Norges religionshistorie, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo,
2005
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DIN - 2008-01-01 -
Religionsvitenskap og nasjonen
Norge
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Humaniora i Nasjonen - 2007-01-01 -
Kunsten å skrive en moderne
apokalypse
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Fra Dante til Umberto Eco: Atten tekster om teologi og litteratur - 2007-01-01 -
Opus Dei och lefolkets spiritualitet - Att vara i världen men inte av
den
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Laere og liv - 2007-01-01 -
A Pilgrimage
Within
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Journal of Contemporary Religion - 2007-01-01 -
But Why Is It
Popular?
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National Catholic Register - 2006-01-01 -
Kristendommen og dens nyhedenske samtid: En religionshistorikers
refleksjoner
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Lære og Liv - 2006-01-01 -
Gruppebasert veiledning med én veileder i
masterstudiet
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Forskningsveiledning på master- og doktorgradsnivå - 2006-01-01 -
Forholdet mellom teori og
metode
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Metode i religionsvitenskap - 2006-01-01 -
Ett katolskt Europa: Några tankar med utgångspunkt i boken The Cube and the
Cathedral
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Katolsk Observatör - 2006-01-01 -
Recension av avhandlingen Sacrifice and Symbol. Biblical Shelamim in a Ritual
Perspective
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Svensk kyrkotidning - 2005-01-01 -
Angående sambandet mellan religionsvetenskaplig forskning och
didaktik
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UPED-skrift - 2005-01-01 -
Abolishment of Intention and the Question of Interiorisation: A Discussion of Humphrey and Laidlaw’s Theory as Applied to Vedic
Rituals
Clemens Cavallin
Chakra - 2005-01-01 -
Recension av Jeffrey Burton Russells Himmelens historie: den syngende
stillhet
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Chaos - 2005-01-01 -
Sacrifice as Action and Actions as Sacrifices: The Role of Breath in the Internalisation of Sacrificial Action in the Vedic
Brahmanas
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Ritualistics - 2003-01-01 -
Katolska kyrkan och den nya
eran
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Invandrare och Minoriteter - 2002-01-01 -
The efficacy of sacrifice : correspondences in the Ŗgvedic
Brāhmaņas
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- 2002-01-01 -
Reinkarnation av
vad?
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Religionsvetenskapliga föreläsningar II - 1999-01-01