About me
Professor of Sociology , Faculty of Social Sciences
Main positions of trust
Director, Tampere research group on Religion & Society
Member, Steering Committee, Templeton Religion Trust (2021-24)
President, The Westermarck Society (Finnish sociological association) (2023)
Docent, Centre for Ethnic Relations & Nationalisms, University of Helsinki
Research unit
Research fields
Sociology of Religion, Mysticism, Sociology of Knowledge, Global & Transnational Sociology
Funding
Latest publications
Editorial: Mysticism Reloaded
Qadir, A., 2025, In: Religions. 16, 10, 1311.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Mysticism Reloaded: Innovative Approaches, Methods, and Theories to Study Mysticism: Special Issue
Qadir, A. (Editor), Oct 2025, In: Religions. 16, 10Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › Scientific › peer-review
Mystics (In)action: Mirzā Ghulām Aḥmad’s Political Organization and the Misrecognition of Mystics in Modern Islam
Qadir, A., 29 Oct 2025, Mysticism and the Margins: From the Hip-Hop Underground to the Psychedelic Reformation. Odorisio, D. M. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 157–177 ( Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Mysticism ((INTERMYST))).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
De-Mystifying Mysticism: A Critical Realist Perspective on Ambivalences in the Study of Mysticism
Qadir, A. & Tiaynen-Qadir, T., 25 Dec 2024, In: Religions. 16, 1, 10.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Home and Journey in Experiences of the Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy
Tiaynen-Qadir, T. & Qadir, A., 2024, In: MATERIAL RELIGION. 20, 2, p. 151-175 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
The war in Gaza: Understanding religion and society in the modern world
Qadir, A., 10 Apr 2024, In: Alusta!.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › General public
The Discursive Side of Sociological Institutionalism in the Study of Religion
Qadir, A. & Alasuutari, P., 2023, In: METHOD AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION. 35, 1, p. 1-23 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Symbols and Myth-Making in Modernity: Deep Culture in Art and Action
Tiaynen-Qadir, T. & Qadir, A., 1 Nov 2022, ANTHEM PRESS. 250 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
Deconstruction of religious thought in Islam: Iqbal and the Ahmadiyya
Qadir, A., 3 Dec 2021, In: MUSLIM WORLD. 111, 3, p. 488-510Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Negotiations of Science and Religion in Nordic Institutions: An Ethnographic Approach
Tiaynen-Qadir, T., Qadir, A., Vuolanto, P. & Hansen, P., 10 Jan 2021, In: Religions. 12, 1, 45.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review