Hi everyone,

I am still new to this format, so I am little unsure how to share work. But for those of you who are interested in atmosphere, I have a new paper published in Poetics. It is called “An Affective Religious Boundary Tool” (2022), and it examines the strategic role of an atmosphere as a type of boundary object in a Copenhagen Night Church. More generally, the article explores a public trial in the City Court Of Copenhagen concerning the events of a Copenhagen Night Church. A judge had to decide, if the events were concerts (something secular) or worship services (something religious)? The question to this answer was very much rooted in the type of atmosphere present in the Night Church; creating and emphasizing alternative sensory experience, a new “aesthetic formation” (Meyer), does not happen in a vacuum. It is politically, culturally, legally, and theologically infused.

Link for article: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1evla,6w-Xr1b8

If you have any questions, please let me know and I’ll be happy to provide more information or discuss matters.