Vartija
Vartija (Finnish: Guardian) is a quarterly Finnish language theological magazine based in Helsinki, Finland.[1] It was a print publication between 1888 and 2017 and became an online-only periodical in 2017.[2] The magazine is not attached to any church in Finland[3] and supports both conservatism and radicalism since its establishment.[2]
| Categories | Theological magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| Founder | Elis Bergroth Karl August Hildén Aleksander Auvinen |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Final issue | 2017 (print) |
| Country | Finland |
| Based in | Helsinki |
| Language | Finnish |
History and profile
Vartija was founded in 1888 by a group of young priests who had left the Finnish Lutheran Church, including Elis Bergroth, Karl August Hildén and Aleksander Auvinen.[4] The founding editor was Elis Bergroth who served in the post from 1888 to 1906, and he was succeeded by Lauri Ingman.[4] One of the topics covered in the magazine between 1888 and 1910 was the Finnish-American ecclesiastical conditions.[4] In 1907 Vartija published many articles about the relationship between early Christianity and communism and socialism.[5]
In 1911 and 1913 Antti J. Pulkkinen and Aukusti Oravala published articles in the magazine on the work by Danish philosopher and theologian Søren Kierkegaard.[1] During World War II Vartija became a church discussion forum.[3] Psychiatrist Martti Siirala and his theologist brother Aarne Siirala were among the frequent contributors of the magazine in the 1950s.[6] In 1965 Vicar Mauno Mäkinen published an article in the magazine suggesting that Finnish Christians should read the work by Richard W. Solberg.[7]
Irja Askola was the first female editor-in-chief of Vartija who appointed to the post in 1982 along with Simo Knuuttila.[2] As of 2018 the editors-in-chief were Matti Myllykoski and Mikko Ketola.[2] The magazine publishes articles on a wide variety of topics such as religion, theology, philosophy, psychology, culture and society.[2]
References
- Janne Kylliäinen (2009). "The Reception of Kierkegaard in Finland". In Jon Stewart (ed.). Kierkegaard's International Reception. Vol. 8. Surrey; Burlington, VT: Ashgate. p. 201. ISBN 978-0-7546-6496-3.
- "Aikakauslehti Vartija ilmestyy nyt ilmaiseksi verkossa". Kirkko ja Kaupunki (in Finnish). 3 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- Liro Summanen (2016). Vartija-lehti suomalaisen kristillisyyden seuraajana talvi- ja jatkosodan aikana (MA thesis) (in Finnish). University of Helsinki.
- Hanna Gaskin (2015). Finnish-American ecclesiastical conditions according to the Vartija-magazine in 1888-1910 (MA thesis) (in Finnish). University of Eastern Finland.
- Jani Marjanen; Jussi Kurunmäki; Lidia Pivovarova; Elaine Zosa (December 2020). "The expansion of isms, 1820-1917: Data-driven analysis of political language in digitized newspaper collections". Journal of Data Mining & Digital Humanities: 15. doi:10.46298/jdmdh.6159.
- Eve-Riina Hyrkäs (2022). Psychosomatic connections: Mind-body histories in Finnish medicine, ca. 1945-2000 (PhD thesis). University of Oulu. p. 57.
- Suvi Kyrö (2006). "Communism in Christian Literature Published in Finland". Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte. 19 (1): 40. JSTOR 43751744.