| Description |
1 online resource (137 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
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Palgrave studies in lived religion and societal challenges |
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Palgrave studies in lived religion and societal challenges.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introducing the Peculiar Ways Swedes Approach the Religious -- The Mainstream: A Collectivity Relating to the Religious -- Issues Mobilizing the Religious Mainstream in Sweden -- Migration and the Symbolic Value of Religion -- Religion: A Deceiving Yet Implicit Marker of "Us" and "Them"? -- Studying the Mainstream from a "Lived Religion" Approach -- Structure of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Religions and Society in Tension -- Defining Religion But Not the Religiosity People Live By |
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Religion Causing Cohesion and Fragmentation in Sweden? -- Observing Religiosity But Only from the Perspective of Religious Traditions -- Unpacking a Package of Beliefs and Practices -- Thoughts Redefining the Religious Mainstream -- References -- Chapter 3: When the Mainstream Was Lost -- The Majority: A Worry for the State Church from the 1880 Onwards -- An Interim Period: The Majority, Its Rituals, Values and Identity -- The Majority: Towards a Secularized Future from 1982 and Onwards -- Migration and Religious Diversity in the Absence of the Religious Mainstream -- References |
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Chapter 4: Mainstream Understandings of the Religious -- One to One Conversations About the Religious -- Social Media Discussions on Religion -- "Our" Relation to the Religious and "Others" Religion? -- References -- Chapter 5: Ways to Find the Mainstream -- Trends in Practice -- Trends in Belief -- Trends in Affiliation -- Finding the Mainstream and Its Margins -- The Religious Mainstream -- The Active Members of the Church of Sweden -- Members of Churches in Minority -- Muslim or Non-Christian Minority -- The Secular Identity -- References |
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Chapter 6: The Religious Mainstream's Affinity with Other's Religion -- The Mainstream and Margins in Survey Data -- The Religious Mainstream -- The Active Members of the Church of Sweden -- Members of Churches in Minority -- Affiliated with Muslim or non-Christian minority -- The Secular Identity -- Feelings of Affinity as a Measure of Symbolic Closeness -- Religion and Culture: Symbolic Resources of the Mainstream? -- A First Step Towards Reconsidering the Mainstream as a Collectivity -- References -- Chapter 7: Conclusions in Light of the Religious Mainstream |
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Main Findings and Their Consequences -- Assumptions to Rethink in Order to Analyze How Large Groups "Live Religion" -- Unity and Division: Some Final Words on the Religious Mainstream in Sweden -- References -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
This book presents new conceptual and methodological approaches to studying religiosity in Europe. From her unique background of working with the Church of Sweden statistics and official statistics on the increasing religious diversity in Sweden, Willander illustrates how previous and current methods of analysing religiosity overlook substantial aspects in patterns of affiliation, belief and practice. Unity, Division and the Religious Mainstream in Sweden draws on the sociological imagination in the sociology of religion to offer a new and empirically-driven analytical framework that shifts the focus to religious change in general, and will contribute greatly to ongoing discussions about majority forms of religiosity and their social relevance in contemporary times. It will be of use to students and scholars with a focus on the sociology of religion, as well as sociology, political science, epistemology and media studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Cultural pluralism -- Sweden
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Religion and sociology -- Sweden
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Cultural pluralism
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Religion
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Religion and sociology
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| SUBJECT |
Sweden -- Religion
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| Subject |
Sweden
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030524784 |
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3030524787 |
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