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Changing Religiosities in the Nordic Countries
A Complexity Perspective
Series: - International Studies in Religion and Society, Volume: 39
From decades-long shifts in stateâChurch relations to the intimate spiritual journeys of individuals, religious change in the Nordic countries defies simple explanation. This volume advances the Complexity Frame of Reference, a new theoretical framework that enables nuanced analysis of transformation at every level of scale.
Together, the fourteen chapters offer a vivid and multifaceted portrait of religious change in the Nordic region, showing how the Complexity Frame accommodates analyses ranging from comparisons of large-scale social trends â examined in ways that reveal significant local and national disparities â to the most personal religious quests.
Together, the fourteen chapters offer a vivid and multifaceted portrait of religious change in the Nordic region, showing how the Complexity Frame accommodates analyses ranging from comparisons of large-scale social trends â examined in ways that reveal significant local and national disparities â to the most personal religious quests.
Peter B. Andersen Ph.D. (1994), dr.phil. (2023), is an Associate Professor in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen. He has published monographs, edited volumes and articles on religion and modernity in India and in Europe. He has recently chaired a survey on Covid-19 in Denmark.
Peter Gundelach mag. scient. soc. (1972) is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen. He has published monographs, edited volumes and many articles on social movements, national identity, religon and values including a series of edited volumes on the European Values study in Denmark
Peter Gundelach mag. scient. soc. (1972) is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen. He has published monographs, edited volumes and many articles on social movements, national identity, religon and values including a series of edited volumes on the European Values study in Denmark
Preface
List of Tables and Figures
List of Abbreviations
Notes on contributors
Introduction: Complexity and Religious Changes
âPeter B. Andersen and Peter Gundelach
1 Religion in Nordic Societies: Legal Structures and Demographic Trends
âSille Fusager, Kimmo Ketola, PÃ¥l Ketil Botvar and Maria Klingenberg
2 Belief in an Irrelevant God: Exploring Fuzzy Belief in the Nordic Countries
âMaria Klingenberg and Evelina Lundmark
3 âReligious Change Is Not Only about Declineâ: the Complexity of Religious Change from a Family Perspective in Finland
âKati Tervo-Niemelä
4 The Ritual Shift: Examining Religious Complexity in the Light of Life Cycle Rites
âIda Marie Høeg and Karin Jarnkvist
5 A Complexity Analysis of Religiosity in the Nordic Countries
âPeter Gundelach and Peter B. Andersen
6 Between God and Caesar: Young Peopleâs Views on the Public Role of Religion
âPÃ¥l Ketil Botvar
7 Who are the âSpiritual but Not Religiousâ? Complex Patterns of Religiosity in Nordic Countries
âKimmo Ketola
8 Considering the Default Template: Supreme Overseers of Legality and Religion Complexity in Finland
âPamela Slotte Russo
9 âThere Is No Proof that the Law Has Had No Effectâ: Recent Danish Legislation on Islam and the Problem of Complexity in Regulating Religion
âNiels Valdemar Vinding
10 National Identity and Religion in the Nordic Countries
âHans Morten Haugen and Heikki Hiilamo
11 The Danish Folk Church and the Complexity of Social Cohesion
âKaren Marie Leth-Nissen and Marlene Ringgaard Lorensen
12 An Unexpected Dimension of Care Work: Feminine Evangelization among Christian Filipinas in Denmark
âAstrid Krabbe Trolle
13 School and Religious Complexity: Lessons from Four Nordic Countries
âAnders Sjöborg
14 Complexity Religiosities beyond the Nordic Countries
âPeter B. Andersen and Peter Gundelach
Index
List of Tables and Figures
List of Abbreviations
Notes on contributors
PART 1: The Complexity Approach: Trends and New Concepts
Introduction: Complexity and Religious Changes
âPeter B. Andersen and Peter Gundelach
1 Religion in Nordic Societies: Legal Structures and Demographic Trends
âSille Fusager, Kimmo Ketola, PÃ¥l Ketil Botvar and Maria Klingenberg
part 2: Complex Changes in Religiosity
2 Belief in an Irrelevant God: Exploring Fuzzy Belief in the Nordic Countries
âMaria Klingenberg and Evelina Lundmark
3 âReligious Change Is Not Only about Declineâ: the Complexity of Religious Change from a Family Perspective in Finland
âKati Tervo-Niemelä
4 The Ritual Shift: Examining Religious Complexity in the Light of Life Cycle Rites
âIda Marie Høeg and Karin Jarnkvist
5 A Complexity Analysis of Religiosity in the Nordic Countries
âPeter Gundelach and Peter B. Andersen
6 Between God and Caesar: Young Peopleâs Views on the Public Role of Religion
âPÃ¥l Ketil Botvar
7 Who are the âSpiritual but Not Religiousâ? Complex Patterns of Religiosity in Nordic Countries
âKimmo Ketola
part 3: State Regulation, the National Church and Religiosity
8 Considering the Default Template: Supreme Overseers of Legality and Religion Complexity in Finland
âPamela Slotte Russo
9 âThere Is No Proof that the Law Has Had No Effectâ: Recent Danish Legislation on Islam and the Problem of Complexity in Regulating Religion
âNiels Valdemar Vinding
10 National Identity and Religion in the Nordic Countries
âHans Morten Haugen and Heikki Hiilamo
11 The Danish Folk Church and the Complexity of Social Cohesion
âKaren Marie Leth-Nissen and Marlene Ringgaard Lorensen
12 An Unexpected Dimension of Care Work: Feminine Evangelization among Christian Filipinas in Denmark
âAstrid Krabbe Trolle
13 School and Religious Complexity: Lessons from Four Nordic Countries
âAnders Sjöborg
part 4: Testing the Complexity Approach in International Settings
14 Complexity Religiosities beyond the Nordic Countries
âPeter B. Andersen and Peter Gundelach
Index
Scholars and students of religious studies and sociology interested in theoretical and empirical in changes in religiosity. Decisionmakers, staff and members of national churches interested in the future of their church.