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Consuming a Cathedral: Commodification of Religious Places in Late Modernity




TekijätMartikainen, Tuomas

KustantajaEquinox Publishing

Julkaisuvuosi2008

JournalFieldwork in Religion

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiFieldwork in Religion

Vuosikerta2

Numero2

Aloitussivu127

Lopetussivu145

ISSN1743-0615

eISSN1743-0623

DOIhttps://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1558/fiel2008v2i2.127

Verkko-osoitehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1558/fiel2008v2i2.127


Tiivistelmä

The article is a case study of activities taking place in the most important church of Finland, the Cathedral of Turku. The article seeks possibilities to understand contemporary religious change by using theoretical ideas developed in the sociology of consumption. This is done through analysing four cases of how the cathedral has been commodified in different situations. The cases are a celebrity wedding, a dance performance, a marketing brand and a city festival. The results show that even traditional Christian communities have adapted to consumer society and that the ideas developed in the sociology of consumption are useful in understanding current religious change.



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