A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

New communities of worship: Continuities and mutations among religious organizations in Finland




AuthorsKetola, Kimmo; Martikainen, Tuomas; Salomäki, Hanna

PublisherSAGE Publications

Publication year2014

JournalSocial Compass

Journal name in sourceSocial Compass

Volume61

Issue2

First page 153

Last page171

ISSN0037-7686

eISSN1461-7404

DOIhttps://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0037768614524502

Web address http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0037768614524502


Abstract

The authors provide a summary of three key developments that have brought change to the field of religious organizations in Finland: the emergence of new Lutheran communities (the St Thomas Mass, the so-called Nokia Revival and the fundamentalist Luther Foundation Finland); Ashtanga yoga as a form of spirituality; and the spread of migrant religious communities. The article sets these developments in the context of late modern communal belonging and discusses how religious communities have been transforming over the last two to three decades in Finland.



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