A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
New communities of worship: Continuities and mutations among religious organizations in Finland
Authors: Ketola, Kimmo; Martikainen, Tuomas; Salomäki, Hanna
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication year: 2014
Journal: Social Compass
Journal name in source: Social Compass
Volume: 61
Issue: 2
First page : 153
Last page: 171
ISSN: 0037-7686
eISSN: 1461-7404
DOI: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0037768614524502
Web address : http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0037768614524502
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.