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




Ketola, Kimmo; Martikainen, Tuomas; Salomäki, Hanna

PublisherSAGE Publications

2014

Social Compass

Social Compass

61

2

153

171

0037-7686

1461-7404

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

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.



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