Conversion and the transformation of culture in the Finnish Pentecostal movement
A religious community is composed of and by its members. It both transforms and reflects their styles. This article argues that a crucial aspect of cultural change is the process of identity-making through personal experience. In the development of any evangelical religious movement its second and t...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Approaching religion |
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2015]
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Approaching religion
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| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Finland
/ Pentecostal churches
/ Conversion (Religion)
/ Cultural change
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität CH Christentum und Gesellschaft KBE Nordeuropa; Skandinavien KDG Freikirche |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Social classes
B Pentecostalism B social mobility B Group Identity B Finland B Revivals B Organizational Change B Christianity B Identity B Conversion B Religious Change B Scandinavia |
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| Zusammenfassung: | A religious community is composed of and by its members. It both transforms and reflects their styles. This article argues that a crucial aspect of cultural change is the process of identity-making through personal experience. In the development of any evangelical religious movement its second and third generations are especially important as they have a different experience of, and identification with, their religion than does the first generation. The Finnish Pentecostal movement has changed from being a radical to a more moderate movement because it has evolved in step with its members’ socialization. Based on my fieldwork and research I want to emphasise this difference between the experiences of the first and subsequent generations in explaining how a religious movement changes. |
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| ISSN: | 1799-3121 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Approaching religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30664/ar.67562 |