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...

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Publié dans:Approaching religion
Auteur principal: Mantsinen, Teemu T. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: [publisher not identified] [2015]
Dans: Approaching religion
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Finnland / Pentecôtisme / Conversion (Religion) / Changement culturel
RelBib Classification:CB Spiritualité chrétienne
CH Christianisme et société
KBE Scandinavie
KDG Église libre
Sujets non-standardisés: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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Résumé: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.
ISSN:1799-3121
Contient:Enthalten in: Approaching religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.30664/ar.67562