“I Do Not Think I Could be a Christian on My Own”
In this article, I explore how eight female Pentecostals express their everyday religion in contemporary Sweden. This article indicates that a shift has taken place in religious practice in Swedish Pentecostalism from earlier decades. The world-rejecting attitude and individual pietistic heritage ha...
| Published in: | Pneuma |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Pneuma
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia KDG Free church NBE Anthropology NBG Pneumatology; Holy Spirit |
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Swedish Pentecostalism
lived religion
relational religion
Pentecostalism and gender
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| Summary: | In this article, I explore how eight female Pentecostals express their everyday religion in contemporary Sweden. This article indicates that a shift has taken place in religious practice in Swedish Pentecostalism from earlier decades. The world-rejecting attitude and individual pietistic heritage have been toned down and replaced by what I will term a relational piety that emphasizes the relational side of being “Christ-like” and encourages adherents to practice their everyday religion together. The informants depended on their family, friends, congregation, and Christian networks to maintain and deepen their religiosity and Christian lifestyle. The study is also an example of a broadly gender-equal expression of Pentecostalism and points to the movement’s ability to adjust to different contexts. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0747 |
| Contains: | In: Pneuma
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700747-03904002 |