Your Own Personal Jesus?: doctrinal Beliefs Versus Personal Spirituality Among Inmates Involved in the Monastery Route in Swedish Prisons

Previous studies, mainly from the United States, have indicated that religious beliefs can help inmates to cope with imprisonment and to build hopes for the future. The purpose of this study was to examine if this is the case also in Sweden, which is usually considered to be one of the most secular...

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Authors: Alm, Susanne 1970- (Author) ; Roxell, Lena (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 192-209
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Swedes / Prison / Prisoner / Religion / Faith / Coping with life / Spirituality
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B retreat activities
B Imprisonment
B Religiousness
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