Changing Religiosities in the Nordic Countries

A Complexity Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-73680-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 333 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: International Studies in Religion and Society

The book argues that changes in religiosity in the Nordic countries cannot be adequately explained by the dominate all-encompassing generalizations theories of religious change because religious changes are both similar but and diverse in the Nordic countries. For instance, church membership is decreasing in all countries, but the state–church relationship varies. The book argues for the fruitfulness of the Complexity Frame of Reference, a new theoretical framework which is favours a more nuanced analysis of religious change. This is demonstrated in qualitative and quantitative studies of comparative studies and case studies of religious participation, beliefs, rites, and values.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Andersen, Peter B.

Gundelach, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

Peter B. Andersen Ph.D. (1994) is an associate professor in the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen. He has published monographs, edited volumes and articles on religion and modernity in India and in Europe. He has recently chaired a survey on Covid-19 in Denmark.

Peter Gundelach mag. scient. soc. (1972) is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen. He has published monographs, edited volumes and many articles on social movements, national identity, religon and values including a series of edited volumes on the European Values study in Denmark