Religious Complexity in the Public Sphere: Comparing Nordic Countries
In: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy
In: Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy Ser
Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Why the Nordic Countries? -- This Study -- State and Religion -- Politics and Religion -- Religion and the Media -- Civil Society-Faith and Worldview Societies -- The Comparative Design -- 1.2 Concepts -- The Public Sphere -- The Public and Private Dichotomy -- Religion and Secularity -- 1.3 Religious Complexity -- Secularization, , ? -- Religious Complexity -- Rejection of Reductionism -- Reciprocal Development -- Nonlinearity -- Lacking Focus on Predictions -- 1.4 The Presence and Visibility of Religion in the Public Sphere -- When is Religion Public? -- The Visibility of Religion -- 1.5 This Book -- References -- Chapter 2 Changing Religious Landscapes in the Nordic Countries -- 2.1 Stable Democracies and Changing Welfare States -- Immigration and Population Growth -- Welfare State Economies Under Pressure -- Politics -- Policies on Immigration and Integration -- Welfare State, Gender, and Family -- Values -- Summary -- 2.2 Religious Changes -- Declining Membership in the Majority Churches -- Growth of the "Nones" -- Growth in Faith Communities Outside Christianity -- 2.3 Declining Lutheran Majority Churches -- Disaffiliation from the Majority Churches -- 2.4 Religious Minorities -- Christian Minorities -- Faith Communities Outside Christianity -- 2.5 Holistic Spirituality -- 2.6 Religious Faith and Practices in the Populations -- Beliefs in God -- Behavior -- Gender -- 2.7 Religious Complexity -- References -- Chapter 3 Religion and State: Complexity in Change -- 3.1 Law and Religion: A Specific Nordic Way? -- Nordic Majority Churches: More Differentiated from the State? -- Nordic Majority Churches: No Longer 'State Churches'? -- Faith Communities and State Recognition -- State, Religion, and Financial Support