Religion in Finland
Subtitle: decline, change and transformation of Finnish religiosity
By: Kimmo Kääriäinen, Kati Niemelä, Kimmo Ketola
Contributors: Niemelä, Kati; Ketola, Kimmo
Series: Publication -- 54; Publication ... of the Research Institute of the Lutheran Church in Finland -- no. 54.
Publisher: Church Research Institute
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Tampere, Finland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
Subjects: Religious life and customs; Church history; Lutheran Church; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (176-185).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Theories of change in religion and society: Causes of secularization; title: Differentiation; title: Decline of religion; title: Privatization; title: Organizational secularization; title: Postmodern religiosity; title: Finnish religion from the seventeenth century to the present day: Periodization; title: Pre-modern religion; title: Religion and early modernization; title: Religion in post-war Finland; title: Summary; title: Commitment to religious denominations: Membership in religious denominations; title: Leaving and joining the Church; title: Summary; title: Religious beliefs: Religious and non-religious; title: Belief in God; title: Christian doctrine; title: Alternative beliefs; title: Summary; title: Religious practice: Public religious practices; title: Private religious practices; title: Church seremonies; title: Summary; title: Religiosity in different population groups: Types of Finnish religiosity; title: Strong and weak religious links; title: Summary; title: Religion and morality: Connection between religion and morality; title: Structural morality and the morality of freedom of choice; title: Family and sexual ethics; title: Beginning and enf of life; title: Honesty and obedience to the law; title: Influence of religion on morality; title: Finns moral views in the years 1981-2000; title: Summary; title: Is Finland going secular?; title: Bibliography.