Confirmation Candidates in the Church of Sweden

This article is about confirmation preparation in the Church of Sweden from the viewpoint of the confirmation candidates. It focuses on whether or not the confirmation candidates’ expectations, experiences and beliefs support the goals of confirmation that the Church of Sweden has formulated in its...

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Autor principal: Willander, Erika (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Brill 2017
En: Journal of empirical theology
Año: 2017, Volumen: 30, Número: 1, Páginas: 104-121
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Svenska kyrkan / Confirmación / Fin / Confirmando / Expectativa
Clasificaciones IxTheo:KBE Escandinavia
KDD Iglesia evangélica 
RF Catequética
Otras palabras clave:B Confirmation the Church of Sweden confirmation candidates guidelines for confirmation religion in Sweden
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Verlag)
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Sumario:This article is about confirmation preparation in the Church of Sweden from the viewpoint of the confirmation candidates. It focuses on whether or not the confirmation candidates’ expectations, experiences and beliefs support the goals of confirmation that the Church of Sweden has formulated in its general guidelines for confirmation. The results showed points of agreement (e.g. expectations to come to one’s own decision about God, having fun and experiencing community in the confirmation group) and points of departure (e.g. expectations of gifts at the end of the confirmation period). The results also showed that experiences met the confirmation candidates’ expectations (e.g. experiences of learning while having fun). In addition, the confirmation candidates’ beliefs were changed by confirmation preparation. The article ends with a discussion on how general guidelines may function as guiding principles for confirmation.
ISSN:1570-9256
Obras secundarias:In: Journal of empirical theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15709256-12341353