'Everyone who wants to, can be a Körtti': how young people negotiate the religious space of a revivalist movement
19th century Protestant revivalist movements have played an important role in Nordic societies at large. In this article, I explore young people's socio-spatial construction of the Awakening movement, one of the largest traditional yet vibrant revivalist movements under the Evangelical Lutheran...
| Published in: | Culture and religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor and Francis Group
[2019]
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| In: |
Culture and religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Finland
/ Great Awakening
/ Teenagers (14-18 Jahre)
/ Ritual
/ Space
/ Lefebvre, Henri 1901-1991
/ Social space
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia KDG Free church RH Evangelization; Christian media |
| Further subjects: | B
Henri Lefebvre
B religious space B Revivalist movement B Rituals B Belonging B Young People |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | 19th century Protestant revivalist movements have played an important role in Nordic societies at large. In this article, I explore young people's socio-spatial construction of the Awakening movement, one of the largest traditional yet vibrant revivalist movements under the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. In doing so, I aim to reveal how youths define their collective religious identity in a time when non-institutional and private emphasis on religion prevails. In addition, vague membership, ritual-centred participation, and the significance of the annual gathering raise topical questions regarding belonging. I build my analysis on Henri Lefebvre's theory of the production of social space. The research data consist of interviews with young people (aged 14-18) and the narratives the young people wrote themselves. These data are complemented with my observations from the movement's summer gathering. The findings reveal the agency of the young people as 'inhabitants' (Lefebvre) of tradition-based religious space. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-5629 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Culture and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2019.1571522 |