Your Own Personal Jesus?: doctrinal Beliefs Versus Personal Spirituality Among Inmates Involved in the Monastery Route in Swedish Prisons
Previous studies, mainly from the United States, have indicated that religious beliefs can help inmates to cope with imprisonment and to build hopes for the future. The purpose of this study was to examine if this is the case also in Sweden, which is usually considered to be one of the most secular...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 192-209 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Swedes
/ Prison
/ Prisoner
/ Religion
/ Faith
/ Coping with life
/ Spirituality
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IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia |
Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B retreat activities B Imprisonment B Religiousness |
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