Transforming Church Strategies in a Changing Social Landscape: Sunday School Statistics from a Swedish Diocese, 1920–1990
This article offers a reconsideration of religious mobilisation in the inter- and postwar periods. It focuses on how the Church of Sweden gradually altered its catechetical activities aimed at children to meet changing needs. Built on a range of statistical sources, this article calls for a reconsid...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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| In: |
The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2024, Volume: 75, Issue: 1, Pages: 116-134 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Svenska kyrkan
/ Church congregation
/ Sunday school
/ Transformation (motif)
/ Social change
/ History 1920-1990
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia KDD Protestant Church RB Church office; congregation RF Christian education; catechetics |
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| Summary: | This article offers a reconsideration of religious mobilisation in the inter- and postwar periods. It focuses on how the Church of Sweden gradually altered its catechetical activities aimed at children to meet changing needs. Built on a range of statistical sources, this article calls for a reconsideration of the ways in which larger Protestant denominations adjusted to meet declining religious practices. With a focus on how laypeople became involved in these efforts, it is argued that institutional history, rejuvenated by the introduction of a gender perspective, is essential for our understanding of postwar religious mobilisation in north-western Europe. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046923000532 |