Baptist Identity in a Christian Welfare State: A Swedish Case Study

The Swedish welfare state emerged during the 1950s at the same time as Swedish Baptist identity was undergoing change. Swedish Baptist identity had previously been based on the notion that the congregation was of itself a social body, but over time an ecclesiology arose which made an emotional conve...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wenell, Fredrik (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2025
In: Baptist quarterly
Year: 2025, Volume: 56, Issue: 1, Pages: 20-31
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CB Christian life; spirituality
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
KDG Free church
NBN Ecclesiology
NCC Social ethics
Further subjects:B Welfare State
B Ecclesiology
B statist individualism
B Baptist identity
B Scandinavia
B Conversion
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