Leaving the Faith, Preserving the Self: Identity Processes among Former Sweden-Finnish Conservative Laestadian Siblings
This article examines how identity motives shape siblings’ disaffiliation from the Conservative Laestadian revival movement in a Sweden-Finnish context, highlighting apostasy as a multifaceted identity process marked by renegotiation between inherited and emerging identities. Drawing on life-story i...
| Subtitles: | Social Identity across Time: Interdisciplinary Applications |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2026
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| In: |
Approaching religion
Year: 2026, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 24-41 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Psychological coherence B Identity Process Theory B Motivated Identity Construction Theory B Belonging B Disaffiliation B Family B Identity motives B Continuity B Life Story Interviews B Revival movement |
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