Beyond Church and State: Private Religiosity and Post-Materialist Political Opinion among Individuals in Sweden

Hagevi, Magnus

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“…A brief study of Swedish history shows us that belief in a personal God has decreased in Sweden during recent decades, whereas belief in a transcendent power has increased (Ahmadi, 2006; Hagevi, 2012; Hamberg, 1998, 2001; Lövendahl, 2008; Pettersson & Riis, 1994). Although until 2001 a large majority in Sweden belonged to the Lutheran Church, only a minority were committed to the Church (Halman & Pettersson, 2002; Pettersson, 2008; Riis, 1992).…”

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The Use of Religious Coping Methods in a Secular Society

Ahmadi

2015

Illness, Crisis & Loss

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In the present article, based on results from a survey study in Sweden among 2,355 cancer patients, the role of religion in coping is discussed. The survey study, in turn, was based on earlier findings from a qualitative study of cancer patients in Sweden. The purpose of the present survey study was to determine to what extent results obtained in the qualitative study can be applied to a wider population of cancer patients in Sweden. The present study shows that use of religious coping methods is infrequent among cancer patients in Sweden. Besides the two methods that are ranked in 12th and 13th place, that is, in the middle (Listening to religious music and Praying to God to make things better), the other religious coping methods receive the lowest rankings, showing how nonsignificant such methods are in coping with cancer in Sweden. However, the question of who turns to God and who is self-reliant in a critical situation is too complicated to be resolved solely in terms of the strength of individuals’ religious commitments. In addition to background and situational factors, the culture in which the individual was socialized is an important factor. Regarding the influence of background variables, the present results show that gender, age, and area of upbringing played an important role in almost all of the religious coping methods our respondents used. In general, people in the oldest age-group, women, and people raised in places with 20,000 or fewer residents had a higher average use of religious coping methods than did younger people, men, and those raised in larger towns.

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The Use of Religious Coping Methods in a Secular Society

Ahmadi

2015

Illness, Crisis & Loss

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“…En sådan förändring implicerar bland annat att religiösa väljare i allt mindre utsträckning röstat på partier som traditionellt företräder dem. Vid sidan av denna förändring har andelen religiöst engagerade väljare minskat (Hagevi 2012), vilket minskar religiösa väljares inflytande över valresultaten.…”

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“…Vid flera tillfällen har den svenska befolkningen beskrivits som en av världens mest sekulära befolkningar (Norris och Inglehart 2013), samtidigt har samma befolkning beskrivits som en av Europas mest mångreligiösa (Sorgenfrei 2019). En del forskare vill inte tala om sekularisering utan om religiös förändring: svenskarna har gått från att vara kyrkobesökare till att bli privatreligiösa (Davie 2000;Hagevi 2012). Andra forskare menar att det svenska samhället har gått in i en postsekulär tid (Brommesson och Friberg-Fernros 2013;Halldorf 2018).…”

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“…Till skillnad från gudstjänst är bön ett beteende som inte alltid genomförs tillsammans med andra människor. En sådan religionsutövning kan därför indikera privatreligiositet (Hagevi 2012). Gudstjänstbesök är dessutom en religionsutövning som till stor del är relaterad till kristendom.…”

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“…Medan gudstjänstbesök till stor del är en kristen religionsutövning förlagd till kyrkor förekommer bön mer allmänt i de flesta religioner samt är något som kan utövas enskilt även bland personer som kan betraktas som privatreligiösa (Hagevi 2012). I den mån som försvagningen av sambandet mellan religiöst engagemang och partival är ett fenomen knutet till kristna kyrkor kan därför en undersökning av sambandet mellan böneaktivitet och partival ge ett annat resultat.…”

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The aim of the present study is to investigate the potential link between religious participation and civic engagement in Sweden. Religious participation probably plays a different role in a secular context compared to a context where religion and politics are more intertwined. First, do those who regularly attend religious services in Sweden volunteer and participate in charitable giving more often compared with those who do not? Second, are those who regularly attend religious services more, or less, politically active between elections compared with those who do not in Sweden? Third, do those who regularly attend religious services in Sweden receive more requests to volunteer than those who do not? The study uses survey data on volunteering from random samples of individuals in Sweden. Results showed that volunteering was limited to a restricted group of organizations. There is a higher propensity among those who regularly attend religious services to volunteer within political parties. Those who frequently attend church were significantly more often requested to volunteer by someone else.

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Beyond Church and State: Private Religiosity and Post-Materialist Political Opinion among Individuals in Sweden

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