Congregations in Europe

Ammerman, Nancy T.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-77261-5

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“…In Switzerland, the religious landscape follows general Western European trends (Monnot and Stolz 2018). In particular, Stolz et al (2016) have identi ed four pro les of (un)religiosity as applying to the Swiss case: institutional, alternative, distanced, and secular.…”

Section: The Changing Religious Landscapes: Biodynamic Wine-crafting ...mentioning

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Biodynamic Wine-crafting in Switzerland

Grandjean

2021

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Over the past two decades, Swiss wine-crafting professionals (vignerons) have increasingly turned their attention toward a ‘holistic’ and ecosystemic understanding of their vineyards. Among them, a growing professional segment has engaged in an esoteric agronomy inspired by Rudolf Steiner: Biodynamics. This approach is illustrative of Bron Taylor’s dark green religion applied to agronomy. This ethnographic study describes and analyzes how Swiss vignerons translate and adapt the legacy of Steiner in their everyday lives. After detailing how practitioners frame their engagement in this agronomy, the author distinguishes two processes in the translation and adaptation of Rudolf Steiner’s insights: (a) secularization, which bridges the guidelines of biodynamics and common secular naturalistic ideas; and (b) spiritualization, which relies on supernaturalistic conceptions in line with ‘expressive selfhood’ and the quest for well-being. The author argues that these two processes do not stand in mutual opposition, but rather have been intertwined in Euro-American modernities.

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Biodynamic Wine-crafting in Switzerland

Grandjean

2021

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Christian Education as a Community of Strangers

Johnsen¹

2022

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Theology and Qualitative Research

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Growth in a context of decline

Johnsen¹

2020

Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology

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Churches all over Europe are experiencing decline within a larger context of religious decline. One under-researched field concerns the consequences this decline has at a local organisational level. This article examines congregations experiencing growth in attendance at their regular Sunday worship services, and asks: What has caused growth in attendance among these congregations? What are the consequences of the attendance growth according to parish leadership, staff, committed volunteers and regular churchgoers? The empirical material for the study is interview and observation material from four congregations in the Church of Norway. These congregations have witnessed an increase in attendees of between 15.5% and 31.6% the last five years (2013-2017) compared to the previous five years (2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012). The ecclesial ideal in the Church of Norway, as in other national majority churches, has been to balance between "the core congregation" and "the folk church". However, the Nordic pattern of "belonging without believing" or "believing in belonging" is not as strong as it used to be, and this has made "vicarious religion" more contested within congregations. A more polarised neither-nor understanding of the Sunday service can explain why the studied congregations have been able to grow within a context of decline.

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Congregations in Europe

Cited by 16 publications

References 10 publications

Biodynamic Wine-crafting in Switzerland

Biodynamic Wine-crafting in Switzerland

Christian Education as a Community of Strangers

Growth in a context of decline

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