From Lutheran Dominance to Diversity
This article examines religion in Finnish newspapers, arguing that religion-related discourses have changed from one of Lutheran dominance to one of diversity. The main data consists of a longitudinal sample (1946-2016) of the most popular Finnish newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, and especially of its...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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[2019]
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Temenos
Jahr: 2019, Band: 55, Heft: 2, Seiten: 225-247 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Finnland
/ Presse
/ Religion
/ Lutherische Kirche
/ Religiöser Pluralismus
/ Geschichte 1946-2016
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Religionswissenschaft AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik KBE Nordeuropa; Skandinavien |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Helsingin Sanomat
B Newspaper B Finland B Diversity B quantitative content analysis B Media B Religion B Secularism B the Lutheran Church |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article examines religion in Finnish newspapers, arguing that religion-related discourses have changed from one of Lutheran dominance to one of diversity. The main data consists of a longitudinal sample (1946-2016) of the most popular Finnish newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat, and especially of its editorials and readers' letters. Additional data covers a wider variety of newspapers from the 1990s to 2018. The data is analysed using quantitative content analysis and a discursive approach. It will be suggested that it is possible to discuss diversity both as an emergent discourse and a theme in the Finnish media since the mid-1990s, thereby overcoming earlier frameworks that took Lutheranism for granted or gave it a special role in the private sphere.The analysis shows that these shifts do not provide clear support forthe idea that newspapers and journalism are anti-religious; rather, it suggests that they may be understood as having a liberalizing' effect, especially when religious values are not seen as compatible with those of journalists and newspapers. |
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| ISSN: | 2342-7256 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Temenos
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.33356/temenos.87827 |