Silence and Sameness in the Norwegian Church Abroad

Employees of the Norwegian Church Abroad (NCA) avoid discussing politics. Understanding why increases sociological understanding of how everyday and nonextreme forms of religion may contribute to everyday and nonextreme forms of national feeling. This article leverages insights from studying the NCA...

Description complète

Enregistré dans:  
Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Iversen, Lars Laird (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
Vérifier la disponibilité: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
En cours de chargement...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Publié: Wiley-Blackwell 2021
Dans: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Année: 2021, Volume: 60, Numéro: 3, Pages: 540-554
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B USA / Sjømannskirken / Identité religieuse / Conscience nationale
RelBib Classification:CB Spiritualité chrétienne
KBE Scandinavie
KBQ Amérique du Nord
RB Ministère ecclésiastique
Sujets non-standardisés:B Everyday Religion
B Silence
B everyday nationalism
B Norwegian Church Abroad
B imagined sameness
B Avoidance
Accès en ligne: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Description
Résumé:Employees of the Norwegian Church Abroad (NCA) avoid discussing politics. Understanding why increases sociological understanding of how everyday and nonextreme forms of religion may contribute to everyday and nonextreme forms of national feeling. This article leverages insights from studying the NCA in order to contribute to the sociological literature on everyday nationalism and religion. It does this by illustrating how the microsociological strategies of silence and avoidance contribute to imagined sameness. This increases our understanding of how everyday belonging draws resources from both nation and religion. Furthermore, it highlights the interactions between religion and nation as both resources for belonging and grounds for difference. The findings are based on interviews with 32 employees in six churches in the United States, and supporting observations.
ISSN:1468-5906
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12724