Lifelong religion as habitus : religious practice among displaced Karelian orthodox women in Finland /

Lifelong religion as habitus : religious practice among displaced Karelian orthodox women in Finland /

In this book, Helena Kupari examines the lived religion of Finnish, evacuee Karelian Orthodox women through an innovative reading and application of Pierre Bourdieu's practice theory. After the Second World War, Finland ceded most of its Karelian territories to the Soviet Union. Over 400,000 Fi...

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Main Author: Kupari, Helena.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Brill. c2016.

Series: Numen Book Series 153.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

Subjects:

Orthodox Eastern Church > Finland.
Women in the Orthodox Eastern Church > Finland.
Christian women > Spiritual life.
Karelians > Finland.

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Call Number: BX342 .K863 2016

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Practice, Habitus, and Lived Religion
  • 3 Studying Displaced Karelian Orthodox Women
  • 4 Everyday Religious Practice
  • 5 Childhood Religion, Minority Setting
  • 6 Mothers Doing Religion
  • 7 The Practice of Belief
  • 8 Lifelong Religion and Change
  • 9 Conclusions
  • Sources
  • Bibliography
  • Index.