International Pentecostalism in Secular Stockholm
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Religious renewal takes place in several major cities in Europe, as well as in other large cities around the globe. New vital churches, worship groups, and religious communities are established comprising a multitude of nationalities, cultures, and languages. This mainly cosmopolitan movement is also visible in the Norden part of Europe, such as in the Swedish capital Stockholm. In this book, this global phenomenon is analyzed from different disciplinary perspectives, with Stockholm as an example. The analyzes are built on a demographic mapping of the rise of International Pentecostal churches and extensive field-work in one Arabic, one African, and one Latin American Pentecostal church in the Greater Stockholm area. The analysis deals with how religion and spirituality are shaped by individual Pentecostal migrants in the local and national Swedish secular context and about the meaning of religious belief and practices in a modern fluid globalized society such as Sweden. Historical, theological, sociological, and legal aspects are covered, shedding light on religious change in a society that has been labeled the most secular in the world. This edited volume presents new knowledge about the ongoing transformations of the religious landscape in urban Sweden, giving perspectives on the global cosmopolitan religious change.
Published: Jul 1, 2025