The state and religious minorities in Sweden / Linnea Lundgren.
Lundgren, Linnea.
2023
BL65.S8 L86 2023
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Title The state and religious minorities in Sweden / Linnea Lundgren.
Author Lundgren, Linnea.
ISBN 9783031421556 (electronic bk.)
3031421558 (electronic bk.)
303142154X
9783031421549
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42155-6
Publication Details Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (159 p.).
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-42155-6 doi
Call Number BL65.S8 L86 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 200.9485
Summary This book, a revised version of Lundgrens PhD thesis, offers a deepened understanding of the changes in the governance of religious diversity and the complex relationship between state and religion. Linnea Lundgren explores how the narrative of risk and resource came to be by looking beyond the developments in the last few decades (particularly since 9/11) and analysing how the governance of religious diversity has developed over time. In particular, she focuses on the case of Sweden that is often regarded as one of the most secular countries in the world, while simultaneously being recognised as one of the most multi-religious countries in Europe due to a rise in immigration. This book reveals how the state has had a central role in setting the terms and conditions that both enable and limit what religious communities can do, thus shaping the function and role of religion in the public realm. Through the analysis of an extensive number of government documents over a period of seventy years (1952-2022), Lundgren challenges the idea that many of the recent controversies concerning religious diversity are new. She argues that many of the discussions held today regarding the accommodation of Muslims are decidedly similar to previous discussions regarding the management of Catholics and the Free Churches in the 1950s and 1960s. She shows that the underlying fear has remained the same; that the individuals rights can become weakened or diminished in religious communities and that religious minorities will challenge the common shared values of the society. In light of this Lundgren concludes that in order to understand what is really at stake in the debate regarding religious diversity in Sweden today, there is a need to look at underlying tensions that exist between the state, civil society and the individual, a relationship that differs considerably in the Nordic context compared to other contexts. This text appeals to students and researchers working in the sociology of religion and people who work with governance of religion, religion and civil society, and religion and law in Europe.
Note Policy Outcome of the IU Commission
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 3, 2023).
Series Boundaries of religious freedom.
Available in Other Form The State and Religious Minorities in Sweden
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Intro
Preface
Summary
Contents
Chapter 1: Inclusion and Exclusion of Religious Minorities
The Case of Sweden
New Visibility of Religion in the Public Realm
A New Policy Sector?
Regulating Religious Diversity
Regulation and Control
Church and State
Policy Transfer
Governed Religion
Outline of the Book
Chapter 2: The State, Civil Society and the Individual
Governance of Religious Diversity
Risk and Resource from a Civil Society and State Perspective
Two Perspectives on Civil Society and the State
The Origins of a Complex Concept

The Neo-Tocquevillian Tradition
The Neo-Hegelian Tradition
A Theoretical Lens
Chapter 3: The State, the Church and Religious Minorities Before 1952
The Religious Other
Struggle for Religious Freedom
Church and State
Chapter 4: Policy Field of Religion-State Relations
Policy Phase of Deliberation (1950s-1960s)
The Early Debate
Path Dependency and the Issue of Neutrality
From Unity to Diversity
Limits to Neutrality and Perceived Risk
Religious Communities as a Resource
Policy Outcome of the First Policy Phase

Policy Phase of Recognition and Silence (1970s-1980s)
A New Government Commission with a Widened Focus
A Changing Society
Access to Religion in a Secular Society
A Resource in a Private Sphere
Government Support to Religious Minorities
Policy Outcome in the Second Policy Phase
Policy Phase of Regulation and Civic Religion (1990s-2020s)
The Start of a New Era
Usefulness of Religion
Conditions for the Support
Closing Ties Between Religion and State Following 2000
A New Religious Sector
From Church-State to Religion-State: A Final Commission Appointed

Governance of Exclusion
A Problem and a Solution
Policy Outcome in the Third Policy Phase
Conclusions from the Policy Field of Religion-State
Chapter 5: Policy Field of Education
Policy Phase of Deliberation (1950s-1960s)
Christianity Versus Religion
Concerns of a Fragmented School System
A New Commission: Adjustment of Immigrants
Policy Outcome in the First Policy Phase
Policy Phase of Recognition and Silence (1970s-1980s)
Uniformity of Public Schools
Policy Outcome in the Second Policy Phase
Policy Phase of Regulation and Civic Religion (1990s-2020s)

New Regulations for Religious Schools
New Conditions
The Risk of New Religious Movements
A Continuing Debate of the Problems and Risks with Religious Schools
Is it Possible to Ban Religious Schools?
Policy Outcome in the Third Policy Phase
Conclusion from the Policy Field of Education
Chapter 6: Policy Field of Integration
Policy Phase Deliberation (1950s and 1960s)
Assimilation or Equality
Policy Outcome in the First Policy Phase
Policy Phase of Recognition and Silence (1970s-1980s)
Multicultural Policies Introduced
Further Equality for Religious Minorities

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