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The dissertation examines the theoretical identity and formal status of a worship community within the Church of Sweden. Two theoretical perspectives form the basis of the investigation. The first is that the identity of the church cannot be reduced to an abstract idea of its essential nature, but what is said about the church must refer to the actual people who belong to it, especially those who

I Körcentrum Syds styrelse är följande institutioner representerade. Musikhögskolan i MalmöMusikhögskolan i Malmö är en ledande utbildnings- och forskningsinstitution inom musik och har en central roll i södra Sverige gällande utbildning av blivande körledare för både kyrka, skola och det fria körlivet. Därtill bidrar Musikhögskolan i Malmö aktivt till att stärka och stimulera körlivet genom sin o

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Confession and absolution hold significant importance within several Christian denominations. To break the seal of confession is a violation of trust and only to be done when deemed necessary. This essay explores how the seal of confession within the Church of Sweden has been regulated by Swedish law, starting from the implementation of the current constitution of Sweden. Additionally, this essay

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The purpose of this thesis is to study and compare communication strategies in three different parishes located in three quite different contexts to get a starting point to answering questions concerning the rate of members leaving the Swedish church, 1.6% per year. It is of outmost importance for a parish to be regarded as a positive and responsible organisation contributing to the local communit

In some Swedish municipal primary schools a common gathering in the local church at the end of every term is a well established tradition. The National Agencies for Education (Skolverket and Skolinspektionen) have come to the conclusion that these gatherings can take place in a church and that a certain degree of religious activities can take place, for example the singing of religious hymns. Howe

Under 1800-talet tilltog de antikatolska stämningarna i Europa. Antikatolicismen hämtade sin näring från katolska kyrkans fördömande av såväl protestantismen som den moderna utvecklingen i riktning mot ett sekulärt samhälle. I flera länder utmynnade dessa motsättningar i veritabla sammandrabbningar mellan katolska kyrkan och den av liberala krafter dominerande statsmakten. Man talade om ”kulturkamIn Sweden, as in other Protestant countries, the gradual dismantling of the legislation on com-pulsory religious adherence saw the politicization of religious issues. In this situation, the imagery of the old enemy took on new functions. This was very much the case with the notion of the ‘Catholic danger’, which time and again surfaced in the Swedish media and in parlia-mentary debate. In the 1860