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 (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Brill, 2016.
Series:	Studies in the history of religions ; v. 153.
Subjects:	Orthodox Eastern Church > Finland. Orthodox Eastern Church. Women in the Orthodox Eastern Church > Finland. Christian women > Spiritual life. Karelians > Finland. Femmes dans l'Église orthodoxe > Finlande. Chrétiennes > Vie spirituelle. Caréliens > Finlande. RELIGION > Christian Rituals & Practice > General. Karelians. Women in the Orthodox Eastern Church. Finland. Electronic books.
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Summary:	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 Finns, including two thirds of the Finnish Orthodox Christians, lost their homes. This book traces the ways in which the religion of Orthodox women was affected by their displacement and their experiences as members of the Orthodox minority in post-war and contemporary Finland. It contributes to theoretical discussions on lived religion by producing an account of lifelong minority religion as habitus, or an embodied and practical "sense of religion."
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-193) and index.
ISBN:	9789004326743 900432674X
ISSN:	0169-8834 ;