scholarly journals One Volk, One Church? A Critique of the “Folk Church” Ideology in Finland

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 294-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Titus Hjelm
Keyword(s):  
Folk Church

African Folk Church. Seventh-day Adventism in Tanzania

Exchange ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-114
Author(s):  
Daniëlle Koning
Keyword(s):  
Folk Church

Towards a Queer Sister-Folk Church? Reimaginations in Lutheran Scandinavian Folk Church

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-106
Author(s):  
Gyrid Gunnes
Keyword(s):  
Queer Theory ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Creation Theology ◽  
Street Space ◽  
Folk Church ◽  
The Church ◽  
Empirical Material

The article argues that the inclusion of material created from an ethnographic research strategy opens the possibility for theological reimagination of two aspects of Scandinavian creation theology: the meaning of ecclesial space and the notion of folk. The article uses elements from queer theory/theology as sensitising devices for recognizing the potential of such theological reimagining. The empirical material is based on ethnographic fieldwork in the Church of Our Lady, Trondheim, Norway, an ecclesial practice committed to rituals of hospitality. Reading the displacement of street space and church sanctuary space in the light of elements of queer theory/theology, the article aspires to show how the notion of folk and the meaning of sanctuary space is destabilized and unsettled through these practices.

scholarly journals Serbian church chant in the service of national ideology

Muzikologija ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 135-150
Author(s):  
Vesna Peno ◽  
Ivana Vesic
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Church Music ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Intellectual Elite ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cultural Goals ◽  
National Ideology ◽  
Folk Church

In this paper we investigate the process of the creation and embodiment of the concept of Serbian folk church chant throughout the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century among Serbian intellectuals and scholars. In order to indicate its main dimensions we focused on church music narratives of that time. Due to a detailed analysis of discussions and writings in periodicals as well as the published chant collections themselves, we were able to assess the dominant interpretations of the historical development of church singing in the Serbian Orthodox church. Looking closely at suppositions made about the origins and formation of church chants through the history of the Serbian church we could unveil their character e.g. whether they were the result of previously done research or were just a product of speculative thinking. In addition, we formed assumptions on the embeddedness of the concept of Serbian folk church chant in influential narratives on national identity and culture developed among the Serbian political and intellectual elite. The aim of our investigation was to show that the concept of Serbian folk church chant was not only determined by socio-political strivings in the Serbian state but that it was also a product of the wider political and cultural goals of the Serbian elite. Finally, we sought to suggest the important role played by 19th and early 20th century Serbian church music scholars in the process of imagining the Serbian nation.

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