Questions concerning religious conceptions and church customs

SND-ID: snd0923-1. Version: 1.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/001677

Citation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lund University, Lund University Church History Archive

Research principal

Lund University - Lund University Church History Archive rorId

Description

When this study began in the 1940s the researchers set out with the view that a formerly more or less universal Swedish unitary ecclesiastic culture was in the process of dissolving. The socio-economic changes of the early 19th century were believed to have led to religious conceptions differentiating and customs not being taken for granted any more. The scientists held that only small parts remained of an earlier natural and unitary ecclesiastic culture.
Based on this view the researchers conducted an extensive project to gather information about those remains of this earlier church life that were still to be found, in the same way that general ethnography conducted research on customs in other areas of life. The researchers were of the opinion that earlier research had ignored the spiritual side of folk life and that this was problematic since it missed an important part of the daily life and ways of thinking of the population that were deeply rooted in Christianity.

Purpose:

To document those ecclesiastic customs and practices which at the time when the study was conducted were consider

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When this study began in the 1940s the researchers set out with the view that a formerly more or less universal Swedish unitary ecclesiastic culture was in the process of dissolving. The socio-economic changes of the early 19th century were believed to have led to religious conceptions differentiating and customs not being taken for granted any more. The scientists held that only small parts remained of an earlier natural and unitary ecclesiastic culture.
Based on this view the researchers conducted an extensive project to gather information about those remains of this earlier church life that were still to be found, in the same way that general ethnography conducted research on customs in other areas of life. The researchers were of the opinion that earlier research had ignored the spiritual side of folk life and that this was problematic since it missed an important part of the daily life and ways of thinking of the population that were deeply rooted in Christianity.

Purpose:

To document those ecclesiastic customs and practices which at the time when the study was conducted were considered to be the dwindling left-overs of a former "ecclesiastic unitary culture".

About 5.600 text files containing free-text answers to the questions of the study from respondents from all parts of Sweden. The files are sorted according to diocese and parish. Also included is an accessions register in spreadsheet format. NOTE! The text files are encoded as UTF-8. If the Swedish characters å, ä and ö are not displayed properly you need to change the program's settings to UTF-8. Show less..

Data contains personal data

No

Language

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

Persons born between 1820 and 1935 from all parts of Sweden

Time period(s) investigated

1942 – 1984

Data format / data structure

Data collection
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Geographic description: The study covers Sweden's 13 dioceses.

Lowest geographic unit

Parish

Highest geographic unit

Country

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Lund University Church History Archive

Topic and keywords

Research area

History (CESSDA Topic Classification)

History (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Religious studies (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

History of religions (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Music (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Ethnology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Religion and values (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Publications

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Bringéus, N.-A. (2004). Frågelistorna och den kyrkliga seden. I,: Arkiv, fakultet, kyrka: festskrift till Ingmar Brohed, p. 413-422.
Libris

Fredriksson, U. (2010). Att kultivera ett folk ; att leda det i rätt riktning; att stå emot. 2-year Master Thesis. Malmö: Malmö högskola/Lärarutbildningen.
Malmö University Electronic Publishing

Bringéus, N-A. (1995). Hilding Pleijels frågelista "Kyrklig folklivsforskning". In: Hilding Pleijel symposium (1995). Hilding Pleijel symposium: 19 oktober 1893-19 oktober 1993 : ett hundraårsjubileum. Lund: Lund Univ. Press, p. 13-28.
Libris

Pleijel, H. (1942). Kyrklig folklivsforskning : frågelista, 1. Meddelanden från Kyrkohistoriska arkivet i Lund. Lund.
Libris

Gustavsson, A. (1972). Kyrktagningsseden i Sverige. Diss. Lund: Lund University.
Libris

Gustavsson, A. (1975). En källkritisk granskning av folklivsuppteckningar. Lund: Gleerupska univ.-bokh.
Libris
ISBN: 91-7060-004-X

Larsson, A. (2009). "Gå i frid och synda icke härefter". En undersökning om gifta och ogifta kvinnors barnafödande under 1800-talet. Bachelor Thesis. Högskolan i Kristianstad, Enheten för lärarutbildning.
DiVa

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Published: 2014-03-25
Last updated: 2020-02-07