Lifelong religion as habitus : : religious practice among displaced Karelian orthodox women in Finland / / by Helena Kupari.

• Superior document: Numen book series, v. 153
• Author: Kupari, Helena.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill.; c2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Numen Book Series 153.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VI, 198 pages) :; kaart.

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”.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Practice, Habitus, and Lived Religion -- 3 Studying Displaced Karelian Orthodox Women -- 4 Everyday Religious Practice -- 5 Childhood Religion, Minority Setting -- 6 Mothers Doing Religion -- 7 The Practice of Belief -- 8 Lifelong Religion and Change -- 9 Conclusions -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Index.