Abstract
This article discusses how women in Finland, the happiest country in the world in 2019, use new spiritual services and angels to cope with everyday life. Should not the high living standard and level of happiness decrease spirituality, as Norris and Inglehart suggest? The research material was collected using questionnaires in talks given by Irish mystic Lorna Byrne in Helsinki in 2011 and 2015. For the women studied, angels offer support and bring enchantment to their lives in a way institutionalized religion does not. While the high level of existential security decreases their religiousness, it opens these women up to other alternatives for new spirituality.
| Translated title of the contribution | Enkelihenkisyys maailman onnellisimmassa maassa: Lorna Byrne kiinnostus suomalaisten naisten piirissä |
|---|---|
| Original language | English |
| Journal | Journal of Religion in Europe |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| Pages (from-to) | 351-379 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| ISSN | 1874-8910 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2021 |
| MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Fields of Science
- Finnish women
- Lorna Byrne
- RELIGION
- angel belief
- lived religion
- new spirituality
- 614 Theology
- 5144 Social psychology