hh.sePublications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Frimurarna och religionen: En religionssociologisk studie av Svenska Frimurare Ordens plats i det samtida religiösa landskapet
Halmstad University, School of Education, Humanities and Social Science.
Halmstad University, School of Education, Humanities and Social Science.
2019 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

The aim of this study is to situate the locus of the Swedish branch of freemasonry, Svenska Frimurare Orden, in the contemporary religious landscape. The research questions are as follows: On what grounds can the Swedish branch of freemasonry be considered religious? If the Swedish branch of freemasonry is considered religious, how does it fit into the contemporary society among the plethora of new religious movements? In regard to the first question, a definition of religion is required, thus Bruce Lincoln’s theory with four domains of religion is used to decide to what extent the Swedish branch of freemasonry can be described as a religion or a religious movement. To be able to answer the second research question the four sociological narratives as presented by Meredith B. McGuire are used to analyze the results of our study.

 

The results are reached through examination of the common laws of the Swedish branch of freemasonry and the data found on their official website, combined with hermeneutic interpretation. Our conclusion is that the Swedish branch of freemasonry through its explicit connection to Christianity, in addition to its esoteric and occult practices both fits into a historical continuity regarding religion in Sweden, as well as with contemporary societal currents regarding new religious movements.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2019.
Keywords [en]
Freemasonry, Christianity, religion, definition of religion, sociology of religion, western esotericism
Keywords [sv]
Svenska Frimurare Orden, frimureri, kristendom, religion, religionsdefinition, religionssociologi, västerländsk esoterism
National Category
Religious Studies History of Religions Sociology Didactics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-39037OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-39037DiVA, id: diva2:1294793
Subject / course
Religion
Educational program
Subject Teacher Education for Secondary School
Supervisors
Examiners
Available from: 2019-04-16 Created: 2019-03-08 Last updated: 2019-04-16Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

fulltext(1202 kB)3470 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT02.pdfFile size 1202 kBChecksum SHA-512
57814f23dee53032fc1eeb40b7bc700ced7e248c9ebb723ee906d53365546daa9d13a53e39e206d2751153ed92ec5e523b509edc68681ea83857b584ac65e5db
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

By organisation
School of Education, Humanities and Social Science
Religious StudiesHistory of ReligionsSociologyDidactics

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 3470 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

urn-nbn

Altmetric score

urn-nbn
Total: 2264 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf