Liselotte Frisk, Högskolan Dalarna

What do popular and contemporary

expressions of religiosity look like?

How much (how many people are engaged)?

Why (is contemporary religiosity expressed as

it is)?

Popular religious expressions and arenas

outside traditional churches

Producers – social meetings (lectures,

classes, sessions)

Number of practitioners

Number of methods offered by them

N=440

N=737

% (practitioners)

Holistic massage-techniques (shiatsu,

acupressure, reflexology, Rosen)35.2

Western healing methods (homeopathy,

kinesiology, reconnective healing)32.0

Eastern body-mind exercises (yoga,

meditation, zen, mindfulness)28.9

Eastern healing methods (ayurveda,

acupuncture, reiki, diksha)26.4

Holistic psychoterapy (life coaching,

personal development, relaxation)19.1

Spiritualist methods (shamanism,

channelling, animal communication)16.1

Divination (tarot, astrology) 6.6

Harmonization of environment

(geomantics, Feng Shui)3.2

Healing

Body important

Different cultural origins

”Smörgåsbord” – and change

Personal experience and practice

Gender

Religion? Spirituality?

Arenas: retreat centres, health institutes,

spiritual and health fairs

Paying attention

Being in the present moment

Acceptance

Observe, describe, do not judge

277,000 inhabitants

440 practitioners

100 priests

6,300 participants once aweek (4,400?)

2.7 % 20-64 yrs (1.6 %)

Sunday service: 8,100 participants

Secularization

Individualism

Globalization