Nordic Majority Churches as Agents in the Welfare State: Critical Voices and/or Complementary Providers?

The article compares the role in welfare provision of the majority churches in Finland, Norway and Sweden. The Nordic welfare state model implies a large public sector and a correspondingly small contribution to welfare provision by the voluntary sector, of which church-based welfare activities, as...

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Main Authors: Anne Birgitta Pessi, Olav Helge Angell, Per Pettersson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society for the Study of Religion 2009-09-01
Series:Temenos
Online Access:https://journal.fi/temenos/article/view/7901