Migration and Global Pentecostalism in the Greater Stockholm Area
A Mapping of the Growth of Local Migrant Churches in Stockholm
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/pent.41045Keywords:
migrants, migration, global Pentecostalism, Sweden, StockholmAbstract
Today, roughly 25 per cent of the Swedish population have their immediate roots in a foreign country. In the largest metropolitan area of Sweden, Greater Stockholm, the figure is 33 per cent, and it is even larger in the two other major cities, Gothenburg (35%) and Malmö (44%). This remarkable demographic shift is necessarily influencing the religious landscape. While one major part of the immigration to Sweden is Muslim, the greater number of the immigrants are of a Christian background. Among these, Orthodox and Catholic immigrants from the Middle East have attracted greater attention, while immigrants with a Pentecostal Charismatic affiliation have often been overlooked. This is unwarranted, because the Pentecostal-Charismatic migrants churches are growing rapidly, both in number and in adherents. This is especially the case in Greater Stockholm. Based on original surveys by the author, this article explores migrant Pentecostal churches in Greater Stockholm, presenting their numerical growth, discussing their ethnic and cultural backgrounds as well as their theological orientation, and presenting an analysis of their sociological character in relation to their geographical location. This survey calls into question the stereotypes of Sweden as the epitome of secularization and of its urban centres being “tombs for religion”.
References
Alvarsson, Jan-Åke (ed.). Pentekostalism i Sverige på 2000-talet. Uppsala: Institutet för Pentekostala Studier, 2013.
Anderson, Allan. African Reformation: African Initiated Christianity in the 20th Century. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press, 2001.
Anderson, Allan. Spirit-Filled World: Religious Dis/Continuity in African Pentecostalism. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73730-0
Anderson, Allan. To the Ends of the Earth: Pentecostalism and the Transformation of World Christianity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195386431.001.0001
Anderson, Allan. “Varieties, Taxonomies and Definitions”. In Allan Anderson et al. (eds), Studying Global Pentecostalism. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010, pp. 13?29. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520947504-003
Arentzen, Thomas. Ortodoxa och österländska kyrkor i Sverige. Stockholm: Nämnden för statligt stöd till trossamfund, 2016.
Aronson, Torbjörn. Ett nytt karismatiskt landskap i Sverige. Uppsala: Areopagos, 2016.
Aronson, Torbjörn. “Migration och global pentekostalism i Storstockholm: Rapport från en initial kartläggning”. Årsskrift för Uppsala Stiftshistoriska Sällskap 2. Uppsala: Uppsala Stiftshistoriska Sällskap, 2019.
Aronson, Torbjörn. “Pentekostalism i världen och i Sverige – introduktion och översikt”. In Jan-Åke Alvarsson (ed.), Pentekostalism i Sverige på 2000-talet. Uppsala: Institutet för Pentekostala Studier, 2013, pp. 15–40.
Aronson, Torbjörn. “Tillväxten av pentekostala församlingar i Sverige 1974–2019”. In Jan-Åke Alvarsson (ed.), Pentekostalism i Sverige på 2020-talet. Uppsala: Institutet för Pentekostala Studier, in press.
Austin, Denise A. Jesus First: The Life and Leadership of Andrew Evans. Sydney: APS, 2017.
Elfving, Karin. “Den omvända klassresan – Gustavo började om från botten i Sverige”. OmVärlden, 7 August 2019.
Gärde, Johan. Från invandrarkyrka till mångkulturellt samfund: En kyrkosociologisk analys av katolska kyrkan i Sverige från 1970tal till 1990-tal. Uppsala: Uppsala Universitet, 1999.
Goodhew, David and Cooper, Anthony Paul (eds). The Descularisation of the City: London’s Churches, 1980 to the Present. Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.
Gullman, Sven. Österns kyrkor i Sverige. Furulund: Alhambra, 2014.
Hocken, Peter. Church Forward: Reflections on the Renewal of the Church. Stoke: Alive Publishing, 2007.
Hocken, Peter. The Challenges of the Pentecostal, Charismatic and Messianic Jewish Movements. Abingdon: Routledge, 2009.
Hollenweger, Walter. Pentecostalism: Origins and Developments Worldwide. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2005.
Kärkkäinen, V.-M. An Introduction to Ecclesiology: Ecumenical, Historical and Global Perspectives. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2002.
Klaver, Miranda. “Global Church Planting in the Media Age: Hillsong Church”. Interculturelle Theologie: Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft 44 (2018), pp. 234–46.
Laitinen, Petri. Spiritual Gifts According to C. Peter Wagner. Åbo: Åbo Academy Press, 2014.
Larsson, Göran. Islam och muslimer i Sverige – en kunskapsöversikt. Stockholm: Nämnden för statligt stöd till trossamfund, 2014.
Malmström, Nils. “Pentekostala invandrarkyrkor”. In Jan-Åke Alvarsson (ed.), Pentekostalism i Sverige på 2000-talet. Uppsala: Institutet för Pentekostala Studier, 2013, pp. 75?89.
Martin, David. Tongues of Fire: The Explosion of Protestantism in Latin America. Oxford: Blackwell, 1990.
Mella, Orlando. “Det dubbla främlingskapet – De chilenska flyktingarna i Sverige”. Signum (1984), no. 9.
Moberg, Jessica. “Pentekostal spiritualitet I Stockholms län: En kartläggning”. In Jan-Åke Alvarsson (ed.), Pentekostalism i Sverige på 2000-talet. Uppsala: Institutet för Pentekostala Studier, 2013, pp. 41–74.
Riches, Tanya and Wagner, Tom (ed.). The Hillsong Movement Examined: You Call Me Out Upon the Waters. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59656-3
Wahlström, Magnus (ed.). Pingströrelsens årsbok 2018. Bromma: Pingst – fria församlingar i samverkan, 2018.
Wahlström, Magnus (ed.). Pingströrelsens årsbok 2019. Bromma: Pingst – fria församlingar i samverkan, 2019.
Werner, Yvonne Maria. Nordisk katolicism: Katolsk mission och konversion i Danmark i ett nordiskt perspektiv. Göteborg: Makadam, 2005.
Werner, Yvonne Maria. Världsvid men främmande: Den katolska kyrkan i Sverige 1873–1929. Stockholm: Katolska Bokförlaget, 1996.
