Henrik Johnsén & Andreas Schmoller | Hierarchy, Democracy and Religious tradition

This is the second episode from the concluding conference on the research project "Integration and Tradition: the Making of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Sweden." In this episode, Dr. Henrik Johnsén (Stockholm university/Lund University) dicusees results in the form of a presentation on "Hierarchy, democracy and religious tradition – the emergence of Syriac-Orthodox congregation organization in Sweden." And afterwards,  Dr. Andreas Schmoller (Katholische Privat-Universität, Linz) offers some reflections.   Abstract for Johnsén's presentation:  "Based upon a case study of three Syriac-orthodox congregations in Sweden, with empirics from field studies and archives collected during a four-year project, this paper discusses how three Syriac-orthodox congregations have gradually established themselves in Sweden since the 1960’s. How have the congregations organized themselves? Which factors and actors within the Syriac-orthodox church and within the Swedish society have contributed to their establishment on the local level and to the specific form of the congregation organization? To what extent have Swedish democratic ideals had an effect on the emergent organization and leadership? Which negotiations and tensions have been the most apparent in the three specific cases?" ---------------------------------------------- Music for the R&T is generously provided by the Nous  ---------------------------------------------- Religion and Theology is produced by Joel Kuhlin for the Center for Theology and Religious Studies. If you have comments or critique of this episode, or any other episodes of R&T, please contact us via the podcast's twitteraccount: @reloteol.