A Shared Pre-Christian Past? Contemporary Finnish Baptism in Light of Greenlandic Naming Rituals
This article will employ examinations of baptism ritual in Finland and Greenland to argue that it may be fruitful to orient discussions of Finnish religiosity, and possibly even culture more broadly, towards the Greenlandic Inuit rather than Finland’s Scandinavian neighbours, as often occurs. The ar...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.483.6665 2023-05-15T16:27:14+02:00 A Shared Pre-Christian Past? Contemporary Finnish Baptism in Light of Greenlandic Naming Rituals The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.483.6665 http://www.anpere.net/2007/13.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.483.6665 http://www.anpere.net/2007/13.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.anpere.net/2007/13.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T08:03:23Z This article will employ examinations of baptism ritual in Finland and Greenland to argue that it may be fruitful to orient discussions of Finnish religiosity, and possibly even culture more broadly, towards the Greenlandic Inuit rather than Finland’s Scandinavian neighbours, as often occurs. The article will demonstrate that the pre-Christian world-view of both cultures was shamanistic and that this was not shared to the same extent in the Scandinavian countries. The article will show that this comparable shamanistic world-view can be observed in contemporary attitudes to Lutheran baptism in both countries which, as life changing rituals or Rites of Passage, would be most likely to preserve traditional perspectives. The article will examine the possible consequences of this for future anthropological discussion of Finnish religion and cultural dynamics and suggest that comparison to Greenland may be helpful in furthering our understanding of Finnish religiosity. Text Greenland greenlandic inuit Unknown Greenland |
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This article will employ examinations of baptism ritual in Finland and Greenland to argue that it may be fruitful to orient discussions of Finnish religiosity, and possibly even culture more broadly, towards the Greenlandic Inuit rather than Finland’s Scandinavian neighbours, as often occurs. The article will demonstrate that the pre-Christian world-view of both cultures was shamanistic and that this was not shared to the same extent in the Scandinavian countries. The article will show that this comparable shamanistic world-view can be observed in contemporary attitudes to Lutheran baptism in both countries which, as life changing rituals or Rites of Passage, would be most likely to preserve traditional perspectives. The article will examine the possible consequences of this for future anthropological discussion of Finnish religion and cultural dynamics and suggest that comparison to Greenland may be helpful in furthering our understanding of Finnish religiosity. |
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