Lars Levi Laestadius' attitude to Saami religion

• Published in: Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis
• Main Author: Carl Hallencreutz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Donner Institute 1987
• Subjects: Sami (European people) > Religion; Sami (European people) > Church history; Sami (European people) > Missions; Laestadianism; Laestadius; L L. (Lars Levi); 1800-1861; Christianity; Religion (General); BL1-50; Madder; saami; sami
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.30674/scripta.67161; https://doaj.org/article/d44aa0cfd3994ed3951cdcc1da541233

How Læstadianism became the "religion of the Saamis" is a process of church and religious history which has not been fully explained. It is a comprehensive development which includes most of Læstadius' entire ministry. In this work he did not regard the Saami religion as something exc...