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Samisk kyrka? : en studie av försoningsprocessen mellan Svenska kyrkan och samerna, med jämförande utblickar mot Norge

Haglund, Mattias LU (2014) TEOM74 20132
Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to discuss issues related to the ongoing reconciliation process between the Church of Sweden and the Sami people, with a comparative outlook towards Norway. The question I raise is under what conditions the Church is willing to seek reconciliation. Reports and other pertinent documents published by the Church have been analysed mainly through critical reading, seeking intent and agenda behind the texts. Restorative justice theory is used in order to determine how well the reconciliation efforts correspond to that theory. Sami identity is discussed in order to better understand the people with which the Church seeks reconciliation. I have concluded that the reconciliation process largely corresponds to the... (More)
The purpose of this thesis is to discuss issues related to the ongoing reconciliation process between the Church of Sweden and the Sami people, with a comparative outlook towards Norway. The question I raise is under what conditions the Church is willing to seek reconciliation. Reports and other pertinent documents published by the Church have been analysed mainly through critical reading, seeking intent and agenda behind the texts. Restorative justice theory is used in order to determine how well the reconciliation efforts correspond to that theory. Sami identity is discussed in order to better understand the people with which the Church seeks reconciliation. I have concluded that the reconciliation process largely corresponds to the principles of restorative justice, although its more pronounced elements are yet to be addressed. This refers mainly to broad dialogues involving all stakeholders in the conflicts concerning land and natural resources as proposed in one of the reports I have analysed. Also, The Church of Sweden has proven unwilling to make changes to its political structure in order to make room for Sami representation in its decision-making bodies. Still, in the last two years important steps have been taken to move the process forward. (Less)
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author
Haglund, Mattias LU
supervisor
organization
course
TEOM74 20132
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
healing of memories, restorative justice, the Church of Sweden, reconciliation process, Sami identity, reconciliation, indigenous people, multilingualism, Sami Church, samer, Svenska kyrkan
language
Swedish
id
4250432
date added to LUP
2014-01-21 11:16:05
date last changed
2015-12-14 13:36:03
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this thesis is to discuss issues related to the ongoing reconciliation process between the Church of Sweden and the Sami people, with a comparative outlook towards Norway. The question I raise is under what conditions the Church is willing to seek reconciliation. Reports and other pertinent documents published by the Church have been analysed mainly through critical reading, seeking intent and agenda behind the texts. Restorative justice theory is used in order to determine how well the reconciliation efforts correspond to that theory. Sami identity is discussed in order to better understand the people with which the Church seeks reconciliation. I have concluded that the reconciliation process largely corresponds to the principles of restorative justice, although its more pronounced elements are yet to be addressed. This refers mainly to broad dialogues involving all stakeholders in the conflicts concerning land and natural resources as proposed in one of the reports I have analysed. Also, The Church of Sweden has proven unwilling to make changes to its political structure in order to make room for Sami representation in its decision-making bodies. Still, in the last two years important steps have been taken to move the process forward.}},
  author       = {{Haglund, Mattias}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Samisk kyrka? : en studie av försoningsprocessen mellan Svenska kyrkan och samerna, med jämförande utblickar mot Norge}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}