”Mycket större än vad ord kan rymma” Dopföräldrars val av doppsalmer i Svenska kyrkan i korsningen mellan liminalitet och mimesis
(2024) KRMM75 20232Church and Mission Studies
- Abstract
- The purpose of this master thesis in practical theology is to investigate the reasons for choices of hymns made by parents baptising their children in the Church of Sweden. From earlier data on baptisms and hymns we do know which hymns are most commonly chosen, but no one to date has interviewed parents on their choices.
The method used is semi structured interviews of eleven parents whose children were baptised in Helsingborg during the months of May to October 2023. After transcribing the interviews some common criteria and reasoning was found: The parents choose hymns that set a mode, that describe the situation of baptism, that describe the child or the family, hymns that have followed the family and can keep following throughout... (More) - The purpose of this master thesis in practical theology is to investigate the reasons for choices of hymns made by parents baptising their children in the Church of Sweden. From earlier data on baptisms and hymns we do know which hymns are most commonly chosen, but no one to date has interviewed parents on their choices.
The method used is semi structured interviews of eleven parents whose children were baptised in Helsingborg during the months of May to October 2023. After transcribing the interviews some common criteria and reasoning was found: The parents choose hymns that set a mode, that describe the situation of baptism, that describe the child or the family, hymns that have followed the family and can keep following throughout life. They also choose hymns that are child friendly and easy to sing (although it does not always seem to help), but the lyrics always triumphs over the melody. The process of choosing hymns is a combination of searching the Internet (Google, Youtube, Spotify), the hymns the minister introduces during the conversation that precedes the baptism, and the parents’ own wishes. My findings show how parents of baptised children relate to hymns, popular religion and the references to Creation in hymns, when they get to choose hymns, in the manner that is proposed for baptisms. As for other musical parts chosen for the service, the parents choose songs that reflect the relationship between parent and a newborn child, small childrens’ discovery of the world, love songs reinterpreted to be about the unconditional love between parent and child, songs already being sung with the child, and songs that could follow throughout life.
The analysis is then intertwined with the four voices of theology, but also the terms liminality and mimesis. The latter, from Paul Ricoeurs biblical hermeneutics, is found to be applicable on hymns as well, but rather than the arc from mimesis1-3, I propose that hymn singing in some cases is the start of a spiral, where people tend to return to the same hymns over and over again during the course of life. (Less)
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- author
- Lazic Pedersen, Sofija LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- KRMM75 20232
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Dop, barndop, psalm, psalmval, doppsalm, hymnologi, liminalitet, mimesis, teologins fyra stämmor
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 9164458
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- 2024-08-30 10:57:35
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abstract = {{The purpose of this master thesis in practical theology is to investigate the reasons for choices of hymns made by parents baptising their children in the Church of Sweden. From earlier data on baptisms and hymns we do know which hymns are most commonly chosen, but no one to date has interviewed parents on their choices.
The method used is semi structured interviews of eleven parents whose children were baptised in Helsingborg during the months of May to October 2023. After transcribing the interviews some common criteria and reasoning was found: The parents choose hymns that set a mode, that describe the situation of baptism, that describe the child or the family, hymns that have followed the family and can keep following throughout life. They also choose hymns that are child friendly and easy to sing (although it does not always seem to help), but the lyrics always triumphs over the melody. The process of choosing hymns is a combination of searching the Internet (Google, Youtube, Spotify), the hymns the minister introduces during the conversation that precedes the baptism, and the parents’ own wishes. My findings show how parents of baptised children relate to hymns, popular religion and the references to Creation in hymns, when they get to choose hymns, in the manner that is proposed for baptisms. As for other musical parts chosen for the service, the parents choose songs that reflect the relationship between parent and a newborn child, small childrens’ discovery of the world, love songs reinterpreted to be about the unconditional love between parent and child, songs already being sung with the child, and songs that could follow throughout life.
The analysis is then intertwined with the four voices of theology, but also the terms liminality and mimesis. The latter, from Paul Ricoeurs biblical hermeneutics, is found to be applicable on hymns as well, but rather than the arc from mimesis1-3, I propose that hymn singing in some cases is the start of a spiral, where people tend to return to the same hymns over and over again during the course of life.}},
author = {{Lazic Pedersen, Sofija}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{”Mycket större än vad ord kan rymma” Dopföräldrars val av doppsalmer i Svenska kyrkan i korsningen mellan liminalitet och mimesis}},
year = {{2024}},
}