Studies at Uppsala university was from the beginning based in theology, which also mean that students of theology founded the student nations. In similarity to the separation between the church and the state in Sweden in the year 2000, all nations have a clear statement today of not being connected to either religion or politics, however, the question that rises is; to what extent has it been possible to leave the religious aspect on which they were founded. The purpose of this study is to analyze controlling documentation of Östgöta and Gotland´s nation closer to see if it is possible to identify elements of religion within them that can be interpreted as cultural religion. Based on the theory of cultural religion, with focus on Kasselstrand´s interpretation of “Belonging without Believing”, elements of religion will be analyzed as examples of how the nations as organizations struggle with the historical background of theology, and the strive to modernize and become more inclusive. The result presented, identifies cultural religion within the material, highlighting holidays and festivities as main sources, with the reasoning of the documents bringing the information of the ritual forward, and not necessarily the religious values. The result is also strengthened with Hervieu-Léger´s idea of group memory as a chain through time and society together with Connerton´sthoughts on the collective memory and how it can be interpreted as one way to explain the continuity of traditions and the upkeep of ceremony.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-478868 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Andersson, Felizia |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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