Four Immigrant Churches and a Mosque : an Overview of Immigrant Religious Institutions in Oulu
Dutton, Edward (2009)
Dutton, Edward
Siirtolaisuusinstituutti
2009
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe202101192129
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe202101192129
Kuvaus
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction
Outline
Religion and Immigration
Immigration and Fundamentalism
CHAPTER TWO
Oulu as a Field
Religious Dynamics in Oulu
The Laestadians, Church Organisation and Immigrants
Language and Culture
CHAPTER THREE
Immigrant churches in Oulu
Brief of History of the Oulu International Church
The Sudanese Anglican Church in Oulu
The Anglican Church in Finland
CHAPTER FOUR
Oulu’s Mosque
History and Connections
Brief Descriptive Analysis
Theological Perspectives
CHAPTER FIVE
Why the move to Radical Conservatism?
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Introduction
Outline
Religion and Immigration
Immigration and Fundamentalism
CHAPTER TWO
Oulu as a Field
Religious Dynamics in Oulu
The Laestadians, Church Organisation and Immigrants
Language and Culture
CHAPTER THREE
Immigrant churches in Oulu
Brief of History of the Oulu International Church
The Sudanese Anglican Church in Oulu
The Anglican Church in Finland
CHAPTER FOUR
Oulu’s Mosque
History and Connections
Brief Descriptive Analysis
Theological Perspectives
CHAPTER FIVE
Why the move to Radical Conservatism?
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Tiivistelmä
The northern Finnish city of Oulu has a relatively small immigrant population; only two thousand out of around 130,000 inhabitants, not including those who are naturalised. There are immigrants from various developed countries, usually having reached the city because of work with the telecommunications company Nokia or other international companies, research or study at Oulu University (or sometimes at the University of Applied Sciences) or because they are in a relationship with a Finn. In addition, there are refugees from various developing countries and in particular Sudan, Somalia and Iraq. Though the foreign population in Oulu is modest compared to that in Finland’s capital Helsinki, there are five immigrant-led religious organisations operating in the city. There is an official ‘English Language Church’ run by the Oulu Finnish Lutheran Church which maintains connections with the Anglican Chaplaincy in Helsinki. There is a more conservative evangelical English-language church which split from the Lutheran-run church and was originally established by a South African Finnish-Lutheran priest called the Rev’d Patrick Dickson. Currently, there are two separate Arabic-language Sudanese churches (one Anglican and the other of mixed denomination) and a Mosque. In addition, Oulu’s Orthodox Cathedral has so many foreign worshippers at its Easter service that the head priest (‘Kirkkoherra’) declares ‘Jesus is Risen!’ in not only Finnish but also Russian and Greek.