Culture, Health, and Religion at the Millennium

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-v

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2. Introduction: How Gloomy is Sweden at the Millennium?

   • Marie Demker, Yvonne Leffler, Ola Sigurdson

   Pages 1-17

3. Hygiene As Metaphor

   • Ola Sigurdson

   Pages 19-50

4. From Shared Resources to Shared Values

   • Marie Demker

   Pages 51-76

5. “It’s not about Religion, but about Manipulation”

   • Henrik Bogdan

   Pages 77-97

6. Something Happened, but What?

   • Daniel Brodén

   Pages 99-131

7. Sex and Sin in a Multicultural Sweden

   • Andreas Johansson Heinö

   Pages 133-154

8. Chick Lit as Healing and Self-Help Manual?

   • Yvonne Leffler

   Pages 155-181

9. Back Matter

   Pages 183-200

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The book presents interpretations of culture, health, politics, and religion in Sweden today, Sweden transforms from the well-functioning but existentially bland economic wonder to a more fragmented and gloomy society. Contributors include scholars from film studies, literary studies, political science, religious studies and theology          

• culture
• film
• politics
• religion
• religious studies
• society
• religion and society
• area studies

"This fascinating and unusual book presents to the English-language reader a complex image of Sweden as a country in the process of change. Employing a highly interdisciplinary approach in film, popular literature politics, and religion, the writers, all from the University of Gothenburg, challenge stereotypes and idealizing images, crawling under the skin of contemporary Sweden and its place in the world." - David Jasper, Professor, University of Glasgow, UK and Renmin University of China, China             

Henrik Bogdan, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Daniel Brodén, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Andreas Johansson Heinö, University of Gothenburg, Sweden         

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