“Still, I Can Hardly Believe It”: Reactions, Resources, and Religion in Conversations about Sexual Abuse of Children among Laestadians in Finland
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: There are innumerable nuances in people's behaviour when they become frustrated.In this article I analyse interviews about a specific case when, in a relatively small Lutheran community, it turned out that a highly respected person, a leader and preacher, was a paedophile.The reluctant accepter, the disappointed accepter, and the explaining accepter are three types of narrators.What were their reactions, what resources did they apply in our conversation?Partly, religion played the role of an obstacle for further belief, but partly it was also a support for the members of the community.
Author: Ulrika Wolf-Knuts
Institution: Åbo Akademi University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3053370387