Culture, Health, and Religion at the Millennium

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

Table of Contents Introduction; Marie Demker, Yvonne Leffler and Ola Sigurdson 1. Hygiene as Metaphor: On Metaphorization, Racial Hygiene, and the Swedish Ideals of Modernity; Ola Sigurdson 2. From Shared Resources to Shared Values; Marie Demker 3. 'It's not about religion, but about manipulation': Polemical Discourse Against Sects and Cults in Sweden; Henrik Bogdan 4. Something Happened, But What? On Roy Andersson's Cinematic Critique of the Development of the Welfare State; Daniel Brodén 5. Sex and Sin in a Multicultural Sweden; Andreas Johansson Heinö 6. Chick-lit as Healing and Self-Help Manual? ; Yvonne Leffler