Le « revivalisme » jouit d'une position sensiblement plus cen trale dans l'Église luthérienne finlandaise que dans beaucoup d'autres Églises européennes. Les phénomènes de revivalisme sont des mouvements populaires qui surgissent dans une certaine mesure indépendamment de la volonté du clergé et constituent une expression de la créativité religieuse des gens.
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