Panel: SODRUS: CHURCH BUILDINGS PRESERVATION OR TRANSFORMATION: INTERNATIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY ANALYSIS



836.5 - "RUINS IN THE WASTELAND? ON THE FUTURE OF CHURCH BUILDINGS IN THE SECULAR COUNTRYSIDE."

AUTHORS:
Ringvee R. (Estonian Academy of Security Sciences ~ Tallin ~ Estonia)
Text:
The paper focus on Estonia, a highly secularized and urbanized society with less than one third of the population claiming to have religious affiliation and where one third of country's population lives in capital Tallinn. Majority of the historical churches are in countryside where congregations' membership is declining. The perspective of the paper comes from Estonia and analyzes the current situation and considers future prospects.