Bible Reading in Sweden

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The book summarizes results and conclusions from a number of studies within Project NT81 concerning the distribution and use of a new Bible translation in Sweden. The project was initiated by the Swedish Bible Society, and also by the Swedish Bible Commission which was appointed by the Government with the mandate to make a new translation of the Bible. The background of the project is presented from both the Society's and the Commission's point of view. Data concerning the distribution and reading of the Bible, based on socio-religious surveys among representative samples of the Swedish people and among significant groups like ministers, church-goers and regular Bible readers, are summarized in four chapters. In the comprehension part of the book there is a discussion of how the inspired meaning dimension can be included in empirical research, and a summary of results from a study of how groups of ordinary readers go about creating meaning from Bible texts and how they can make use of the notes and explanations included in the new translation. It also features results from a study of how readers in two congregations of different confessions use Bible texts and interpret them.