I already live in that post religious world. Yes, we do have religion, of course. But to most people here, religion is a private matter. There are people here that goes to church regularly, and for whom this is their prime community, but those are a small minority.
Instead our communities are the workplace or organized hobbies, or just fiends that one drinks alcohol with regularly. My parents prime community (except family) is the local Orienteering club. My self, I would not say that I have a community right now. Possibly my flat mates, if five people can be called a community. Mostly I have a network of friends, and I think that this is the most common form of “community” in my country.
This kind of network of workplaces, relatives, hobbies, friends, means that many people have one foot here and one there, which makes weaker communities. And there are people that just do not have a community.
But there are some efforts to patch the holes. In my neighborhood there are something called “Fika common”, which is a social meat up where everyone is invited. Anyone who wants to, brings cake, or similar, and share with everyone else. I rely like that this exist, but I have not been there, because I don’t like strangers much.
I already live in that post religious world. Yes, we do have religion, of course. But to most people here, religion is a private matter. There are people here that goes to church regularly, and for whom this is their prime community, but those are a small minority.
Instead our communities are the workplace or organized hobbies, or just fiends that one drinks alcohol with regularly. My parents prime community (except family) is the local Orienteering club. My self, I would not say that I have a community right now. Possibly my flat mates, if five people can be called a community. Mostly I have a network of friends, and I think that this is the most common form of “community” in my country.
This kind of network of workplaces, relatives, hobbies, friends, means that many people have one foot here and one there, which makes weaker communities. And there are people that just do not have a community.
But there are some efforts to patch the holes. In my neighborhood there are something called “Fika common”, which is a social meat up where everyone is invited. Anyone who wants to, brings cake, or similar, and share with everyone else. I rely like that this exist, but I have not been there, because I don’t like strangers much.