Kaale Belongings and Evangelical Becomings

An ethnography of Finnish Roma

By (author) Raluca Bianca Roman

Book cover: Kaale Belongings and Evangelical Becomings

Extent: 250 pages

Publisher: Brill | Schöningh

Subjects: Twentieth- & Twenty-First- Century History

Series: Roma History and Culture

Series volume number: 7

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(July 2025)

ISBN: 9783506797674

6.1 x 9.25 inches

Price: $122.00

In stock

Based on extensive fieldwork carried out over the course of a decade, and coupled with archival research into the social mobilisation of Roma in Finland since the 20th century, this book presents an ethnographic picture of the ways in which members of the national Roma community in Finland live with, engage with and embody their religious outlook, offering a unique perspective on the role of Christianity within the lives of Roma communities in Europe.


By looking at the national Roma community in Finland, the Finnish Kaale, this book explores the impact of Evangelical Christianity on social and political mobilisation, and the ways in which religious identity becomes entangled with community identity. Based on extensive fieldwork carried out over the course of a decade, and coupled with archival research into the social mobilisation of Roma in Finland since the 20th century, this book presents an ethnographic picture of the ways in which members of the national Roma community in Finland live with, engage with and embody their religious outlook, offering a unique perspective on the role of Christianity within the lives of Roma communities in Europe.

  • By (author) Raluca Bianca Roman