Employees of the Norwegian Church Abroad (NCA) avoid discussing politics. Understanding why increases sociological understanding of how everyday and nonextreme forms of religion may contribute to everyday and nonextreme forms of national feeling. This article leverages insights from studying the NCA in order to contribute to the sociological literature on everyday nationalism and religion. It does this by illustrating how the microsociological strategies of silence and avoidance contribute to imagined sameness. This increases our understanding of how everyday belonging draws resources from both nation and religion. Furthermore, it highlights the interactions between religion and nation as both resources for belonging and grounds for difference. The findings are based on interviews with 32 employees in six churches in the United States, and supporting observations.

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国外挪威教会的沉默与相同

挪威海外教会 (NCA) 的员工避免讨论政治。理解为什么会增加对日常和非极端形式的宗教如何促进日常和非极端形式的民族情感的社会学理解。本文利用研究 NCA 的见解为有关日常民族主义和宗教的社会学文献做出贡献。它通过说明沉默和回避的微观社会学策略如何促成想象的相同来做到这一点。这增加了我们对日常归属感如何从国家和宗教中汲取资源的理解。此外，它强调了宗教与民族之间的相互作用，既是归属感的资源，也是差异的基础。调查结果基于对美国六所教堂的 32 名员工的采访，