Despite rapid secularization, the majority of the Finnish population continues to maintain membership in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. However, membership in the Church is often motivated by adherence to national traditions and does not necessarily indicate a commitment to Lutheran beliefs or practices. In fact, despite 63.6% of the population being church members, only 19% profess a belief in the Christian God, and even fewer—4%—attend a church service on a monthly basis (Salomäki et al., 2024). Accordingly, sociologists of religion have characterized the Finnish style of religiosity as “belonging without believing” or even as “believing in belonging” (Niemelä, 2015). Church membership is important as a marker of social identity, not so much as a conduit for one’s spiritual yearnings. As Kati Niemelä (2003, p. 127; cited in Pauha & Jasinskaja-Lahti, 2013, p. 184) has remarked, “For a Finn, Lutheranism seems more a part of national identity than an expression of faith.”