Much Ado about a Christmas Tree: A Conflict Involving Danish Civil Religion

Civil religion is not only a symbolic expression of national coherence; it is often also an arena of conflict, where different actors promote their own ideological interpretation of the same events. This will be illustrated through an analysis of a conflict in Denmark in November 2012, where a Musli...

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Main Author: Warburg, Margit 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2017]
In: Implicit religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 20, Issue: 2, Pages: 127-148
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Denmark / Civil religion / Christmas tree / Abolition of
Further subjects:B Muslims
B DEBATES & debating
B Christmas
B Christmas trees
B Civil Religion
B Denmark Politics & government
B Denmark
B Politics
B EMIC & etic (Anthropology)
B etic / emic
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