The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark and the Multicultural Challenges
Christianity and Danishness are mutually reinforcing phenomena in Denmark. Three factors applying specifically to Denmark explain this: first, the lack of national representative bodies of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark; second, the journal Tidehverv ("New Era") has nurtured a...
| Published in: | Politics and religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2011]
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Politics and religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 4, Issue: 3, Pages: 476-502 |
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| Summary: | Christianity and Danishness are mutually reinforcing phenomena in Denmark. Three factors applying specifically to Denmark explain this: first, the lack of national representative bodies of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark; second, the journal Tidehverv ("New Era") has nurtured a conservative and nationalistic Christian ethics among parts of the Danish clergy; and third, Danish politicians' abuse of the links between Christianity and Danishness as a tool in their anti-immigration strategies. |
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| ISSN: | 1755-0491 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Politics and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S1755048311000447 |