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...

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1. VerfasserIn: Haugen, Hans Morten 1971- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Univ. Press [2011]
In: Politics and religion
Jahr: 2011, Band: 4, Heft: 3, Seiten: 476-502
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1755-0491
Enthält:Enthalten in: Politics and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S1755048311000447