Symbol and Ritual in Contemporary Norwegian Asatru

This article draws on qualitative fieldwork to analyze the relation between symbolical discourses and ritual practice in the Norwegian new religious movement Asatru. Drawing on the work of Seligman and others a distinction is made between an indicative as-is and a subjunctive as-if mode of relating...

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Main Author: Nygaard, Mathias (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2022
In: Nova religio
Year: 2022, Volume: 26, Issue: 2, Pages: 49-69
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Norway / Neopaganism / Symbolism (Theology) / Religious practice / Sacrifice
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
FA Theology
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B NRM
B Ritual
B Sacrifice
B Identity
B Performance
B Community
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