The nordic bible: bible reception in contemporary Nordic Societies
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| Summary: | . Intro -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- I Introduction -- Bible Reception in a Nordic Context -- The Bible in the Nordic Welfare States -- II The Bible as Rhetorical and Political Weapon -- A Nordic Far-Right Bible? Biblical Assemblages and the Role of Reception History -- The Bible as Hate Speech? Homosexuality and Romans 1 in a Contemporary Finnish Debate -- "Render unto Caesar": Jesus and the Lutheran Liberal Bible in Debates on Religion and Politics in Denmark since 2000 -- Resisting the Rule of Mammon and Fighting with Jesus against Neoliberalism: Unexpected Uses of the Bible in Contemporary Political Debate in Sweden -- The Bible in Norwegian Politics: Scripture in the Parliamentarians' Discourse -- III The Bible in New Nordic Translations and Versions -- To Honor or Respect Your Parents? The Reception of an Ancient Commandment in Contemporary Danish Media and Nordic Bible Translations -- "God Speaks Our Language": Recent Scandinavian Bible Translations and the Heritagization of Christianity -- The Bibleness of Children's Bibles: Paratextual and Material Aspects of Nordic Children's Bibles -- IV The Bible in Multicultural and Secular Nordic Societies -- Jewish Reception of the Finnish Bible: Negotiating Jewish Identity in Contemporary Finland -- Using the Bible to Interpret the Qur'an: Finnish Christian Revivalist Narratives on Islam -- Confession, Masculinity and Biblical Reception in Lars von Trier's The House that Jack Built -- V The Nordic Bible from the Outside -- Contextualising the Nordic Bible(s): A Response -- List of Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Biblical References. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 pages) |
| ISBN: | 3110686007 |