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The Nordic Bible : Bible reception in contemporary Nordic societies
Title
The Nordic Bible : Bible reception in contemporary Nordic societies / edited by Marianne Bjelland Kartzow, Kasper Bro Larsen and Outi Lehtipuu.
ISBN
9783110685947
3110685949
9783110686043
Publication
Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]
Copyright Notice Date
©2023
Physical Description
ix, 323 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Summary
The volume offers a new critical reflection on the use of the Bible in contemporary cultural and political debates in the Nordic countries. In Nordic Lutheran societies, the Bible has been perceived as a basis of religion and social cohesion. Whereas such religious and confessional factors are well-researched vis-à-vis the historical genesis of the Nordic welfare states, the focus here is on public use of the Bible in debates of today. --Back cover.
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ebook version :
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 24, 2023
Series
Studies of the Bible and its reception ; v. 24
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-315) and indexes.
Contents
I. Introduction
Bible reception in a Nordic context / Marianne Bjelland Kartzow, Kasper Bro Larsen, Outi Lehtipuu
The Bible in the Nordic welfare states / Hallgeir Elstad
II. The Bible as Rhetorical and Political Weapon
A Nordic far-right Bible? Biblical assemblages and the role of reception history / Hannah M. Strømmen
The Bible as hate speech? Homosexuality and Romans 1 in a contemporary Finnish debate / Niko Huttunen, Outi Lehtipuu
"Render unto Caesar": Jesus and the Lutheran Liberal Bible in debates on religion and politics in Denmark since 2000 / Kasper Bro Larsen
Resisting the Rule of Mammon and fighting with Jesus against neoliberalism: Unexpected uses of the Bible in contemporary political debate in Sweden / Hanna Stenström
The Bible in Norwegian politics: Scripture in the parliamentarians' discourse / Ole Jakob Løland
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 / Søren Lorenzen
"God speaks our language": Recent Scandinavian Bible translations and the heritagization of Christianity / Marianne Bjelland Kartzow, Karin Neutel
The Bibleness of children's bibles: Paratextual and material aspects of Nordic children's bibles / Louise Heldgaard Bylund
IV. The Bible in Multicultural and Secular Nordic Societies
Jewish reception of the Finnish Bible: Negotiating Jewish identity in contemporary Finland / Riikka Tuori
Using the bible to interpret the Qur'an: Finnish Christian revivalist narratives on Islam / Timo R. Stewart
Confession, masculinity and biblical reception in Lars von Trier's The House that Jack Built / Mikael Larsson
V. The Nordic Bible from the Outside
Contextualising the Nordic Bible(s): A response / James Crossley.
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