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The Nordic Bible : Bible Reception in Contemporary Nordic Societies / ed. by Kasper Bro Larsen, Marianne Bjelland Kartzow, Outi Lehtipuu.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR) ; 24Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource (X, 321 p.)Content type:
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  • 9783110685947
  • 9783110686043
  • 9783110686005
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- 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
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.
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Frontmatter -- 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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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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