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The Nordic Bible : Bible Reception in Contemporary Nordic Societies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bjelland Kartzow, Marianne
- Series:
- Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR) Series
- Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR) Series ; v.24
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National characteristics, Scandinavian.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2023.
- Summary:
- .
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9783110686005
- 3110686007
- OCLC:
- 1394117039
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