RT Article
T1 The Exclusive Nature
JF Journal of religion in Europe
VO 7
IS 3/4
SP 177
OP 202
A1 Olsen, Torjer A. 1975-
LA English
YR 2014
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1562007351
AB In Sámi Christian educational texts, the Indigenous Sámi are presented as having a particularly close relation to nature. This is presented as a defining factor of both Sáminess and of Sámi Christianity. The article consists of the analysis of two educational texts, a catechism and a website, made/written by Sámi Christians. The close relation to nature is interpreted as part of global eco-indigenism, a tendency to combine the political movement of indigenism and the claim that indigenous peoples have a special kind of closeness to nature. In sum, what happens is a canonisation of Sámi Christian identity, excluding Sámi who are not living in close proximity to nature.
K1 Sámi Christianity : indigenous religion : religious education : self-representation : eco-indigenism : nature
DO 10.1163/18748929-00704001