Anticlericalism and Early Social Democracy in Sweden in the 1880s
This article examines early socialist anticlericalism directed against the clergy of the Church of Sweden in the late nineteenth century. Research on socialist critiques and the Church of Sweden is generally lacking, and no attempt has been made to interpret the critique using the concept of anticle...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2017
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Church history and religious culture
Year: 2017, Volume: 97, Issue: 2, Pages: 248-266 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Swedes
/ Svenska kyrkan
/ Social democracy
/ Anti-clericalism
/ History 1880-1890
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| IxTheo Classification: | CG Christianity and Politics KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia KDD Protestant Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Anticlericalism
social democracy
the press
Church of Sweden
1880s
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | This article examines early socialist anticlericalism directed against the clergy of the Church of Sweden in the late nineteenth century. Research on socialist critiques and the Church of Sweden is generally lacking, and no attempt has been made to interpret the critique using the concept of anticlericalism. This study analyses the Social Democrats’ official newspaper Socialdemokraten and demonstrates that socialist anticlericalism was focused on clerical lifestyles, the church as a class institution, and often religion itself. A critical analysis of the arguments reveals that the satire and exaggeration already familiar to many were commonly used in anticlerical rhetoric when describing the clergy. The ultimate aim of the critique was the abolition of the Established Church because it was considered to provide a conservative religious ideology for the state. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1871-2428 |
| Contains: | In: Church history and religious culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09702004 |