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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Опубликовано в: :Church history and religious culture
Главный автор: Evertsson, Jakob 1975- (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Brill 2017
В: Church history and religious culture
Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности):B Шведы (народ) / Svenska kyrkan / Социальная демократия / Антиклерикализм (мотив) / История (мотив) 1880-1890
Индексация IxTheo:CG Христианство и политика
KAH Новое время
KBE Скандинавия
KDD Евангелическая церковь
Другие ключевые слова:B Anticlericalism social democracy the press Church of Sweden 1880s
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Итог: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.
ISSN:1871-2428
Второстепенные работы:In: Church history and religious culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09702004