The Norwegian 9/11: In the Church Without a Bible

The article identifies roles and conditions for the Bible within modern politics in the West. By comparing the official Norwegian response to the terror attack in Oslo July 22, 2011, with the similar response in the US on September 11, 2001, it is explained why the Bible is nearly absent in the offi...

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发表在:Political theology
主要作者: Løland, Ole Jakob 1981- (Author)
格式: Electronic/Print 文件
语言:English
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出版: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2017]
In: Political theology
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bibel / 政治 / Norwegen / 行刺 / Geschichte 2011 / USA / 九一一袭击事件
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
HA Bible
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B state-church relations
B reception history of the bible
B Secularization
B Political Theology
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总结:The article identifies roles and conditions for the Bible within modern politics in the West. By comparing the official Norwegian response to the terror attack in Oslo July 22, 2011, with the similar response in the US on September 11, 2001, it is explained why the Bible is nearly absent in the official discourse of Norwegian Prime Ministers. While religion resurfaced in the process of national recuperation with the Cathedral of Oslo as a center for mass ritualization and national grief, the biblical legacy played no part in the Prime Minister's speech. The primary political leader of the Norwegian state has rarely bolstered his argument with the Bible, although this state has officially adhered to a Protestant confession from its Constitution in 1814. The Liberal Bible that appears to be operative in US presidential discourse is not playing a major role on a comparable political level in Norway.
Item Description:Das Heft ist als Doppelheft erschienen: "Volume 18 Numbers 7-8 November-December 2017"
ISSN:1462-317X
Contains:Enthalten in: Political theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2017.1303018