RT Article
T1 From oeconomia to Nordic Welfare Societies: The Idea of a Third-Zone Lutheranism
JF Theology today
VO 76
IS 3
SP 224
OP 232
A1 Gregersen, Niels Henrik 1956-
LA English
PB Sage Publ.
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1681628856
AB In the Nordic countries, Martin Luther's doctrine of the three estates (ecclesia, oeconomia, politia) has significantly shaped social imaginaries about what makes a society workable and proficient for its citizens. While already Luther used the idea of the household (oeconomia) as a third zone between civil government (politia) and church (ecclesia), Danish-Norwegian receptions of Luther's concept of oeconomia emphasized the mutual obligations between superiors and subordinates. Arguably, the parental expectation to the worldly government in early Nordic Lutheranism—together with the institutionalization of school education, public healthcare, and care for the poor—constitute a background condition for the emergence of Nordic welfare states in the twentieth century.
K1 Johannes Bugenhagen
K1 Martin Luther
K1 Nordic welfare state
K1 Protestant social ethics
K1 oeconomia
K1 three-estate doctrine
DO 10.1177/0040573619859013