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Lutheran Salvationists?

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Availability:In StockContributor:Gudrun Maria Lydholm, John Larsson (Foreword by), Roger Green (Preface by)Publish date:2017-03-13Pages:280
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wipf & Stock PublishersISBN-13:9781498297875ISBN-10:1498297870UPC:9781498297875Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Church, Christian TheologyBook Topic:HistorySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC9YZ1XHJC
The idea of a state religion is seldom connected to religious freedom and liberal, modern, and democratic states. However, such a situation existed in Norway until 2012, when the Lutheran Church was the state church of Norway. A large majority of the population belonged to the church, even though the percentage in 2013 had fallen to well over seventy-five. The relationship between the church and minority religious movements demanded adaptation and compromises from the minority churches. The Salvation Army's enculturation and accommodation during its 128-year history in Norway illustrates such a situation. The book examines how The Salvation Army accommodated itself both doctrinally as well as practically to the situation of a dominant state church. The study reveals such a close affiliation of Salvationists to the Norwegian Church as a state institution, that it raises the question of whether a concept of civil religion was implicitly present in Salvationists' view of the state church and their own adherence to the church. This situation also raises the question of what constitutes a real church. The book indicates the tension between Lutheran and Salvationist ecclesiology as well as the influence from the Lutheran Church.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wipf & Stock PublishersISBN-13:9781498297875ISBN-10:1498297870UPC:9781498297875Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Church, Christian TheologyBook Topic:HistorySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SC9YZ1XHJC
Gudrun Maria Lydholm (DTh, Oslo University) is a Salvation Army officer, having served in ministry in local corps (congregations) in Denmark and England, as an editor of the Danish Salvation Army publications and in leadership positions in Russia/CIS, Finland/Estonia and Norway, Iceland, and the Faroes for more than forty-three years. She now lives in active retirement in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers

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