The Nordic Bible: Bible Reception in Contemporary Nordic Identity Formation: Bible Reception in Contemporary Nordic Societies: 24 (Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR), 24)

The volume offers a new critical reflection on the use of the Bible in contemporary cultural and political debates in the Nordic countries. In Nordic Lutheran societies, the Bible has been perceived as a basis of religion and social cohesion. Whereas such religious and confessional factors are well-researched vis-à-vis the historical genesis of the Nordic welfare states, the focus here is on public use of the Bible in debates of today.