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Wednesday 30 March 2016 11.00 - 13.00
R-2 REL01a Anticlericalism and Criticism of Religion in Scandinavia in a Transnational Perspective I
Aula 15, Nivel 1
Network: Religion Chair: Yvonne Maria Werner
Organizer: Yvonne Maria Werner Discussant: Yvonne Maria Werner
Lars Edgren : Anti-clericalism and Political Radicalism in Mid-nineteenth Century Sweden
Radical political opposition, appealing to workers and craftsmen, rose in importance in Sweden in the decades after the revolutionary year of 1848. In traditional historiography this movement has been labelled a "liberal" workers' movement, but this is hardly a satisfactory characterization. Ideologically it was much more complex, containing early socialist ... (Show more)
Radical political opposition, appealing to workers and craftsmen, rose in importance in Sweden in the decades after the revolutionary year of 1848. In traditional historiography this movement has been labelled a "liberal" workers' movement, but this is hardly a satisfactory characterization. Ideologically it was much more complex, containing early socialist ideas, but also many ideas that link to European republicanism. This paper investigates the role of anti-clericalism within this radical tradition. Republicanism and anti-clericalism in Europe were closely related, but little is known about this relation in Sweden. Several possible attitudes to religion can be discerned within the movement. Scepticism against revivalist popular movements was common. In this case revivalist religion was seen as a dupe of ignorant people that ought to be protected against such preachings. This could lead to a defence of the the protestant state church and of the restrictions on religious liberty in Sweden at the time. Another important - and similar - direction was anti-catholicism. Catholocism was then interpreted as the enemy of enlightment and democracy. This attitude was strongly related to a growing nationalism tying Swedishness to protestantism. A third possibility, which is of greatest interest to this paper, is a direct criticism of the Swedish state church which could be seen as the ideological support of a conservative state in need of democratic reforms. Swedish republican and anti-clerical ideas will be interpreted against a European background. (Show less)

Johannes Ljungberg : Premodern Conflicts as Anticlerical Fuel: the Use of History in French and Swedish Debate 1840-60
In my thesis project, I study politics of unity and the question of toleration in dealing with Pietism in Sweden and Protestantism in France c. 1700-1730.
In this presentation, I will discuss how references to those conflicts were used as anticlerical fuel in French and Swedish debate in the mid ... (Show more)
In my thesis project, I study politics of unity and the question of toleration in dealing with Pietism in Sweden and Protestantism in France c. 1700-1730.
In this presentation, I will discuss how references to those conflicts were used as anticlerical fuel in French and Swedish debate in the mid 19th century concerning freedom of religion, national memory and public education. How were those premodern conflicts linked to contemporary situations and which specific interpretations were influential in telling an anticlerical history? (Show less)

Kristin Norseth : The Norwegian Pietistic Revivals and their Criticism of the Clergy of the Established Church of Norway during the Nineteenth Century
Starting with the laypreacher Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771—1824) and haugianism, I will examine the most influential pietistic democratic lay movements and organizations (Lutheran) with regard to their criticism of and policy of cooperation with the clercy of Church of Norway (Lutheran) in a century characterized by modernization, democratization, liberalization and ... (Show more)
Starting with the laypreacher Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771—1824) and haugianism, I will examine the most influential pietistic democratic lay movements and organizations (Lutheran) with regard to their criticism of and policy of cooperation with the clercy of Church of Norway (Lutheran) in a century characterized by modernization, democratization, liberalization and transnational exchange and contacts. (Show less)



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