Biblical Blood-Lines : From Foundational Corpus to Far Right Bible
(2017) In Biblical Interpretation 25(4-5). p.555-573- Abstract
- In this article I explore the way in which popular perceptions of the Bible have become drawn into the ideology of the contemporary far right. By examining the far-right ideology that inspired Anders Behring Breivik’s terrorist attacks in Norway on 22 July 2011, I demonstrate how the Bible goes from operating as a foundational corpus for ‘Western culture’, to being employed as a militant mouthpiece calling for violent defence of this culture. Analysing the simultaneous recourse and resistance to Enlightenment interpretations of the Bible in this far-right milieu allows for a better understanding of the connections between dominant discourses about the Bible and more marginal and extreme ideologies.
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- author
- Strømmen, Hannah LU
- publishing date
- 2017
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Far right, biblical interpretation, 22 July 2011, terrorism, biblical foundation, cultural Bible, liberal Bible
- in
- Biblical Interpretation
- volume
- 25
- issue
- 4-5
- pages
- 18 pages
- publisher
- Brill
- ISSN
- 0927-2569
- DOI
- 10.1163/15685152-02545P06
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
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- d78c32af-5380-464e-86b1-cacb3ec125df
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