The Claim to Christianity : Responding to the Far Right
(2020)- Abstract
- The far right is on the rise across Europe, pushing a battle scenario in which Islam clashes with Christianity as much as Christianity clashes with Islam. From the margins to the mainstream, far-right protesters and far-right politicians call for the defence of Europe's Christian culture. The far right claims Christianity. The Claim to Christianity investigates contemporary far-right claims to Christianity. Ulrich Schmiedel and Hannah Strømmen examine the theologies that emerge in the far right across Europe, concentrating on Norway, Germany, and Great Britain. They explore how churches in these three countries have been complicit, complacent, or critical of the far right, sometimes intentionally and sometimes unintentionally. Ultimately,... (More)
- The far right is on the rise across Europe, pushing a battle scenario in which Islam clashes with Christianity as much as Christianity clashes with Islam. From the margins to the mainstream, far-right protesters and far-right politicians call for the defence of Europe's Christian culture. The far right claims Christianity. The Claim to Christianity investigates contemporary far-right claims to Christianity. Ulrich Schmiedel and Hannah Strømmen examine the theologies that emerge in the far right across Europe, concentrating on Norway, Germany, and Great Britain. They explore how churches in these three countries have been complicit, complacent, or critical of the far right, sometimes intentionally and sometimes unintentionally. Ultimately, Schmiedel and Strømmen encourage a creative and collaborative theological response. To counter the far right, Christianity needs to be practiced in an open and open-ended way which calls Christians into contact with Muslims. (Less)
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- Strømmen, Hannah LU and Schmiedel, Ulrich LU
- publishing date
- 2020
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- published
- subject
- pages
- 203 pages
- publisher
- SCM Press
- ISBN
- 9780334059233
- language
- English
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