Jews and Christians in Denmark

From the Middle Ages to Recent Times, Ca. 1100-1948
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-30436-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 48, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: The Brill Reference Library of Judaism

In Jews and Christians in Denmark: From the Middle Ages to Recent Times, ca. 1100–1948, Martin Schwarz Lausten investigates how the Church and society followed the European antijudaistic tradition using insults, adversities and attempted conversions during Catholic times from around 1100 and Protestant times starting around 1536. In spite of the tolerant policies of integration initiated by the government beginning in the 1800’s, anti-Semitic movements arose among priests, professors and local authorities. However, during the German occupation (1940–1945) priests and many others assisted the 7,000 Danish Jews in their escape to Sweden. Based on Jewish and Christian sources, Jewish reactions to life in Denmark are also examined.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schwarz Lausten, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Christentum und Weltreligionen, Weltethos
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Judentum und Weltreligionen, Weltethos
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte des Judentums (Diaspora)
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums außerhalb Israels/Palästinas
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Mittelalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Dialog & Beziehungen zwischen Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Volumes Page
List of Illustrations
1. JEWS IN LITERATURE AND ART OF THE CHURCH: THE CATHOLIC MIDDLE AGES
2. MARTIN LUTHER’S ANTIPATHY TOWARD JEWS AND THE ATTITUDES OF DANISH REFORMERS: THE REFORMATION OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
3. JEWISH IMMIGRANTS, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, AND THE ANGER OF THE BISHOPS: THE ORTHODOXY OF THE SEVENTEETH CENTURY
4. CONVERT OR BE LOST! CONTROVERSY AND MISSION IN THE AGE OF PIETISM (1700–1760)
5. ORDINARY DANISH CITIZENS, BUT WITH ANOTHER RELIGION: THE ‘CHRISTIAN’ AND JEWISH ENLIGHTENMENT (1760–1814)
6. AVOWALS OF CONVERTED JEWS
7. FREEDOM FOR JEWS? (1814–1849): THE INTEGRATION OF JEWS INTO SOCIETY
8. THE DANISH PEOPLE’S CHURCH AND THE JEWS (1849–ca. 1900)
9. SYMPATHY FOR JEWS AND HATRED OF JEWS IN THE DANISH PEOPLE’S CHURCH (ca. 1900–1948)
10. EPILOGUE
Literature and Sources
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Schwarz Lausten, Dr. Theol., University of Copenhagen is Professor Emeritus of Church History there. He has written 27 books on church history, among them, A Church History of Denmark, Ashgate (2002), and has focused on the Lutheran Reformation and relations between Jews and Christians.