Yvonne Maria Werner
Lund University
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Scandinavian Journal of History | 2010
Yvonne Maria Werner
The relation between mission, religious conversion and identity construction is the subject of my paper. On a concrete level, I discuss the Catholic mission and conversions in Scandinavia from the middle of the 19th century to the present time. Up to the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), the Catholic Church strongly emphasised its claim to be the only true church, and as a consequence, all non-Catholic regions were regarded as missionary areas. Most of the priests and sisters working in Scandinavia were foreigners, whereas converts from Protestantism dominated the parishes. I pay special attention to the question of national and religious identity and the changing discourses of Catholic conversion, reflected in conversion narratives.The relation between mission, religious conversion and identity construction is the subject of my paper. On a concrete level, I discuss the Catholic mission and conversions in Scandinavia from the middle of the 19th century to the present time. Up to the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), the Catholic Church strongly emphasised its claim to be the only true church, and as a consequence, all non-Catholic regions were regarded as missionary areas. Most of the priests and sisters working in Scandinavia were foreigners, whereas converts from Protestantism dominated the parishes. I pay special attention to the question of national and religious identity and the changing discourses of Catholic conversion, reflected in conversion narratives.
Theology and Sexuality | 2015
Yvonne Maria Werner
would require a different book, one would think that a few paragraphs on the normative question would not be perceived as irresponsible. In any case, one interesting question for theological ethicists is how to engage DL culture. This would seem to involve a veritable balancing act, since, on the one hand, ethicists would certainly want to address the heterosexism and misogyny written into the architexture of DL spaces, but, on the other, they also wish to be mindful of the fact that DL spaces are enclaves of resistance and pleasure excavated out of an abjecting heterosexual culture. The question, ultimately, is how to do justice for all involved, and McCune’s book, researched over four years with over sixty interviews and survey respondents, gets us closer to understanding the moral complexities attending it.
Archive | 2015
Yvonne Maria Werner
In the 1860s, Sweden’s harsh religious legislation was liberalised. The Dissenter Act legalised conversions to other Christian denominations, but it put in place many obstacles to leaving the established church, and many of the legal restrictions were obviously anti-Catholic in intent. Anti-Catholic sentiment was also expressed in conjunction with the legislative proposals and parliamentary debates on the question of religious freedom that preceded the Religious Freedom Act of 1951. The fact that full religious freedom was introduced so late stemmed largely from fears that the Catholic Church would grow strong under the protection of a more liberal religious legislation. The article addresses anti-Catholic rhetoric in Sweden from the mid 1800s to the early 1960s with focus on the debates in the media and in parliament. It is found that there was a shift in the perception of the ‘Catholic danger’. At the beginning of the period, anti-Catholicism was prompted by a desire to shield Protestant religious unity; later the objective became more and more secular. Even if the Lutheran heritage still played an important role for the Swedish cultural identity, common values were no longer motivated by religion, but purely by politics and ideology. (Less)
Anti-Catholicism in a Comparative and Transnational Perspective; 31 (2013) | 2013
Yvonne Maria Werner; Harvard Jonas
The purpose of this volume is to show how different national contexts affected the proliferation of anti-Catholic messages over the course of four centuries of European history, from 1600 to 2000. Factors such as the legal status of various faiths and their opportunities for proselytising, the relation between state and church, transnational cultural relations, and the development of different media and channels for communication all provide clues as to the general patterns governing anti-Catholicism as a societal force.
Archive | 2013
Yvonne Maria Werner; Jonas Harvard
KADOC-Studies on Religion, Culture and Society | 2011
Yvonne Maria Werner
Archive | 2008
Yvonne Maria Werner; Olaf Blaschke; Alexander Maurits; Anders Jarlert; Anna Prestjam; David Tjeder; Elin Malmer; Inger Littberger; Erik Sidenvall
Kristen manlighet. Ideal och verklighet 18430-1940; (2008) | 2008
Yvonne Maria Werner
Centrum för Danmarksstudier; 6 (2005) | 2005
Yvonne Maria Werner
Christian masculinity. Men and religion in northern Europe in the 19th and 20th century; (2011) | 2011
Yvonne Maria Werner
