The uses of history in Norwegian Asatru: “a religion with homework”

This article gathers material from 18 months of fieldwork, involving interviews with and participant observation of the two main Norwegian Asatru groups to describe their use of history. The analysis of the data identified three main ways history is represented: through textual practices, symbols, a...

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Main Author: Nygaard, Mathias Ephraim (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. 2022
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 37, Issue: 2, Pages: 317-334
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Norway / Neo-Germanic religion / Legitimation / Reconstruction / Immitation / Conception of History
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AZ New religious movements
BD Ancient European religions
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
Further subjects:B Authenticity
B heathenry
B Tradition
B Asatru
B Representation
B sub-culture
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