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Svenskhet, katolicism och europeisk integration : Katolska kyrkan i Sverige efter 1945
- Source :
- Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift; 2006 (2006)
- Publication Year :
- 2006
- Publisher :
- Svenska kyrkohistoriska föreningen, 2006.
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Abstract
- The position of the Catholic Church in Sweden has radically changed in the last forty years. At the beginning of the 1960s, Catholicism was commonly regarded as a threat to Swedish cultural identity, not least among members of the ruling Social-Democratic Party. Today, the Catholic Church is an accepted part of Swedish society. In my article, I discuss this process ofchange and its impact on Swedish attitudes towards European integration from 1945 up to the present time. Special attention is paid to ecumenical relations, the Swedish Catholic Church’s engagement in European Catholic co-operation, and its relationship with the Swedish State. A hypothesis is that the integration of the local Catholic Church into Swedish society can beseen as an important precondition for the development of a more positive Swedish attitude towards European integration.
Details
- Language :
- Swedish
- ISSN :
- 00852619
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift; 2006 (2006)
- Accession number :
- edsair.od......1110..8e260640d23221a321d8eb0627cff5cf