Cultures in Conflict : : Religion, History and Gender in Northern Europe c. 1800-2000 / / Alexander Maurits, Johannes Ljungberg, Erik Sidenvall.

• VerfasserIn: Maurits, Alexander,; Ljungberg, Johannes,; Sidenvall, Erik,
• TeilnehmendeR: Ljungberg, Johannes,; Sidenvall, Erik,
• Place / Publishing House: Bern : : Peter Lang Publishing,, 2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (220 pages) :; illustrations (some color), color map

This book includes studies of main conflict areas in modern Western societies where religion has been a central element, ranging from popular movements and narratives of opposition to challenges of religious satire and anti-clerical critique. Special attention is given to matters of politics and gender. With this theme, it provides a useful guide to conflict areas in modern European religious history.

Table of Contents

Foreword 9 -- About the Authors 11 -- Interconnected Conflicts: Religion, History, and Gender 15 -- Types of Pilgrimages in Germany between Early and HighUltramontanism: The Examples of Trier (1844) and Marpingen (1876) 27 -- Pain, Passion and Compassion. Writing on Stigmatic Women in Modern Europe 59 -- 'If I Am Not Allowed to Wear Trousers I Cannot Live.' Therese Andreas Bruce and the Struggle for a Male Identity in Nineteenth-Century Sweden 85 -- 'Poland is Catholic, and a Pole is a Catholic.' The Oppressed Evangelical Masurians after the Second World War 101 -- 'Religion's safe, with Priestcraft is the War': Satirical Subversion of Clerical Authority in Western Europe 1650−1850 119 -- Catholic Celebrities, Religious Commodities and Commotions in the Light of Swedish Anti-Catholicism 147 -- Religion and the Rise of Modern Sport 165 -- The Religious Memory of Crisis. The Example of Apocalyptic Memory in Nineteenth-Century Art and Fiction 191 -- Index of Persons 217.