Jews and Christians in Denmark : : from the Middle Ages to recent times circa 1100-1948 / / by Martin Schwarz Lausten ; translated by Margaret Ryan Hellman.

• Superior document: The Brill reference library of Judaism ; v. 48
• Author: Lausten, Martin Schwarz.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2015]
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: The Brill Reference Library of Judaism 48.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Notes: Based on research previously published in the author's Kirke og synagoge (1992), De fromme og jøderne (2000), Oplysning i kirke og synagoge (2002), Frie jøder? (2005), Folkekirken og jøderne (2007), and Jødesympati og jødehad i folkekirken (2007), supplemented with references to newer literature at various points.

In Jews and Christians in Denmark: From the Middle Ages to Recent Times, circa 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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 Jews in Literature and Art of the Church -- 2 Martin Luther’s Antipathy toward Jews and the Attitudes of Danish Reformers -- 3 Jewish Immigrants, Freedom of Religion, and the Anger of the Bishops -- 4 Convert or be Lost! Controversy and Mission in the Age of Pietism (1700–1760) -- 5 Ordinary Danish Citizens, but with Another Religion -- 6 Avowals of Converted Jews -- 7 Freedom for Jews? (1814–1849) -- 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 of Persons and Places.