About religious freedom in Norway. Patriotism, Lutheranism and exclusion. Constitutional discourse

Authors

  • Guillermo Vicente y Guerrero Universidad de Zaragoza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rep.197.03

Abstract

It is remarkable how much intolerant became the Norwegian Constitution regarding the freedom of religion despite its position as one of the most liberal Constitutions during the revolutionary period. In its second article not only sets the Lutheran confessional state but also prohibits the free access to Norway of Jesuits, monastic orders and Jews. While the liberal national State is built, which required identity elements to base on, it is the Lutheranism that was intended to be strengthened as a priority tool of national cohesion to encourage and to legitimate both emergent and singular patriotism. In so doing, the Constitutional text betrayed its own liberal soul in the attempt to guarantee the stability of the new pretended liberal system, creating a particular paradox

Published

2022-10-10

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