{"product_id":"lutheran-salvationists-9781498297875","title":"Lutheran Salvationists?","description":"The idea of a state religion is seldom connected to religious freedom and liberal, modern, and democratic states. However, such a situation existed in Norway until 2012, when the Lutheran Church was the state church of Norway. A large majority of the population belonged to the church, even though the percentage in 2013 had fallen to well over seventy-five. The relationship between the church and minority religious movements demanded adaptation and compromises from the minority churches. The Salvation Army's enculturation and accommodation during its 128-year history in Norway illustrates such a situation. The book examines how The Salvation Army accommodated itself both doctrinally as well as practically to the situation of a dominant state church. The study reveals such a close affiliation of Salvationists to the Norwegian Church as a state institution, that it raises the question of whether a concept of civil religion was implicitly present in Salvationists' view of the state church and their own adherence to the church. This situation also raises the question of what constitutes a real church. The book indicates the tension between Lutheran and Salvationist ecclesiology as well as the influence from the Lutheran Church.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGudrun Maria Lydholm (DTh, Oslo University) is a Salvation Army officer, having served in ministry in local corps (congregations) in Denmark and England, as an editor of the Danish Salvation Army publications and in leadership positions in Russia\/CIS, Finland\/Estonia and Norway, Iceland, and the Faroes for more than forty-three years. She now lives in active retirement in Copenhagen, Denmark.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wipf \u0026 Stock Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50339166159122,"sku":"9781498297875","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9e7e8ab6-0028-480d-b8d8-8db5dc0e04b6.jpg?v=1727998137","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lutheran-salvationists-9781498297875","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}