Lutheranism and the Nordic Spirit of Social Democracy: A Different Protestant Ethic
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (849 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 8771842608 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 324 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Finally, we have a Lutheran counterpart to Max Weber's famous analysis of ethics and society in Calvinist parts of Europe. This book is bound to become a classic" Charlotte Appel, Associate Professor of History, Aarhus University, Denmark "The book's rich, thought-provoking arguments about the Lutheran sources of the spirit of social democracy in the Nordic countries are inspiring. "This is an excellent book. I think it will come to be regarded as a crucial contribution to the understanding of our identity as Nordic people - and in m
In the United States, recent polls show a new skepticism among millennials about capitalism and a growing approval for socialism. But Nordic social democracy is in reality a new ""secular Lutheranism"", and Nelson contrasts the Lutheran roots of Nordic social democracy with the Calvinist roots of capitalism. In Lutheranism and the Nordic Spirit of Social Democracy: A Different Protestant Ethic, Robert Nelson shows why this is implausible. He also suggests that recent events such as the growing presence of immigrants challenges the longstanding Nordic social democratic ""civil religion"" - much as recent events have been bringing the longstanding American civil religion itself under growing challenge.. In the Nordic countries, these roots have been overwhelmingly Lutheran since the Protestant Reformation 500 years ago. Few Americans, however, advocate the old socialist idea that the government should take direct ownership of ""the means of production"". Nordic social democracy, like any political and economic system, draws on deep cultural roots. In the 20th century, traditional Lutheranism was replaced at the center of Nordic national identities by the social democracy. Instead, they more often suggest that the social democratic political and economic systems of the Nordic