03876cam a2200553Ii 4500 on1011094431 OCoLC 20200709060555.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 171110s2017 utua ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T N$T 9781607815464 (electronic bk.) 160781546X (electronic bk.) 9781607815457 1607815451 1629057 (N$T) (OCoLC)1011094431 e-dk--- BX8617.D4 A45 2017eb REL 094000 bisacsh 289.3/48909034 23 MAIN Allen, Julie K., author. Danish but not Lutheran : the impact of Mormonism on Danish cultural identity, 1850-1920 / Julie K. Allen. Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2017] ©2017 1 online resource (xiii, 292 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-281) and index. "This book concerns the introduction of Mormonism to Denmark, which led to an influx of Danish converts into Mormon and Utah society, but it is less about that immigrant infusion than about the impact of Mormonism on Denmark, which turns out to have been profound, not so much because of the alien LDS religion as because of the nature of Danish society. Mormon missionaries arrived in Denmark shortly after the establishment of religious freedom in a uniformly Lutheran nation. That helped engender a long, continuing process of renegotiating a Danish national identity distinct from Lutheranism. Mormon proselytizing and the thousands of Danes who converted to the LDS religion were a spur to thinking about national identity and a foil for many of the commentators, among whom two of the most prominent were the estranged brothers Kierkegaard--Søren and the Reverend Doctor Peter Christian--each of whom used discussion of Mormonism in their divergent arguments about Danish Lutheranism. Theirs was part of an extensive high-culture discourse, but Danish popular culture also had much to say about Mormons, in various media from nineteenth-century street ballads to early twentieth-century silent films. Julie K. Allen sees these particular historical matters as means to broach larger questions of the roles of religion and identity in a culture, particularly a relatively homogeneous one such as Denmark's"--Provided by publisher. Introduction -- Uncoupling Danish national identity from Lutheranism : the advent of religious difference in Denmark -- A tale of two Kierkegaards : responses to Mormonism by Denmark's cultural elites -- Mormons, Mormons! : provocative portrayals of Mormonism in Danish popular culture -- The price of conversion : cultural identity negotiations among early Danish Mormons -- Conclusion. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 10, 2017). Added to collection customer.56279.3 Mormon Church Denmark History 19th century. Mormon Church Denmark History 20th century. Mormons Denmark History 19th century. Mormons Denmark History 20th century. Group identity Denmark. Nationalism Denmark. Nationalism Religious aspects Mormon Church. RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations bisacsh Electronic books. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1629057 EBSCOhost EBSC 1629057 92 N$T 57460 57460