The Language of Religious Liberty in the Swedish Constitution of 1809

The Language of Religious Liberty in the Swedish Constitution of 1809

By the eighteenth century, Enlightenment thinkers championed freedom of conscience and questioned faith itself, even as Pietists insisted on a faith more vigorous and genuine than that offered by the established ecclesiastical order. While the language of religious liberty in the constitution of 180...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scandinavian studies 2010-06, Vol.82 (2), p.159-182
1. Verfasser: Jessup, David Eric
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Baptists
Catholicism
Christianity
Churches
Constitutional law
Enlightenment
Ethnic Studies
Faith
Freedom of religion
Historians
Language change
Languages
Lutheranism
Religion
Religious freedom
Religious laws
Religious missions
Scandinavian Studies
Swedish
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Zusammenfassung:By the eighteenth century, Enlightenment thinkers championed freedom of conscience and questioned faith itself, even as Pietists insisted on a faith more vigorous and genuine than that offered by the established ecclesiastical order. While the language of religious liberty in the constitution of 1809 speaks to the influence of Enlightenment thought among the Swedish elite- and even the beginnings of genuine change- the practical effects ofthat language revealed a society far from ready to embrace the idea of religious freedom.
ISSN:0036-5637
2163-8195
DOI:10.2307/40908162