{"product_id":"9781498297882","title":"Lutheran Salvationists?: The Development Towards Registration as an Independent Faith Community in The Salvation Army in Norway with Focus on the Period 1975-2005","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.","brand":"Wipf \u0026 Stock Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145206546672,"sku":"9781498297882","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781498297882_p0.jpg?v=1763703519","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781498297882","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}