• Depictions of Laestadianism 1850-1950 

      Kristiansen, Roald E (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-05-23)
      The issue to be discussed here is how society’s views of the Laestadian revival has changed over the course of the revival movement’s first 100 years. The article claims that society’s emerging view of the revival is characterized by two different positions. The first period is typical of the last part of the nineteenth century and is characterized by the fact that the evaluation of the revival took ...
    • Læstadianismens Jerusalem: Om konstruksjoner av hellige steder 

      Kristiansen, Roald E (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The article examines the early ecclesiology of the Firstborn Laestadians in Northern Sweden and Norway where the geographical concept of “Lappland” (lappmark) became a significant term for the Laestadian congregations. The meaning of this term is interpreted in light of the Laestadians’ reading of the Bible in which the image of the biblical Jerusalem as the center for early Christianity is related ...
    • Northern Reformations: Introduction 

      Berg, Sigrun Høgetveit; Kristiansen, Roald E; Dahl Hambro, Cathinka (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-11-14)
      What did the protestant reformations look like in the very north of Europe? How did the cultural, political and economic consequences of the religious change influence the relationship between Scandinavia, the British Isles and continental Europe? Various questions related to these main themes were the topics for discussions at the conference “Northern Reformations” in Tromsø, Norway, September ...