Jerusalem in the North Atlantic: The Land and State of Israel from a Faroese Perspective
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In this paper I ask why a predominantly Evangelical Lutheran North Atlantic society has given Jews and Israel such a central position and role in local and national discussions on religion and politics, culture and society. How do current societal changes in the Faroes, associated with newfound cultural diversity and religious hybridity, affect the special Faroese-Israeli connection? This paper, based on a selection of written media and literary accounts as sources of information, focuses on the period since the end of the twentieth century, but links this period to the whole post-Second World War era in some of its discussions. While the Faroes might be less secular than other Nordic countries, we can see that its religious and cultural identities are dynamic, adapting to new societal premises, and rekindling Faroe Islanders’ passion for Jerusalem.
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This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License
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207-222
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978-3-11-063193-7
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Jerusalem in the North Atlantic: The Land and State of Israel from a Faroese Perspective. . 2019: 207-222. https://archive.jpr.org.uk/10.1515/9783110634822-013
