Marie Vejrup Nielsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 285978 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marie Vejrup Nielsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marie Vejrup |
| FAMILY NAME | Nielsen |
| SIGNATURE | NIELSEN M V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aarhus University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2184-251X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Cultural religion: Patterns of contemporary majority religion in Denmark
Denmark offers a unique context for exploring patterns of religion among the majority population. In the research of contemporary religion in Europe, many concepts have been developed in the attempt to capture a complex pattern of affiliation, practices, and beliefs among the majority populations in Western Europe. In a Scandinavian setting, however, one such concept, ‘cultural religion’, has appeared in several situations with various foci and e…
Lidt om ikke-andethed
Denne artikel diskuterer spørgsmålet om andethed/ikke-andethed på baggrund af en analyse af karakteren Næbdyret Perry. Artiklen benytter perspektiver fra Umberto Eco og Wikipedia til at indfange den måde næbdyret som en and uden næb provokerer system- og skematænkning
Making the cemetery work – the role of cemetery staff in grave plot choice
This article analyses the role of cemetery staff in governing death culture based on a study of cemetery staff working for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark (ELCD). The article analyses the values that guide the staff’s practices as they conduct their role as frontline employees and navigate between rules, regulations and values in their encounters with the cemetery users. There is a specific focus on the process of guiding the choice of…
Transforming churches: The lived religion of religious organizations in a contemporary context
This article analyzes patterns of transformation in a specific majority religious institution, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark (ELCD), through a case study of communicative actions related to new church practices. The argument is that the patterns most often identified in the study of the religion of late-modern individuals, which is an “ever-changing, multifaceted, often messy—even contradictory—amalgam of beliefs and practices” (McGu…
Exploring the mediatization of organizational communication by religious communities in digital media
This article presents an exploratory study of some of the ways in which religious communities communicate as organizations in digital spaces. Based on previous research, the article examines the extent to which processes of mediatization are visible in the digital spaces utilized by religious communities in Denmark today.The study is based on data from websites and Facebook groups from ten Christian churches: five ELCD (Evangelical Lutheran Churc…
Nye processioner som udtryk for gamle religionsmønstre
English abstract: This article analyzes two examples of new processions in the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark, observed in the context of Halloween Services and Baby Hymn Singing activities. These two cases are analyzed from theoretical perspectives that connect approaches from sociology of religion within the study of contemporary religion (McGuire 2002; Ammerman 2016) with history of religion perspectives on the understanding and develo…
Appealing to the State Church Identity in Processes of Change
This essay analyzes identity formation of majority religion in the context of intentional, political processes of change in state-church relations from a perspective that combines discursive institutionalism with the insights from governance research.
Choosing a Pastor for the Day—Representations of the Pastor in a Contemporary Context
This article examines representations of pastoral authority among mainstream church members in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark. We argue that the study of a possible crisis in ministry must include the church members’ perspective. Drawing on theories of societal and cultural changes and focusing on the concepts of increased individual choice, subjective turn and authenticity, as well as Weber’s typology of authority, we analyse the fin…
Changing Patterns? Occasional Consumers of New Activities in Old Churches
Grænser for forandring. Præsten som garant for den danske religionsmodel
Through an analysis of the document Debatoplæg fra Udvalget om en mere sammenhængende og moderne styringsstruktur for folkekirken from 2013 (discussion paper from the commission for a more cohesive and modern governance structure for folkekirken), the current article examines the identity formation of the Danish folkekirke. Developments within discursive institutionalism are utilized in the analysis in order to present the identity of the institu…
At være eller ikke at være luthersk
Denne artikel undersøger dannelsen af normative diskurser i tekster, der benytter henvisninger til Luther eller luthersk i den danske offentlige debat. Artiklen er baseret på et forskningsprojekt, der afdækkede udviklingen i sådanne henvisninger iJyllandsposten og Politiken fra 2000 til 2001. I forlængelse af projektet analyseres referencer til Luther/luthersk ud fra spørgsmålet om konstruktionen af ’ortodokse’ og ’kættersk’ positioner ud fra Jac…
Claiming Luther as a Religious Resource: Civil Religion in Conflict
The article examines references to a specific religious heritage (Lutheran Christianity) within the debate sections of two national Danish newspapers. The aim of the analysis is to provide empirical data as a background for a discussion of conflicts concerning the connection between religious heritage and contemporary society. The themes of the public debate surveyed are identified as related to changes in the religious and cultural landscape in …
Religion And State In Denmark Exception Among Exceptions
A strong relationship remains between the Danish state and the Evangelical Lutheran Church (the Folkekirke) in Denmark. This is surprising, because the relationship between church and state is undergoing changes in the other Nordic countries. Drawing on legal texts, media and parliamentary debates, and material on administrative practices in the management of religious diversity, this article will argue that few actual changes have in fact taken …
Anmeldelser
RvT 55 (2010) 92 holdning, men de hadde neppe slike ting i tankene de teologene i oldtiden som først satte sammen og avgrenset den bibelske kanon.Klassiskfi lologen Karla Pollmann tar utgangspunkt i kanon som norm (regula), og gir eksempler på tenkning omkring normer i antikken.Så taler hun om "ideologi", og om "faren" for at kristendommen og den tekster tolkes (feilaktig, etter hennes mening) som maktunderstøttende ideologi, med Ambrosiasters kv…
Transformationer i Folkekirkekristendommen i Danmark i dag
Denne artikel præsenterer to cases for at belyse forandringsmønstre i folkekirkekristendommen i Danmark i dag. Disse cases analyseres på baggrund af to globale tendenser inden for kristendommen præsenteret af Linda Woodhead i marginalisering af teologien og magtforskydning fra magt oven fra til magt neden fra. I analysen af disse tendenser appliceres Meredith B. McGuires skelnen mellem officiel og uofficiel religion på en dansk kontekst via antro…
Anmeldelser
Bibelvidenskaben har de seneste 30 år undergået en betydelig udvikling og er blevet en humanvidenskab på linje med andre.Det er de samme metoder og teorier, som bruges i de øvrige human-og socialvidenskaber, der i dag anvendes inden for eksegesen.I samme periode har man haft indtryk af, at metodisk mere konservativt sindede eksegeter og forskere med religiøse interesser har fundet et helle i fx Qumran-og Josefusforskning eller i arkaeologiske stu…
Transforming churches: The lived religion of religious organizations in a contemporary context
This article analyzes patterns of transformation in a specific majority religious institution, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark (ELCD), through a case study of communicative actions related to new church practices. The argument is that the patterns most often identified in the study of the religion of late-modern individuals, which is an “ever-changing, multifaceted, often messy—even contradictory—amalgam of beliefs and practices” (McGu…
Cultural religion: Patterns of contemporary majority religion in Denmark
Denmark offers a unique context for exploring patterns of religion among the majority population. In the research of contemporary religion in Europe, many concepts have been developed in the attempt to capture a complex pattern of affiliation, practices, and beliefs among the majority populations in Western Europe. In a Scandinavian setting, however, one such concept, ‘cultural religion’, has appeared in several situations with various foci and e…
Exploring the mediatization of organizational communication by religious communities in digital media
This article presents an exploratory study of some of the ways in which religious communities communicate as organizations in digital spaces. Based on previous research, the article examines the extent to which processes of mediatization are visible in the digital spaces utilized by religious communities in Denmark today.The study is based on data from websites and Facebook groups from ten Christian churches: five ELCD (Evangelical Lutheran Churc…
Transformationer i Folkekirkekristendommen i Danmark i dag
Denne artikel præsenterer to cases for at belyse forandringsmønstre i folkekirkekristendommen i Danmark i dag. Disse cases analyseres på baggrund af to globale tendenser inden for kristendommen præsenteret af Linda Woodhead i marginalisering af teologien og magtforskydning fra magt oven fra til magt neden fra. I analysen af disse tendenser appliceres Meredith B. McGuires skelnen mellem officiel og uofficiel religion på en dansk kontekst via antro…
Grænser for forandring. Præsten som garant for den danske religionsmodel
Through an analysis of the document Debatoplæg fra Udvalget om en mere sammenhængende og moderne styringsstruktur for folkekirken from 2013 (discussion paper from the commission for a more cohesive and modern governance structure for folkekirken), the current article examines the identity formation of the Danish folkekirke. Developments within discursive institutionalism are utilized in the analysis in order to present the identity of the institu…
Anmeldelser
Bibelvidenskaben har de seneste 30 år undergået en betydelig udvikling og er blevet en humanvidenskab på linje med andre.Det er de samme metoder og teorier, som bruges i de øvrige human-og socialvidenskaber, der i dag anvendes inden for eksegesen.I samme periode har man haft indtryk af, at metodisk mere konservativt sindede eksegeter og forskere med religiøse interesser har fundet et helle i fx Qumran-og Josefusforskning eller i arkaeologiske stu…
Transformationer i Folkekirkekristendommen i Danmark i dag
Denne artikel præsenterer to cases for at belyse forandringsmønstre i folkekirkekristendommen i Danmark i dag. Disse cases analyseres på baggrund af to globale tendenser inden for kristendommen præsenteret af Linda Woodhead i marginalisering af teologien og magtforskydning fra magt oven fra til magt neden fra. I analysen af disse tendenser appliceres Meredith B. McGuires skelnen mellem officiel og uofficiel religion på en dansk kontekst via antro…
Claiming Luther as a Religious Resource: Civil Religion in Conflict
The article examines references to a specific religious heritage (Lutheran Christianity) within the debate sections of two national Danish newspapers. The aim of the analysis is to provide empirical data as a background for a discussion of conflicts concerning the connection between religious heritage and contemporary society. The themes of the public debate surveyed are identified as related to changes in the religious and cultural landscape in …
Religion And State In Denmark Exception Among Exceptions
A strong relationship remains between the Danish state and the Evangelical Lutheran Church (the Folkekirke) in Denmark. This is surprising, because the relationship between church and state is undergoing changes in the other Nordic countries. Drawing on legal texts, media and parliamentary debates, and material on administrative practices in the management of religious diversity, this article will argue that few actual changes have in fact taken …
Anmeldelser
RvT 55 (2010) 92 holdning, men de hadde neppe slike ting i tankene de teologene i oldtiden som først satte sammen og avgrenset den bibelske kanon.Klassiskfi lologen Karla Pollmann tar utgangspunkt i kanon som norm (regula), og gir eksempler på tenkning omkring normer i antikken.Så taler hun om "ideologi", og om "faren" for at kristendommen og den tekster tolkes (feilaktig, etter hennes mening) som maktunderstøttende ideologi, med Ambrosiasters kv…
At være eller ikke at være luthersk
Denne artikel undersøger dannelsen af normative diskurser i tekster, der benytter henvisninger til Luther eller luthersk i den danske offentlige debat. Artiklen er baseret på et forskningsprojekt, der afdækkede udviklingen i sådanne henvisninger iJyllandsposten og Politiken fra 2000 til 2001. I forlængelse af projektet analyseres referencer til Luther/luthersk ud fra spørgsmålet om konstruktionen af ’ortodokse’ og ’kættersk’ positioner ud fra Jac…
Choosing a Pastor for the Day—Representations of the Pastor in a Contemporary Context
This article examines representations of pastoral authority among mainstream church members in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark. We argue that the study of a possible crisis in ministry must include the church members’ perspective. Drawing on theories of societal and cultural changes and focusing on the concepts of increased individual choice, subjective turn and authenticity, as well as Weber’s typology of authority, we analyse the fin…
Changing Patterns? Occasional Consumers of New Activities in Old Churches
Grænser for forandring. Præsten som garant for den danske religionsmodel
Through an analysis of the document Debatoplæg fra Udvalget om en mere sammenhængende og moderne styringsstruktur for folkekirken from 2013 (discussion paper from the commission for a more cohesive and modern governance structure for folkekirken), the current article examines the identity formation of the Danish folkekirke. Developments within discursive institutionalism are utilized in the analysis in order to present the identity of the institu…
Appealing to the State Church Identity in Processes of Change
This essay analyzes identity formation of majority religion in the context of intentional, political processes of change in state-church relations from a perspective that combines discursive institutionalism with the insights from governance research.
Nye processioner som udtryk for gamle religionsmønstre
English abstract: This article analyzes two examples of new processions in the Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark, observed in the context of Halloween Services and Baby Hymn Singing activities. These two cases are analyzed from theoretical perspectives that connect approaches from sociology of religion within the study of contemporary religion (McGuire 2002; Ammerman 2016) with history of religion perspectives on the understanding and develo…
Transforming churches: The lived religion of religious organizations in a contemporary context
This article analyzes patterns of transformation in a specific majority religious institution, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark (ELCD), through a case study of communicative actions related to new church practices. The argument is that the patterns most often identified in the study of the religion of late-modern individuals, which is an “ever-changing, multifaceted, often messy—even contradictory—amalgam of beliefs and practices” (McGu…
Exploring the mediatization of organizational communication by religious communities in digital media
This article presents an exploratory study of some of the ways in which religious communities communicate as organizations in digital spaces. Based on previous research, the article examines the extent to which processes of mediatization are visible in the digital spaces utilized by religious communities in Denmark today.The study is based on data from websites and Facebook groups from ten Christian churches: five ELCD (Evangelical Lutheran Churc…
Lidt om ikke-andethed
Denne artikel diskuterer spørgsmålet om andethed/ikke-andethed på baggrund af en analyse af karakteren Næbdyret Perry. Artiklen benytter perspektiver fra Umberto Eco og Wikipedia til at indfange den måde næbdyret som en and uden næb provokerer system- og skematænkning
Making the cemetery work – the role of cemetery staff in grave plot choice
This article analyses the role of cemetery staff in governing death culture based on a study of cemetery staff working for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark (ELCD). The article analyses the values that guide the staff’s practices as they conduct their role as frontline employees and navigate between rules, regulations and values in their encounters with the cemetery users. There is a specific focus on the process of guiding the choice of…
Cultural religion: Patterns of contemporary majority religion in Denmark
Denmark offers a unique context for exploring patterns of religion among the majority population. In the research of contemporary religion in Europe, many concepts have been developed in the attempt to capture a complex pattern of affiliation, practices, and beliefs among the majority populations in Western Europe. In a Scandinavian setting, however, one such concept, ‘cultural religion’, has appeared in several situations with various foci and e…
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (10 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (9 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Religious Tourism and Spaces (6 works) · Humanities (4 works) · Media, Religion, Digital Communication (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)