Theological Opportunity Structures and Christian Right Resistance Against the Liberalization of Family Laws in Norway

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ID3757660
AutoresT Brekke (0000-0001-7706-6743, University of Oslo, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Data de publicação2024-07-23
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/00027642241260379
OpenAlexW4400927445
IdiomaEN
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Referências citadas22

This article is a qualitative study of a Christian Right Party in Norway and its origin and growth as a reaction against the liberalization of laws pertaining to same-sex marriage, the adoption of children by same-sex couples, and other family-related matters. In order to analyze the contribution of religion in this political party, and in the movement from which it developed, the article introduces the concept of theological opportunity structures, which is a specific type of discursive opportunity structure. The concept of theological opportunity structures foregrounds the role of religious beliefs, doctrines, and narratives in politics as opposed to the institutional dimensions of religion. It is offered as a theoretical construct to improve analysis of the role of religion in politics

Christian right · Liberalization · Political science · Politics · Resistance (ecology) · Sociology · European and International Law Studies · Historical Legal Studies and Society · Law · Religion and Society Interactions