Islam and Christian-Muslim relations in Denmark
Interfaith Documents
Lutheran Church Statement (at the time of the Cartoon Crisis) (2006)
Statement issued by the board of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark and teh Encounter with Other Religions as a response to the Cartoon Crisis, on the 6th of February 2006. Download.
Danish Church Delegation on Peace Mission to Egypt (2006)
Press release from the Foreign ministry on official delegation with two bishops sent to Cairo to carry out religious dialogue as a follow up to the Cartoon Crisis. Download .
"Mission and dialogue" (2006)
Document adopted by the board of "The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark and the Encounter with Other Religions" (Stiftssamarbejdet "Folkekirke og Religionsmøde". Download .
"Theses on the Recognition of People of Different Religions in a Multi-religious Society" (2007)
Adopted by the Danish Mission Council on April 18, 2007. Read more.
Danish National Council of Churches - Response to "A Common Word" (2007)
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"Report on Freedom of Expression - Christian-Muslim Working Group" (2008).
Presented and accepted by the third Leadership Conference for Christian and Muslim Leaders October 2008. Read more.
"Letter to 138 Muslims from a group of pastors in Haderslev Diocese, Denmark" (2009)
A response to "A Common Word" from a working group of five pastors in the diocese of Haderslev. Download .
Litterature
Bonde, Bent Nørby, "How 12 Cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed were Brought to Trigger an International Conflict" (2007)
The article analyses why the religious protests in Denmark generated the astonishing international reactions and concludes that a very hostile rhetoric against Muslims in Denmark and montaining international tensions were important pre-disposing causes for the conflict. The articles also points to several options to de-escalate the coflict which were not used by the government. Finally, it suggests lessons to be learned in similar cross-cultural crises in Europe. Download.
Helqvist, Iben and Elizabeth Sebian, "Islam in Denmark"
Article from the website Euro-Islam Info with a lot of factual information about Muslims in Denmark. Download.
Jensen, Tim, "Islam and Muslims in Denmark. An Introduction".
'Ilu, Revista de ciencias de las religiones ejo XXI, 107-138, 2007. Download.
LWF, Diapraxis for Peace and Reconciliation
The Lutheran World Federation has issued an interesting material on "Diapraxis for Peace and Reconciliation", with perspectives from all continents on the rlations between Christianity, Islam and other religions. Contains an article on Islam in Denmark by Dr. Lissi Rasmussen. Read more.
Mogensen, Mogens S. "Conversion between Islam and Christianity in a Danish Context" (2003).
Article in Theology and the Religions, Viggo Mortensen, ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans. Pp. 287-317.Download.
Mogensen, Mogens S. "Tolerance and the New Pluralism. Towards a Post-secular Society with Religions in the Public
Square." (2006)
Paper præsenteret på "Muslim Danish Dialogue Forum, The Search for Mutual Understanding" i Abu Dhabi 14. - 17. april 2006. Download.
Mogensen, Mogens S. ,"The Role of Media in Portraying Events. Legal, Ethical and Theological Perspectives on Media
and Communication" (2006)
Paper præsenteret på "Muslim Danish Dialogue Forum, The Search for Mutual Understanding" i Abu Dhabi 14. - 17. April 2006. Download.
Mogensen, Mogens S., From Cartoon Crisis to Headscarf Row. Two Conflicts Changing Multireligious Denmark. Christiansfeld: Intercultural.dk (2008)
Book available for sale here. Download foreword and introduction. Download ch. 1 (contains a description and analysis of the Danish Cartoon crisis).
Rasmussen, Lissi, "Us vs Them syndrome in Christian-Muslim conflicts. Denmark, Indonesia and Nigeria" (2007)Paper for the conference Religion in the 21st century, Copenhagen, September 2007. Dr. Rasmussen concludes on a LWF study about Christian-Muslim relationbs in in which she was involved in Denmark, Indonesia and Nigeria, concerning the us vs. them syndrome. Download.
Wikipedia, "Islam in Denmark"
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Information about Christianity and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark
The Council on International Relations of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Denmark - Website
This website in English contains a lot of information about the Danish Lutheran chiurch. Download.
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