Attitudes: Tendencies and Variations

Mia Lövheim; Haakon Haugevik  Jernsletten; David Herbert; Knut Lundby; Stig Hjarvard

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Attitudes: Tendencies and Variations

Mia Lövheim, Haakon Haugevik Jernsletten, David Herbert, Knut Lundby, Stig Hjarvard

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This chapter presents an overview of religiosity and attitudes to religious diversity in media and other public spaces based on a cross-Scandinavian survey conducted in 2015. Although Scandinavians in general have a weak personal connection to religion, Christianity still holds a privileged position as an expression of cultural identity. Scandinavians express support for equal rights to practice religion, but also doubtfulness towards public expressions of religion. More than one-fourth of respondents discuss news about religion and religious extremism regularly. There is a widespread sentiment that Islam is a threat to the national culture, even though most respondents state that they oppose an open expression of hostile attitudes towards foreigners. Political orientation and gender are salient aspects that shape diverging opinions regarding tolerance or scepticism towards the public visibility of religious diversity. Furthermore, Danes and Norwegians are more critical of public expressions of Islam than Swedes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Contesting Religion : The Media Dynamics of Cultural Conflicts in Scandinavia
Editors	Knut Lundby
Number of pages	18
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	De Gruyter
Publication date	1 Jan 2018
Pages	33-50
Chapter	2
ISBN (Print)	978-3-11-050171-1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-11-050206-0, 978-3-11-049891-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110502060-007
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

Faculty of Humanities
Scandinavia
Immigration
Islam
Media
Hostility
Conflict
Public opinion

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