Kaznodzieje, nauczyciele, politycy. Ruchy przebudzenia religijnego i modernizacja w regionie nordyckim w XIX wieku

Preachers, Teachers and Politicians. Religious Awakening Movements and Modernization in the Nordic Region in the 19th century

The monograph describes folk and mass preaching movement in protestant Scandinavia in the 19th century, which was a protest and secular alternative to the state church and its interpretations of faith. The author focuses on non-religious, social importance of preaching movements, recognizing in them a significant aspect of cultural, political and economic modernization processes in the 19th century Scandinavia, the formation of civic society and national awareness of the peasant class.

Keywords: Scandinavia, the Nordic region, religious awakening, folk Lutheranism, preaching movement, Denmark in the 19th century, Norway in the 19th century, Sweden in the 19th century.