God’s Caring Vice-Regent: The Lutheran transformation of the Senecan ideal of the benevolent monarch as the basis of both absolutism and social responsibility

Bo Kristian Holm

doi:10.3138/tjt-2021-0016

God’s Caring Vice-Regent: The Lutheran transformation of the Senecan ideal of the benevolent monarch as the basis of both absolutism and social responsibility

Institut for Kultur og Samfund - Systematisk Teologi, fag

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Abstract

This article centers on the role of the Lutheran confession in societal development in the Nordic countries, especially Denmark. Using the concept of “social imaginaries”, it argues that the Lutheran Reformation refined a monarchial ideology already existent in ancient Roman stoicism, which both moved society towards absolutism and emphasized the government’s responsibility for social welfare. This thesis is documented by examples of royal ideology from material in the Danish national archives. Using Denmark as a case exemplifies how confession can play a formative role for society, and, at the same time, it offers new material for the correct interpretation of Luther’s two kingdoms doctrine as an ontology and a world-view.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Toronto Journal of Theology
Vol/bind	37
Nummer	2
Sider (fra-til)	135-146
Antal sider	12
DOI	https://doi.org/10.3138/tjt-2021-0016
Status	Udgivet - 9 dec. 2021
Begivenhed	2019 AAR Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA - San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, USA Varighed: 23 nov. 2019 → 26 nov. 2019

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Konference	2019 AAR Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
Lokation	San Diego Convention Center
Land/Område	USA
By	San Diego
Periode	23/11/2019 → 26/11/2019

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LUMEN: LUMEN - Center for the Study of Lutheran Theology and Confessional Societies
Andersen, P. (Deltager), Holm, B. K. (Projektleder), Koefoed, N. J. (Projektkoordinator), Harste, G. (Projektkoordinator), Østergaard, U. (Deltager), Arnórsdóttir, A. S. (Deltager), Svendsen, G. T. (Deltager), Pedersen, E. M. W. (Deltager), Andersen, S. (Deltager), Nissen, U. (Deltager), Ingesman, P. (Deltager), Bach-Nielsen, C. (Deltager), Jensen, M. F. (Deltager), Kristiansen, M. S. (Deltager), Atzbach, R. (Deltager), Ladegaard, J. (Deltager), Skinnebach, L. K. (Deltager), Østergaard, U. (Deltager), Mathiasen Stopa, S. E. (Deltager), Jakobsen, R. S. (Deltager), Sommer Bostrup, M. (Deltager), Hilson, M. (Deltager), Nielsen, M. V. (Deltager), Tarp, L. (Deltager), Rasmussen, L. L. (Deltager), Zeller, K. (Deltager), Rønkilde, J. B. (Deltager), Ørnbjerg, J. (Deltager), Jørgensen, E. K. (Deltager), Christensen, A. W. V. (Deltager), Rasmussen, L. L. (Deltager), Pedersen, M. N. (Deltager) & Appel, C. (Deltager)
Carlsbergfondet, Universitetsledelsens Strategiske Midler
01/09/2015 → 31/12/2025
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning
Den nordiska hushållstaten: variationer på ett tema av Luther
Koefoed, N. J. (CoPI), Holm, B. K. (Deltager), Harste, G. (Deltager), Claesson , U. (PI) & Jansson, K. (Deltager)
Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
01/01/2018 → 30/06/2024
Projekter: Projekt › Forskning

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Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift/Konferencebidrag i tidsskrift /Bidrag til avis › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › peer review

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God’s Caring Vice-Regent: The Lutheran transformation of the Senecan ideal of the benevolent monarch as the basis of both absolutism and social responsibility

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