Introduction: Trust and Protestantism: Has Lutheran Theology Influenced the Trust Culture Sustaining the Scandinavian Welfare States?

Stopa, Sasja Emilie Mathiasen; Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard

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“…There are certainly other contemporary societies with high levels of trust, and some sub-geographies of the United States of America (often those with Nordic ethnicities) fit this mold (De Sousa et al, 2020). However, in Scandinavia, theological trust was the precondition for social and political trust (Stopa and Svendsen, 2020).…”

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Replicating the Nordic welfare model: policy prescriptions that recognize the cultural antecedents of solidarity

Lakeman,

Jindra

2024

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PurposeIn this article, we examine the historical and cultural foundations of Nordic states’ strong contemporary social indicators to understand whether their successes can be replicated in other contexts.Design/methodology/approachWe draw on a range of academic literature to frame a comparison of two regions’ cultural and theological roots, identifying contrasts to make arguments about prescriptions for contemporary welfare policy.FindingsWe find Nordic history contributes to a duty-based culture with strong cohesion and social trust. These cultural norms make palatable welfare policies with strong activation measures, while the US model prefers to avoid the latter because of its strong cultural orientation to rights and autonomy.Social implicationsTo mitigate differences between the Nordic states and other cultural contexts, policymakers seeking to replicate Nordic welfare successes should consider welfare programming that combines stronger activation policies with oversight and relational components that mitigate gaps in social cohesion.Originality/valueWe uniquely bring together the literature on comparative welfare policy and on religion and culture to understand the precursors of contemporary attitudes and their implications for welfare policy prescriptions.

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Section: Theological Precursors To Nordic Solidaritymentioning

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Replicating the Nordic welfare model: policy prescriptions that recognize the cultural antecedents of solidarity

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Jindra

2024

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“…Lutheran theology is an important common denominator of these countries, which developed into mono‐confessional Lutheran states from the mid‐sixteenth century onwards (cf. Holm & Koefoed, 2018; Stopa & Svendsen, 2020).…”

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Women as wives and rulers in Martin Luther's theology

Stopa

2023

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This article offers a theological analysis of Martin Luther's complex view on women and their role in society, focusing on his exposition of the narratives of creation and fall in the Lectures on Genesis. Luther's understanding of women is defined by an ostensible paradox. On the one hand, Luther claims that all women are equal to men in relation to God and hold the power to rule over the earth, which they execute as leaders of the household. On the other hand, Luther passes on a traditional view of women being of a weaker nature and argues that wives have to subordinate to their husbands. I interpret this understanding of women as an outcome of Luther's theological anthropology based on his doctrine of justification. Men and women are equal as priests and kings in relation to God and authorized to manage their relationship with him, to teach and pray for others, and to disobey authority that interferes with this faith relation. As sinners, though, they must submit to authority to suppress sin. Both men and women exercise authority through their gender-specific callings in the earthly hierarchies, which constitute God's created order. However, women have to subordinate to their husbands in order to suppress sin. The article discusses whether this complex view on women promoted patriarchal social structures or whether the freedom and equality of the spiritual realm over time filtered through to the role of women in society, paving the way for their liberation.

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Bridging co-operation’s communication gap: The Statement on the Co-operative Identity, the sociology of co-operative education’s shifting terrain, and the problem of public opinion

Diamantopoulos

2022

Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management

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Introduction: Trust and Protestantism: Has Lutheran Theology Influenced the Trust Culture Sustaining the Scandinavian Welfare States?

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Replicating the Nordic welfare model: policy prescriptions that recognize the cultural antecedents of solidarity

Replicating the Nordic welfare model: policy prescriptions that recognize the cultural antecedents of solidarity

Women as wives and rulers in Martin Luther's theology

Bridging co-operation’s communication gap: The Statement on the Co-operative Identity, the sociology of co-operative education’s shifting terrain, and the problem of public opinion

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