Of the religions in Denmark, the most prominent is the Evangelical Lutheran Lutheranism is a theological movement to reform Christianity with the teaching of justification through faith alone. Lutheranism identifies with the theology confessed in the Augsburg Confession and the other writings compiled in the Book of Concord. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Church of Denmark The Danish National Church, Church of Denmark or Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark (Danish: Den Danske Folkekirke or Folkekirken, meaning ' National Church' or 'People's Church') is a state church and is the largest Christian church in Denmark, including Greenland. It is a Lutheran body and is officially supported by the government, but which is the official state religion. However, pockets of virtually all faiths can be found among the population. The second largest faith is Islam Islam (Arabic: الإسلام al-’islām, pronounced [ʔislæːm] [note 1]) is a strictly monotheistic religion articulated by the Qur’an, a text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word of God (Arabic: الله, Allāh), and by the Prophet of Islam Muhammad's teachings and normative example (which is called the Sunnah in, due to mass immigration in the 1980 and 90s.
In general, Danes are not very religious, with church attendance being generally low. According to a 2005 study by Zuckerman[1], Denmark has the third-highest proportion of atheists Atheism, in a broad sense, is the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities. Most inclusively, atheism is simply the absence of belief that any deities exist. Atheism is contrasted with theism, which in its most general form is the belief that at least one and agnostics Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable. Agnosticism can be defined in various ways, and is sometimes used to indicate doubt or a skeptical approach to questions. In some senses, in the world, estimated to be between 43% and 80%. Another study by Eurobarometer Poll Eurobarometer is a series of surveys regularly performed on behalf of the European Commission since 1973. It produces reports of public opinion of certain issues relating to the European Union across the member states. The Eurobarometer results are published by the Public Opinion Analysis Sector of the European Commission - Directorate General 2005,[3] 31% of Danish citizens responded that "they believe there is a god", whereas 49% answered that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force" and 19% that "they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, god, or life force". Though Christmas Christmas or Christmas Day is a holiday observed mostly on December 25 to commemorate the birth of Jesus, the central figure of Christianity. The date is not known to be the actual birth date of Jesus, and may have initially been chosen to correspond with either the day exactly nine months after some early Christians believed Jesus had been is considered to be Denmark's most celebrated holiday, this is mostly due to cultural, rather than religious, reasons.
By the end of 2007, 82.1%[4] of the Danish population were members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church which dropped to 81.5 % in 2008 [5]. However, similar to the rest of Scandinavia, North-west Europe and Britain, only a small minority (less than 10 % of the total population) attends churches for Sunday mass. In Copenhagen, membership of the Danish state church dropped to 65% in 2008.
With the exception of the Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs (and only some of them), politicians will not generally be found using religious rhetoric and arguments, especially not government ministers. The Christian Democrats is the only major political party which regularly uses religious rhetoric and arguments, and they have not been represented in the Folketing The Folketing , is the national parliament of Denmark. The name literally means “People's Thing”—that is, the people's governing assembly since 2001, as they have not been able to acquire the necessary 2 % of the votes.
According to Danish Jørn Borup, (Department of the Study of Religion at the University of Aarhus, Denmark), there are also around 20,000 followers of Buddhism in Denmark In the 19th century, knowledge about Buddhism was brought back from expeditions that explored the East[citation needed] and but interest was mainly from authors,Buddhologists and Philologists. In 1921, Dr. Christian F. Melbye founded the first Buddhist Society in Denmark, but it was later dissolved in 1950 before his death in 1953. In the 1950s,.[6]
Also, there are about 500 registered heathens (0.01% of the population) belonging to the old Norse beliefs.
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Religion in the Danish Constitution
The Constitution of Denmark The Constitutional Act of Denmark is the Kingdom of Denmark's constitution, or fundamental law. It was signed on 5 June 1953 as "the existing law, for all to unswerving comply with, the Constitutional Act of Denmark" contains a number of sections related to religion.
- §4 establishes the Evangelical Lutheran Lutheranism is a theological movement to reform Christianity with the teaching of justification through faith alone. Lutheranism identifies with the theology confessed in the Augsburg Confession and the other writings compiled in the Book of Concord. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the theology of Martin Church of Denmark The Danish National Church, Church of Denmark or Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark (Danish: Den Danske Folkekirke or Folkekirken, meaning ' National Church' or 'People's Church') is a state church and is the largest Christian church in Denmark, including Greenland. It is a Lutheran body and is officially supported by the government, but as the state church State churches are organizational bodies within a Christian denomination which are given official status by a sovereign state of Denmark Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government. Denmark has a state-level government and local governments in 98 municipalities. Denmark has been a member of the European Union since 1973, although it has not joined the Eurozone. Denmark is a founding member of NATO and the OECD. Denmark is also a member of the.
- §6 requires the Danish monarch The Monarchy of Denmark is the constitutional monarchy of Denmark and its overseas territories (currently Margrethe II of Denmark Margrethe II (born 16 April 1940) is the Queen regnant of Denmark. In 1972 she became the first female monarch of Denmark since Margaret I, ruler of the Scandinavian countries 1388-1412 during the Kalmar Union) to be a member of the state church.
- §67 grants freedom of worship Freedom of religion is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance; the concept is generally recognized also to include the freedom to change religion or not to follow any religion. Freedom of religion is considered by many.
- §68 states that no one is required to personally contribute to any form of religion other than his own. As state subsidies are not considered personal contributions[7] the Church of Denmark receives subsidies - according to §4 - beyond the church tax Church tax is a tax imposed on members of some religious congregations in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Sweden and some parts of Switzerland paid by the members of the church. The Church of Denmark is the only religious group to receive direct financial support from the state. Other religious groups can receive indirect support through tax deductions on contributions.[8]
- §70 grants freedom of religion Freedom of religion is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance; the concept is generally recognized also to include the freedom to change religion or not to follow any religion. Freedom of religion is considered by many by ensuring civil and political rights can not be revoked due to race or religious beliefs. It further states race and religious beliefs can not be used to be exempt from civil duties.
- §71 ensures no one can be imprisoned due to religious beliefs.
See also
A Mosque in Copenhagen First documented in the 11th century, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the beginning of the 15th century and during the 17th century under the reign of Christian IV it became a significant regional centre. With the completion of the transnational Oresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating.- Christianization of Scandinavia The Christianization of Scandinavia took place between the 8th and the 12th century. The realms of Scandinavia proper, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, established their own Archdioceses, responsible directly to the Pope, in 1104, 1154 and 1164, respectively. The conversion to Christianity of the Scandinavian people would require more time, since it
- Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark
- Roman Catholicism in Denmark The Roman Catholic Church in Denmark is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome
- Buddhism in Denmark In the 19th century, knowledge about Buddhism was brought back from expeditions that explored the East[citation needed] and but interest was mainly from authors,Buddhologists and Philologists. In 1921, Dr. Christian F. Melbye founded the first Buddhist Society in Denmark, but it was later dissolved in 1950 before his death in 1953. In the 1950s,
- Bahá'í Faith in Denmark
- Islam in Denmark Religious freedom is guaranteed by law in Denmark, and as of 2005, nineteen different Muslim religious communities had status as officially recognized religious societies, which gives them certain tax benefits. However, unlike the majority of countries in the West, Denmark lacks separation of church and state, resulting in economic advantages for
- Muhammad Drawings
- History of the Jews in Denmark
- Rescue of the Danish Jews The rescue of the Danish Jews occurred during Nazi Germany's occupation of Denmark during World War II. When Hitler ordered that Danish Jews be arrested and deported on 1–2 October 1943, many Danes took part in a collective effort to evacuate the roughly 8,000 Jews of Denmark by sea to nearby neutral Sweden. The rescue allowed the vast majority
- Reformed Synod of Denmark
- Religion in Europe Religion in Europe has been a major influence on art, culture, philosophy and law. The largest religion in Europe for at least a millennium and a half has been Christianity. A number of countries in Southeastern Europe have Muslim majorities. Smaller religions include Judaism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Hinduism which are found in their largest groups
- Religion by country This article gives an overview about religion by country. Note that the Abrahamic religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, will show dual figures; those are the percentage of people who believe in God and the percentage of nominal adherents who celebrate traditional religious holidays although not professing belief in God: Cultural Jews and
References
- ^ (Danish)Statistics 1984 - 2002 van het Kirkeministeriet
- ^ (Danish)Statistics 1990 - 2009 Kirkeministeriet
- ^ "Eurobarometer on Social Values, Science and technology 2005 - page 11" (PDF). http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_225_report_en.pdf. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ http://www.km.dk/folkekirken.html
- ^ http://www.km.dk/folkekirken/statistik-og-oekonomi/kirkestatistik/folkekirkens-medlemstal.html
- ^ Journal of Global Buddhism, Article by Jørn Borup, Department of Study of Religion at University of Aarhus, Denmark. 2008, based on research from 2005
- ^ Grundloven på let dansk, Folketinget, 2001
- ^ Kirkeministeriet
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Q. ever single month a story comes out about islamics trying to blow soemthing else up. every month, whether it is in europe, USA, or canada. Yet no one wants to step up and see the problem isn't just Islam but Islamic Facism. Islam is a violent religion and I have read the Quran in context, it CLEARLY says to kill infidels. It is dumb how people always bring up the crusades and holocaust to me, they assume I'm a christian, even though I'm not. Also, why are these people defending their actions by bringing up evil things christians did 1,000 years ago??? Cowards.
Asked by Zeus - Tue Sep 5 17:57:36 2006 - - 15 Answers - 0 Comments
A. Liberals and republicans are spouting the same thing - that it's only the extermists - it's called being politically correct. However, I know muslims living right here and they aren't violent anymore than you or I. Lumping them all into one pile is like saying that all Christians blow up abortion clinics. They is no more true than what you are implying.
Answered by Genie - Tue Sep 5 18:04:20 2006
