The Dutch War on Easter. Secular Passion for Religious Culture & National Rituals
Through a discussion of seemingly ‘hyped-up’ controversies concerning Easter eggs, Palm Sunday celebrations, and phrases such as ‘merry Christmas’, this article analyzes the way in which celebrations of and rituals related to religious holidays have become the subject of political contestations in t...
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2017-12-01
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| description | Through a discussion of seemingly ‘hyped-up’ controversies concerning Easter eggs, Palm Sunday celebrations, and phrases such as ‘merry Christmas’, this article analyzes the way in which celebrations of and rituals related to religious holidays have become the subject of political contestations in the Netherlands. This article highlights how nominally secular politicians increasingly come to the defense of the religious dimension of Dutch national identity. Focusing on the discourse concerning religion by the two largest parties in the Netherlands, liberal party VVD and populist right-wing PVV, this article outlines the contours of new interactions between religion, secularity, ritual and politics. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-53d5ffec80fb4309ab81415b9dc2d64b2024-03-14T12:17:48ZafrUniversity of Groningen PressYearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies2589-39982017-12-013311910.21827/5a2e424cb591e20965The Dutch War on Easter. Secular Passion for Religious Culture & National RitualsErnst van den HemelThrough a discussion of seemingly ‘hyped-up’ controversies concerning Easter eggs, Palm Sunday celebrations, and phrases such as ‘merry Christmas’, this article analyzes the way in which celebrations of and rituals related to religious holidays have become the subject of political contestations in the Netherlands. This article highlights how nominally secular politicians increasingly come to the defense of the religious dimension of Dutch national identity. Focusing on the discourse concerning religion by the two largest parties in the Netherlands, liberal party VVD and populist right-wing PVV, this article outlines the contours of new interactions between religion, secularity, ritual and politics.https://ugp.rug.nl/jvlo/article/view/30956nationalismpopulismeasterculturalization of citizenshipsecularity |
| spellingShingle | Ernst van den Hemel The Dutch War on Easter. Secular Passion for Religious Culture & National Rituals Yearbook for Ritual and Liturgical Studies nationalism populism easter culturalization of citizenship secularity |
| title | The Dutch War on Easter. Secular Passion for Religious Culture & National Rituals |
| title_full | The Dutch War on Easter. Secular Passion for Religious Culture & National Rituals |
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| title_short | The Dutch War on Easter. Secular Passion for Religious Culture & National Rituals |
| title_sort | dutch war on easter secular passion for religious culture national rituals |
| topic | nationalism populism easter culturalization of citizenship secularity |
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