”Läs kamrat Jesus i Söndagsskolorna!” Mottagandet av Sven Wernströms Kamrat Jesus i Sverige

Sven Wernström’s children’s book Kamrat Jesus (Comrade Jesus, 1971) depicts Jesus as a revolutionary leader. The author’s intention was to generate a debate on the Bible’s way of describing Jesus. When published, Kamrat Jesus was treated in thirty-two reviews and polemical articles, published in dai...

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Main Author: Hellström, Martin
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Svenska Barnboksinstitutet 2016-01-01
Series:Barnboken: Tidskrift för Barnlitteraturforskning
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Online Access:http://barnboken.net/index.php/clr/article/view/225/634
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description Sven Wernström’s children’s book Kamrat Jesus (Comrade Jesus, 1971) depicts Jesus as a revolutionary leader. The author’s intention was to generate a debate on the Bible’s way of describing Jesus. When published, Kamrat Jesus was treated in thirty-two reviews and polemical articles, published in daily papers, Christian Magazines and periodicals for teachers of religion, librarians and Sunday-school teachers. The 1970s is generally described as a decade dominated by the agenda of the left, and in line with this the majority of the reviews published in daily papers convey a positive view of the work. However, in this article, all the reviews are studied, and then another image emerges. The periodicals that are aimed at teachers of religion, librarians and church leaders ignore the work to a high extent, or reject it due to aesthetical considerations or its lack of concordance with current Bible research. Thus, Kamrat Jesus, despite the political climate, did not fulfil the author’s aim. The article shows that in literary surveys and special-feature issues on children’s literature and religion, the work was ignored for the remainder of the 1970s. Presenting Jesus as a revolutionary was thus not commonly accepted even during this left-wing decade.
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spelling doaj.art-7dcc5b123151451398dbd988a1822bc72022-12-22T03:46:26ZdanSvenska BarnboksinstitutetBarnboken: Tidskrift för Barnlitteraturforskning2000-43892016-01-013810.3402/clr.v38i0.225”Läs kamrat Jesus i Söndagsskolorna!” Mottagandet av Sven Wernströms Kamrat Jesus i SverigeHellström, MartinSven Wernström’s children’s book Kamrat Jesus (Comrade Jesus, 1971) depicts Jesus as a revolutionary leader. The author’s intention was to generate a debate on the Bible’s way of describing Jesus. When published, Kamrat Jesus was treated in thirty-two reviews and polemical articles, published in daily papers, Christian Magazines and periodicals for teachers of religion, librarians and Sunday-school teachers. The 1970s is generally described as a decade dominated by the agenda of the left, and in line with this the majority of the reviews published in daily papers convey a positive view of the work. However, in this article, all the reviews are studied, and then another image emerges. The periodicals that are aimed at teachers of religion, librarians and church leaders ignore the work to a high extent, or reject it due to aesthetical considerations or its lack of concordance with current Bible research. Thus, Kamrat Jesus, despite the political climate, did not fulfil the author’s aim. The article shows that in literary surveys and special-feature issues on children’s literature and religion, the work was ignored for the remainder of the 1970s. Presenting Jesus as a revolutionary was thus not commonly accepted even during this left-wing decade.http://barnboken.net/index.php/clr/article/view/225/634Sven WernströmKamrat Jesus [Comrade Jesus]Jesusreceptionreligion
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Barnboken: Tidskrift för Barnlitteraturforskning
Sven Wernström
Kamrat Jesus [Comrade Jesus]
Jesus
reception
religion
title ”Läs kamrat Jesus i Söndagsskolorna!” Mottagandet av Sven Wernströms Kamrat Jesus i Sverige
title_full ”Läs kamrat Jesus i Söndagsskolorna!” Mottagandet av Sven Wernströms Kamrat Jesus i Sverige
title_fullStr ”Läs kamrat Jesus i Söndagsskolorna!” Mottagandet av Sven Wernströms Kamrat Jesus i Sverige
title_full_unstemmed ”Läs kamrat Jesus i Söndagsskolorna!” Mottagandet av Sven Wernströms Kamrat Jesus i Sverige
title_short ”Läs kamrat Jesus i Söndagsskolorna!” Mottagandet av Sven Wernströms Kamrat Jesus i Sverige
title_sort las kamrat jesus i sondagsskolorna mottagandet av sven wernstroms kamrat jesus i sverige
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Kamrat Jesus [Comrade Jesus]
Jesus
reception
religion
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