Ludvig Holbergs religionssyn som udtrykt i "Niels Klim"

Niels Klim originally appeared in Latin in 1741 and belongs to the type of literature sometimes called the imaginary travel account. It is shown how this novel, like most contemporary imaginary travel accounts, like Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Montesquieu's Lettres Persanes, was a...

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Main Author: Erik Reenberg Sand
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift 1994-07-01
Series:Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift
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Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/rvt/article/view/5289
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description Niels Klim originally appeared in Latin in 1741 and belongs to the type of literature sometimes called the imaginary travel account. It is shown how this novel, like most contemporary imaginary travel accounts, like Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Montesquieu's Lettres Persanes, was a means of social and religious satire without confronting the censorship which was pretty heavy in Denmark, which at the time was under the sway of German pietism. Holberg's own ideals about society and religion are primarily expressed thrugh the description of the subterranean country of Potu (probably a pun on More's Utopia), an analysis of which shows that his ideal religion was primarily rational and moral, and came pretty close to the contemporary concept of "natural religion", except for his emphatic adherence to the idea of Revelation.
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spelling doaj.art-b3eb35b662ef4fb581bb9daf81fcb8f72024-01-09T13:42:52ZdanReligionsvidenskabeligt TidsskriftReligionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift1904-81811994-07-012510.7146/rt.v0i25.5289Ludvig Holbergs religionssyn som udtrykt i "Niels Klim"Erik Reenberg SandNiels Klim originally appeared in Latin in 1741 and belongs to the type of literature sometimes called the imaginary travel account. It is shown how this novel, like most contemporary imaginary travel accounts, like Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Montesquieu's Lettres Persanes, was a means of social and religious satire without confronting the censorship which was pretty heavy in Denmark, which at the time was under the sway of German pietism. Holberg's own ideals about society and religion are primarily expressed thrugh the description of the subterranean country of Potu (probably a pun on More's Utopia), an analysis of which shows that his ideal religion was primarily rational and moral, and came pretty close to the contemporary concept of "natural religion", except for his emphatic adherence to the idea of Revelation.https://tidsskrift.dk/rvt/article/view/5289Ludvig HolbergNiels KlimRejseroman
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title Ludvig Holbergs religionssyn som udtrykt i "Niels Klim"
title_full Ludvig Holbergs religionssyn som udtrykt i "Niels Klim"
title_fullStr Ludvig Holbergs religionssyn som udtrykt i "Niels Klim"
title_full_unstemmed Ludvig Holbergs religionssyn som udtrykt i "Niels Klim"
title_short Ludvig Holbergs religionssyn som udtrykt i "Niels Klim"
title_sort ludvig holbergs religionssyn som udtrykt i niels klim
topic Ludvig Holberg
Niels Klim
Rejseroman
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