Å jul med din leder - Religion i norske avisledere julaften

Abstract

Abstract What do Norwegian daily newspapers have to say about Christmas and religion in editorials on Christmas Eve? To find out, we analysed the editorials in 35 newspapers dated 24 December 2011. In this article we present and discuss the results in light of other recent Nordic research on religion in the newspapers, and of theories about civil religion and mediatization of religion. Religion is a more common theme on Christmas Eve than on any other day of the year. The editorials are seen as contributing to a civil religion favouring peaceful, liberal and dialogue-oriented religion, without coming down on the side of any particular faith.

Keywords

• Religion in newspapers
• Editorials
• Civil religion
• Mediatization
• Religioninnewspapers
• Civilreligion