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By the Cleansing Flames of Fire: Koran Burnings, Racialized Religion and Politized Nostalgia in Sweden
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on Racism. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Theology, Department of Theology, History of Religions and World Christianity.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2491-1995
2024 (English)In: Violence, Conspiracies, and New Religions: A Tribute to James R. Lewis / [ed] Margo Kitts, Sheffield: Equinox Publishing, 2024, p. 59-82Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter focuses on the burning of the Quran and the Hebrew Bible and the relation between bibliocaust and holocaust. I will begin with the recent series of Quran burnings in Sweden and then revisit history, from the ceremonial Quran burnings in Granada 1499 via the Nazi bonfires of 1933 back to our time and show how book burnings throughout this history have been used as a way of ridding society of the evil these books were seen as associated with and how this frequently included the people who read and cherished these books.

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Sheffield: Equinox Publishing, 2024. p. 59-82
Keywords [en]
Religion, Violence, Quran burnings, Political Nostalgia, Racism, Islamophobia
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Religious Studies History of Religions
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History of Religions
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-544351ISBN: 9781800505070 (print)ISBN: 9781800505063 (print)ISBN: 9781800505087 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-544351DiVA, id: diva2:1918014
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White Nostalgia. The Politics of Home and Belonging, Swedish Research CouncilAvailable from: 2024-12-04 Created: 2024-12-04 Last updated: 2025-04-02Bibliographically approved

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