Tag: history
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The return of the shamans: An indigenous faith movement in Greenland
An original history of the revival of Inuit shamanism in Greenland since the 1950s.
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Before Eirik the Red: Tales of old colonies in Greenland
Exploring claims that Greenland was colonised and Christianised before the Norse era.
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Pentecostalism in Greenland
An original history of the Pentecostal movement in Greenland, from 1953 to present.
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The New Apostolic Church in Greenland
A history of one of the smallest active Christian denominations in Greenland.
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The Bahá’í Faith in Greenland
An original and comprehensive history of Greenland’s third-largest and third-oldest religion, from 1910 to the present day.
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Selling Scientology in Greenland
Clippings from a promotional campaign for the Church of Scientology’s literature in the Greenlandic press during the 1980s.
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Monastic orders in medieval Greenland
What we know about Greenland’s two monasteries, and how a mythical monastery captured early-modern imaginations.
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Islam in Greenland
Exploring the distant but often fascinating and sometimes tense relationship between Greenlanders and Islam.
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Seventh-day Adventists in Greenland
A full history of Seventh-day Adventist missions to Greenland, 1953-2024, from success to failure and rebirth.
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Converting the Skrælingar: Medieval mission in North America
Examining the evidence for medieval Christian missionary efforts among the Inuit and indigenous Americans.
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Greenlandic spiritual rebellion in the colonial era
Examining the primary sources to uncover the theology and history of religious uprisings against the European missions.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses in Greenland
A complete history of Greenland’s second-oldest Christian organisation.
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Nazi movements in Greenland
How fascism briefly caught the attention of the Greenlanders and the Danish colonial authorities.
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Greenland and the Mormons
The brief history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Greenland, and the role of Greenland in Mormon apologetics.
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Greenland’s quiet Catholic revival
A complete history of the Catholic Church’s remarkable return to Greenland, 1953-2024.
Religion in Greenland 