Quote:
Originally Posted by Errigal
The Nordic countries are bit of a special case. It seems as if Roman or Orthodox Christianity did not really sink right down into their cultures. Hilaire Belloc said the same is true of Germany and he may be partly right.
|
This may have got to do with Protestantism - which was a puristic movement trying to approach the roots of Christianity as a monotheistic religion and getting rid of it's Pagan heritage.
I often wonder why there seems to be the most interest in neo-Paganism and other kinds of alternate spirituality in Protestant countries among all. Is it because Protestantism abandoned the Pagan elements of Catholicism and left the people a Middle-Eastern religion unfit for their mentality and culture? Or is it just a reaction of abolishing the local, communal elements (and people's roots) in the benefit of a universal religion.