Scripture & Secularism

mapping the impact of the Bible on the secular world

Here you can find a list of featured publications associated with the project:

2023

Strømmen, Hannah. (2023) “Crusades, Christ and Christmas: Islamophobia and the Bible in the European Far-Right after 9/11”, Zeitschrift für Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik, 7:2, 711-728. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41682-023-00148-1

2024

Strømmen, Hannah. (2024) “‘Say Bible!’: Teaching Biblical Reception”, Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok 89: 83-99, https://publicera.kb.se/sea/article/view/23200?articlesBySimilarityPage=8

Strømmen, Hannah. (2024) “The Bible in the North: Commodity and Content on the Secular Market”, Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok 89: 45-67, https://publicera.kb.se/sea/article/view/22717

2025

Jensdotter, Linnea and Hanna Liljefors (2025). “The Burning Qur’an and the Benign Bible: Reception of Scripture(s) in the Swedish Media Debate on the Qur’an Burnings.” Postscripts: The Journal of Sacred Texts, Cultural Histories, and Contemporary Contexts 15 (2): 151-177. DOI: http://www.doi.org/10.1558/post.32955

Kuhlin, J., & Kuhlin, J. (2025). Introducing Religious Deconstruction: Critical Conversations about Religion in a Swedish Podcast. Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture, 14(1), 45-67. https://doi.org/10.1163/21659214-bja10127

Liljefors, Hanna (2025). “Esther Online: (Reception(s) of the Book of Esther on Swedish and US based Internet Discussion Forums.” In Kristin Joachimsen and Helge Bezold (Eds), Esther. Themes and Issues in Biblical Studies. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom P. June 2026.  https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=46897

Liljefors, Hanna (2025). “A Mediatized Bible: Discourses on the Hebrew Bible in Swedish Newspaper Debates” Journal of the Bible and its Reception, vol. 12, no. 1, 2025, pp. 109-132. https://doi.org/10.1515/jbr-2023-0019