The Ottawa Citizen (Newspaper), Saturday, June 15, 2013 – Page E13 Bible makes a comeback in secular Norway Bible sold 160,000 copies and was a 2012 bestseller. Oslo, Norway: Norway one of the most secular nations in an increasingly godless Europe- The runaway popularity of the Bible has caught the country by surprise. The Scriptures in a new Norwegian language version, even outpaced Fifty Shades of Grey to become Norway’s best seller book. The sudden burst of interest in God’s word has also spread to the stage. With a six-hour play called Bibelen, Norwegian for the Bible, drawing 16,000 people In a three month run that recently ended at one of Oslo’s most prominent theatres. Officials in the Lutheran church of Norway have stopped short of calling it a spiritual awakening, But they see the new-found interest in the Bible as proof that it still resonates in a country where only one per cent of the five million residents regularly attends church. More that 250,000 immigrants have settled in the country during the last six years alone, adding diversity to Race and religion. The church of Norway estimates that around 0 per cent of immigrants are Christians, While the rest are Muslims, Buddhist or Hindu. Now that Norway is exposed to other faiths, Norwegians have got more interested in their own faith.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:01:54 +0000
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