Author
Kjell Skartveit
Christopher Nolan’s film The Odyssey tones down the brutality of antiquity, particularly the satisfaction of revenge. Odysseus is given a conscience that was alien…
Modern Norwegian kings have had very limited powers, but King Harald used what room for manoeuvre he had by making clear that he wanted…
As soon as human beings are given the power to define human worth, absolute human worth is abolished. For when it depends on human…
Truth is one, because God is the source of truth. Therefore, there can never be any real contradiction between true faith and right reason.…
Love is not merely an attribute God possesses, but something that characterises God’s own life. Love is relational. It gives itself to another and…
The American Declaration of Independence states this explicitly: the state exists to safeguard man’s liberty and security, not the other way round. The people…
Islam and Christianity part company on every important issue with decisive political consequences. One bears good fruit, the other bad. Islam is not compatible…
In classical Christian belief, the state does not enjoy complete freedom, even when its actions have a legal basis. If it is allowed to…
When the Christian order is shattered, it is not only the vices that are set loose, but the virtues as well, and they can…
Policies driven by noble impulses are often spared accountability even for fatal consequences. Yet not even love of neighbour is an unconditional moral law,…
“Religion is a private matter,” says Egon Holstad, editor of the newspaper iTromsø, in an attempt to put Christian Youth party (KrFU) leader Ingrid…
What happens to lesbian women when biology is replaced by gender identity? The queer revolution is working against them, as 19 lesbian women testify…
In the second half of the 19th century, nation-building began as a shared project. The patriotic hymns of the era express gratitude to God…
Hårek Hansen belongs to a party whose leader, Sylvi Listhaug, holds Jesus as her ideal and openly bases its politics on the Christian worldview.…
The Bible mentions in several places the rights that working people should have, such as just wages paid on time and the right to…
Democracy cannot be based on “truth”, since truth may shift with majority opinion, argues Nils Rune Langeland. Yet his understanding of truth is not…