Prester og pilegrims­vandring

Sammendrag

In later decades pilgrimage has become a privileged activity in the Norwegian state church in spite of its Lutheran confession and anti-pilgrimage history since the Reformation in 1536/37. This article is concerned with influential clerical pilgrimage actors in the Church and asks what opinions about pilgrimage are  expressed by them in public media aimed at people at large and pilgrim enthusiasts.  The examination finds that discourse which values pilgrimage as the answer to various challenges in contemporary society is central.