@article{Reeh_2012, title={“…i pagt med tidens udvikling og den rivende ændring af samfundets struktur”}, volume={75}, url={https://tidsskrift.dk/dtt/article/view/105548}, DOI={10.7146/dtt.v75i1.105548}, abstractNote={<p>The theologian and politician Bodil Koch was an influential<br />player in politics regarding the Danish national church in the 20th century.<br />During her twenty-four years as MP for the Social Democrats she<br />made an effort to avoid an independent constitution of the Church and<br />a separation of church and state. During her thirteen years as Minister of<br />Ecclesiastical Affairs she worked to adjust the church to the welfare state.<br />This article examines one of her initiatives: A commission to modernize<br />the structure of the church. The surveys and studies from the commission<br />introduced methods from sociology and social science into the field<br />of church politics in Denmark. The work focused on the activities of the<br />church and it revealed a scarce knowledge of traditional Christianity<br />among the members as well as low Church attendance. Thus the introduction<br />of social science in the ecclesiastical sphere reinforced public notions<br />of a gap between the Danish national Church and the Danish population<br />– against all intentions.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift}, author={Reeh, Tine}, year={2012}, month={feb.}, pages={2–19} }