Religion
See also: Religion in Norway| Religion in Western Norway | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| religion | percent | |||
| Christianity | 87.55% | |||
| Islam | 0.92% | |||
| Buddhism | 0.19% | |||
| Other | 11.34% | |||
Christianity is the largest religion. 1,050,559 people are members of the Church of Norway. There are also 55,621 members in other Christian churches. Islam has 11,655 adherents in Western Norway. Buddhism has 2,452 members. 1,557 are from Bahá'í Faith, Judaism, Sikhism and other related religions. Religion is often more important for the inhabitants than the rest of Norway.
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“... it was religion that saved me. Our ugly church and parochial school provided me with my only aesthetic outlet, in the words of the Mass and the litanies and the old Latin hymns, in the Easter lilies around the altar, rosaries, ornamented prayer books, votive lamps, holy cards stamped in gold and decorated with flower wreaths and a saint’s picture.”
—Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)
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Is a theatre? are they two and not one? can they exist separate?
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O demonstrations of reason dividing families in cruelty and pride!”
—William Blake (1757–1827)
“Their religion was sweetness and peace amidst toil and tears.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)