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1. Makten och döden : Stat och kyrka möter svenska efterlevande under ett långt 1700-tal
Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses the issue of how the Swedish governmental authorities – the secular (the State) and the ecclesiastical (the Swedish church) – aimed at treating the population during the early modern era. The question asked is whether the authorities always strived to foster the people, or whether there were areas where care for individuals was more important. LÄS MER
2. Confessional Civilising in Ukraine : The Bishop Iosyf Shumliansky and the Introduction of Reforms in the Diocese of Lviv 1668-1708
Sammanfattning : This work examines and analyses the reform attempts undertaken by the Greek Orthodox and Uniate Bishop of Lviv, Iosyf Shumliansky, during his episcopacy (1668-1708). These reforms are seen as a means of facing the intensified confessionalising pressures at state and regional levels in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. LÄS MER
3. The awakening of Christianity in Iceland : Discovery of a timber church and graveyard at Þórarinsstaðir in Seyðisfjörður
Sammanfattning : The central theme of this thesis is the Christianization of Iceland during the period from the late 10th century to the turn of the 12th century. The distinct, though similar, branches of Christianity are traced through the archaeological record, where the excavation of an Early Medieval timber church and graveyard at Thórarinsstadhir in Seydhisfjördhur is used as a basic source. LÄS MER
4. D. L. Moody and Swedes : Shaping Evangelical Identity among Swedish Mission Friends 1867–1899
Sammanfattning : The American Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899) was the most famous revivalist of the late 1800s and exercised a wide and lasting influence on the Protestant world, reaching Swedes in Sweden and America. LÄS MER
5. Den unge Manfred Björkquist : Hur en vision av kristendomens möte med kultur och samhälle växer fram
Sammanfattning : This thesis is a biographical study of Manfred Björkquist’s early life and addresses questions concerning the development of his vision of Christianity, culture and soci-ety. A comparison is also made between Björkquist’s vision and the classical typol-ogy of H. Richard Niebuhr. LÄS MER