Search for dissertations about: "Church of Sweden"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words Church of Sweden.

  2. 1. The In-between Church : A Study of the Church of England's Role in Society through the Prism of Welfare

    Author : Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon; Anders Bäckström; Per Pettersson; Linda Woodhead; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Church of England; contemporary society; Europe; individual; institutional religion; late modernity; religious change; social welfare; welfare systems; Sociology of religion; Religionssociologi; Religionssociologi; Sociology of Religion;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis has been to explore the role of institutional religion in western Europe between individual and society. This is achieved through an empirical study of the role of the Church of England at local level, using the area of social welfare as the prism through which broader issues of the place of the Church in society can be brought to light. READ MORE

  4. 2. Church and nation : The discourse on authority in Ericus Olai's Chronica regni Gothorum (c. 1471)

    Author : Biörn Tjällén; Olle Ferm; Bo Persson; Brian Patrick McGuire; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Authority; Church; Historiography; Late Middle Ages; Latin; Nationalism; Political discourse; State; State formation; Sweden; History; Historia; historia; History;

    Abstract : The Chronica regni Gothorum is the first Latin national history of Sweden. Completed after 1471 by a canon of Uppsala, Ericus Olai, it testifies to the articulation at the Swedish arch see of the dominant political issues of the day: the status of the Swedish realm in the union with Denmark-Norway, and the relations between the king, aristocracy and ecclesiastical leadership. READ MORE

  5. 3. The church as nation : A study in ecclesiology and nationhood

    Author : Kjell Blückert; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion; catholicity; church history; Church of Sweden; confessionalism; ecclesiology; folk church; J. A. Eklund; modernity; Nathan Söderblom; nationalism; theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi; Studies In Faiths and Ideologies; tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a study of nationalism and ecclesiology. These two fields are studiedcomparatively, with particular consideration of the Lutheran state church in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 4. Att hålla folket på gott humör : Informationsspridning, krigspropaganda och mobilisering i Sverige 1655-1680

    Author : Anna Maria Forssberg; Arne Jarrick; Jan Glete; Maria Sjöberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; information; propaganda; war propaganda; mobilisation; legitimation of power; power resources; negotiations; state formation; church history; Karl X Gustav; Karl XI; early modern history; 17th century; Sweden.; History subjects; Historieämnen;

    Abstract : Starting around 1500 a period of state formation changed the European map. The scattered medieval principalities were replaced with more centralised and better organised states with permanent armies. Sweden was quite successful in competing with these states and experienced a period of expansion. READ MORE

  7. 5. Prayer in Peasant Communities : Ideals and Practices of Prayer in the Late Medieval Ecclesiastical Province of Uppsala, Sweden

    Author : Viktor Aldrin; Bertil Nilsson; Martin Berntson; Brian Patrick McGuire; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; prayer; devotion; peasantry; medieval; Middle Ages; laity; Practical Theology; Church History; theology; Sweden; Finland; prayer; devotion; peasantry; medieval; Middle Ages; laity; Practical Theology; Church History; theology; Sweden; Finland;

    Abstract : The aim of this study has been to identify, explain and delineate praying among peasant communities in the ecclesiastical province of Uppsala, Sweden. Four aspects have been examined through the perspectives of ideals and practices, namely the standards of prayer, devotional prayer, prayer in times of need and prayer cultures. READ MORE