Search for dissertations about: "Scandinavian church history"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words Scandinavian church history.

  2. 1. Visions of Apostolic Mission : Scandinavian Pentecostal Mission to 1935

    Author : David Bundy; Jan-Åke Alvarsson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Church history; Kyrkohistoria;

    Abstract : Using methods of Cultural Mapping, Scandinavian Pentecostal publications and archival sources were examined regarding mission. Working toward “Apostolic Mission,” in addition to biblical texts Pentecostals used models adapted from the Pietist, Methodist, Baptist and especially the Holiness Revivals. READ MORE

  4. 2. D. L. Moody and Swedes : Shaping Evangelical Identity among Swedish Mission Friends 1867–1899

    Author : David M. Gustafson; Kjell O. Lejon; Runar Eldebo; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Moody; Dwight; Swedes; Swedish; Mission; Friends; American; revivalism; free; Covenant; church; immigration; evangelical; identity; Chicago; ethnic; Alliance; Franson; Church history; Kyrkohistoria;

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE

  5. 3. The awakening of Christianity in Iceland : Discovery of a timber church and graveyard at Þórarinsstaðir in Seyðisfjörður

    Author : Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Christianization; continuity of cult; Christianity; Paganism; stave-church; timber church; private churches; missionary churches; mission; infiltration; graves; crosses; altar stone; silver ring; coin; weight; tephro-chronology; micro-archaeology; macro-archaeology; long-term processes; metaphors; Viking Age; Early Medieval Times; Thórarinsstadhir; Iceland; Northern Europe;

    Abstract : 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. READ MORE

  6. 4. On the Formation of Cathedral Chapters and Cathedral Culture : Lund, Denmark, and Scandinavia, c. 1060–1225

    Author : A. M. Ciardi; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Canon Law; canons; cathedral; cathedral chapter; cathedral culture; Church history; cult of saints; Denmark; education; episcopal election s ; legal history; liturgy; Lund; Middle Ages; monasticism; Scandinavia; textual transmission; ecclesiastical tradition; twelfth century;

    Abstract : The cathedral was one of the most important institutions in medieval Europe. The local as well as ecclesiastical elite gathered around it and its bishop; the liturgy was celebrated day and night, year after year; the cathedral served as educational institution of the clergy. The cathedral chapter, i.e. READ MORE

  7. 5. The office of Saint Olav : A study of chant transmission

    Author : Eyolf Østrem; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Musicology; Oral and written transmission; St Olav; Passio Olavi; Plainchant; liturgy; Scandinavian church history; vellum fragments; Leo Treitler; memory; Musikvetenskap; Music; Musikvetenskap; Musicology; Musikvetenskap;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a study of various aspects of transmission of liturgy in the Medieval churches of the Nordic countries, taking its point of departure in an edition and close study of the office of St. Olav, the patron saint of Norway.The first part is historically orientated. READ MORE