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Swedish Theology since 19001

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 February 2009

Gustaf Wingren
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It is individuals and their particular characteristics that form the pattern of any country's theology; but it is neither the qualifications nor the scholarship of these individuals alone by which the distinctive theological outlook of the country is determined. A great deal too depends on the way in which the Universities are organised, the extent of ground covered by the professorships, the nature of theological examinations, and things of that kind. It is factors such as these which determine the course of study to be followed by theological scholars before they reach a chair in the University, and for those of them who are appointed as lecturers it is the organisation of the study which prescribes, for example, what they are required to teach. A few words, then, may be appropriate at this point on the composition of the Swedish theological faculties.

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Research Article
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Scottish Journal of Theology , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , June 1956 , pp. 113 - 134
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Copyright © Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 1956

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page 113 note 2 Within recent years there have been the further appointments of a Professor of the History of Missions at Uppsala, and a Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at Lund.

page 115 note 1 Rodhe, to a greater extent than Brilioth, has set the direction which presentday research is taking among Church historians and practical theologians in Sweden.

page 118 note 1 This work, based on Söderblom's Gifford Lectures at Edinburgh University in 1931, was published posthumously in 1933 in English as The Living God.

page 120 note 1 This work was published in 1930 in German with the title, Das Christliche Gottesbild.

page 121 note 1 An English translation, The Faith of the Christian Church, was published in the U.S.A., 1948.

page 123 note 1 The original Swedish work of 1930 was called The Christian Concept of the Atonement (Den kristna försoningstanken).

page 124 note 1 Among Bring's most important contributions to theology in Sweden is his editorship of the Swedish Theological Quarterly, the leading Swedish journal of Systematic Theology, founded by Aulén in 1925. Since 1937 Bring has edited the journal.

page 126 note 1 Nygren's large work on the Christian concept of love has been translated into a number of languages. The two English translations are called Agape and Eros.

page 127 note 1 The work on the Holy Communion was translated into English in 1930 as Eucharistic Faith and Practice.

page 128 note 1 Brilioth was Professor at Lund from 1928–37, Bishop of Växjö from 1937–50, and has been Archbishop of Uppsala since 1950.

page 129 note 1 Nygren was President of the Lutheran World Federation from 1947–52, and still holds a leading position in that organisation.

page 129 note 2 In Swedish, the title of the Society is Uppsala exegetiska sällskap, and the Annual Svensk exegetisk ȧrsbok.

page 132 note 1 Widengren gives a general picture of his basic position in his work, Religionens vädrld (2nd edn., 1953).Google Scholar

page 133 note 1 Among Engnell's publications available in English is the thesis he offered for his doctorate, ‘Studies in Divine Kingship in the Ancient Near East’, 1943.

page 133 note 2 A typical example of Riesenfeld's method is the thesis which he offered for his doctorate, ‘Jesus Transfiguré’, 1947.

page 133 note 3 Odeberg, Hugo, The Fourth Gospel, 1929.Google Scholar