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- Larsson, Mats, 1960-
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"Vi kristna unga qvinnor" : Askers Jungfruförening 1865–1903 – identitet och intersektionalitet
- 2015
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The Maiden Association in Asker was founded in 1865 20 kilometers southwest of Örebro in the county of Närke. A group of unmarried women closely connected to the Asker Baptist congregation met for prayer, bible reading and conversations with early democratic overtones. They gathered in a time of change in a variety of areas, both social as well as church-related. The surviving material from these women – in the form of protocols, membership registers, etc. – provides an insight into their reflexive process. The local Maiden Association in Asker becomes a window, a vantage point into something that would otherwise be hard to access: in other words, the situation and thinking of "ordinary" women.The overall aim of this study has been to contribute to the understanding of how continuity and changes during the latter part of the 19th century, mainly in the realm of church history, could influence the thinking and life ideals of nonconformist Christian women. Based on my meeting with the source material, two central questions have been formulated: 1. How did the Maiden Association in Asker, during the time period 1865–1903 and in its context, formulate and shape the identities as Christian, woman and young? 2. Why were they formulated and shaped in this way? The method selected may be described as church historical and hermeneutic, with an inductive approach. The source material is derived from two distinct periods in the life of the association, 1865–1880 and 1888–1903, which has given the opportunity to identify changes over time. Two theoretical perspectives have been established – one based on identity and one based on intersectionality.The investigation shows the clear influence of the holiness movements at the local level in the shape of the Holiness Union and the Örebro Mission Association. But the study also shows that the lives and thinking of women were not only characterized by change, but also by continuity. The church historical changes that the nonconformist religious women in Asker took part in were not a clean-cut break with previous lutheran traditions and conventions.
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- Santell, Fredrik, 1973-
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Svenska kyrkans diakonistyrelse : Tillflöden och tillkomst, organisation och verksamhet intill 1938
- 2016
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This study is focused on the way in which the Church of Sweden emerged as an overall national unit in support of the pastoral activities in the dioceses and parishes through the work of the Church of Sweden National Board for Parish Life (Svenska kyrkans diakonistyrelse). This Board was established in 1910 as one of three Central Boards of the Church of Sweden. The incentives and origin of this Board as well as its organisation and activities are investigated for the period from its inception up until 1938.The Board was shaped by the Swedish Practical and Pastoral Theologian Olof Holmström (1854–1921) on the basis of his National Church Programme (folkkyrkoprogram). The establishment of the General Swedish Corporation of Priests (Allmänna svenska prästföreningen) in 1903 was the first limited outflow of Holmström’s programme. The interpretation of the Youth Church Movement (ungkyrkorörelsen) as the primary revitalising factor in the Church of Sweden during the first two decades of the 20th century has been rejected as one of the organisational myths identified in this thesis. The establishment of the National Board for Parish Life was the result of an informal collaboration between representatives for the Parish Movement (församlingsrörelsen) and formal initiatives, primarily taken by Archbishop J A Ekman (1845–1913) and the Minister of Ecclesiastical Affairs, Hugo Hammarskjöld (1845–1937).The work of the Board was extensive with many branches carried out alongside the parish work line (församlingsvårdslinjen) and the social ethics line (socialetiska linjen). The work was adapted over time, due to changing theological as well as general organisational patterns in the Swedish state and society, such as changing ideas of Sweden as a ’National Home’ (folkhem).Different operational levels of the organisation are investigated, such as the Governing Body, a number of Committees for the ongoing work in limited areas and the corporation of diocesan representatives (stiftsombud). The high-ranking First Secretaries’ influence on the daily work was important.The Church of Sweden National Board for Parish Life is one of the roots of the current Church of Sweden administrative headquarters at Uppsala.
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