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- Appelqvist, Tomas, 1976-
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A Lutheran answer to challenges from Alasdair MacIntyre and Stanley Hauerwas : Early Lutheran theology and ethics in dialogue with present day post-secularism
- 2014
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In: Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift. - 0039-6761. ; 90:3, s. 100-119
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The new traditionalist wave in ecumenical theology (for example Hauerwas, MacIntyre and Milbank) gives little and often even negative attention to Early Reformation thoughts. Lutheran theology is often depicted as a platonic ecclesiology where the ethics and politics of the “secular” society is accepted automatically also with-in the church. The article presents some of the main critical questions to Early Lutheran thinking from con-temporary theology. Then, a short historical investigation follows on some Lutheran concepts, like the “Two kingdoms doctrine” and "The three orders". I use a heavily discussed topics within Lutheran tradition, the "Table of duties” within the Catechism, to show that at least historically, Early Lutheranism can give a com-prehensive response to post-secular critics. The critique against Lutheranism in contemporary theology is not correct if the writings from Early Lutheranism (Martin Luther and the Book of Concord) are studied closely. Then, the hermeneutical question, how to deal with this historical knowledge today, remains. I claim for a middle-way between liberalism and communitarianism, that will make it possible for a wide range of interpre-tations concerning Christianity and culture in our multi-cultural society.
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- Appelqvist, Tomas
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Bönen i den helige Andes tempel - Människosyn och kyrkosyn i Martin Luthers böneteologi
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This thesis explores Martin Luther´s theology of prayer. His catechetical writings (written between 1516-1535) and the three longer series of lectures on the Psalms (written 1513-1515, 1519-1521 and 1532-1535) are studied. The thesis explains how Luther´s experiences through prayer and theology work as a coherent whole, where formulations from different areas (for instance anthropology and ecclesiology) enlighten and enrich each other reciprocally. The main purpose is to formulate the fundamental syntheses in Luther´s thought. Especially in chapter four, the thesis connects to an ambition recurrent in present theological discussion on Luther´s theology; that is to express a harmony between the actions of the individual person as a social being and the church as the body of Christ. The main argument is that the fulfilment of God´s commandments, especially the Decalogue, is central to Luther´s theology of prayer. According to Luther, things that in the church are called the will of God have to correspond to the will of God as it is expressed in the Decalogue and other central texts in the Bible. For that reason, the whole structure of the church should have a character that promotes good deeds. Present day Nordic Lutheran theology should therefore develop a definition of freedom, where the Christian faith is understood as a freedom to something rather than a freedom from something. The thesis depicts four different models that are found in previous research on Luther and his theology of prayer. It is shown that every model has drawn attention to something of importance in Luther´s theological thinking. However, these models need to be complemented by a stress on the central function of the Decalogue in order to give a fuller understanding of Luther´s own theology of prayer.
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- Appelqvist, Tomas
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Lag och evangelium - Ett förlegat begreppspar eller en källa för dagsaktuell kulturanalys?
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In: Ingång. - 1401-8616. ; 14:2, s. 11-15
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Journal article (pop. science, debate, etc.)abstract
- Uppsatsen är en "debatterande fördjupningsrecension", vilket innebär att den är en del i ett temanummer, där fyra olika recensenter utifrån sina teologiska specialområden granskar olika aspekter av en doktorsavhandling i teologi. Temanumret avslutas med att författaren till avhandling ger sina kommentarer till de olika recensenternas synpunkter. Den granskade doktorsavhandlingen heter "Lag och evangelium som tal om Gud – En analys av synen på lag och evangelium hos några nutida lutherska teologer: Pannenberg, Wingren och Scaer", skriven av Tomas Nygren och utgiven på Artos bokförlag år 2007.
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- Appelqvist, Tomas
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Luther in Swedish
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In: Lutheran Quarterly. - : Johns Hopkins University Press. - 0024-7499 .- 2470-5616. ; 32:1, s. 71-78
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- Appelqvist, Tomas, 1976-
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Lutherforskningens koppling till luthersk tro : En kritisk utvärdering av ett forskningsprojekt
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In: Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift. - : Gleerup. - 0039-6761. ; 93:1-2, s. 95-108
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This article evaluates a research project on Lutheran theology and ethics in a post-Christian society supervised by professor emeritus Carl-Henric Grenholm, Uppsala University. The project has resulted in six books and the topics of the books are: (1) original sin, (2) spiritual training, (3) political aspects of Christian ethics, (4) human bodies, pleasure and passion, (5) vocation, and (6) law and sin in nineteenth-century revival movements. As a whole, the project puts focus on twentieth-century theology and gives only little attention to what Luther has actually written. Even less attention is paid to other early Lutheran writers. Present-day Christian globalism and ecumenism are not noted at all in the books of the project. Future Lutheran scholarship can learn a lot from the failures of this project. It is important to treat the sources from the sixteenth century carefully and contextualize them in order to translate them into present time. It also seems increasingly necessary to clarify previous research traditions on the topics that present-day scholars write about. As a last insight we can see that Luther scholars, instead of locking the early Lutheran sources into modernist categories, need to reevaluate the diverse Lutheran tradition from which they form their own theological agenda, thereby clarifying how they interpret the Biblical and ancient church traditions on the topic in dialogue with the Lutheran doctrinal formulations from the sixteenth century.
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