Religion & Teologi

Frida Mannerfelt | Religionens nya röster – om digital religiösa kreatörer

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 07:47:00 +0200

Dagens avsnitt av R&T sker i samarbete med podcasten Digital Religion och är en återpublicering av ett inspelat samtal med forskaren Frida Mannerfelt, som ingår i projektet Scripture and Secularism: Mapping the Impact of the Bible on Concepualizations of Europe, vid CTR.

Mannerfelt samtalar med forskaren inom digital humaniora vid Umeå universitet, Julia Kuhlin, i ett avsnitt om digital religiösa kreatörer och hur de utmanar traditionella religiösa auktoriteter. Om de nya spelreglerna för religion i ett digitaliserat samhälle.

För vidare läsning: Digital Creatives and the Rethinking of Religious Authority - Heidi A. Campbell

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Wally Cirafesi | Did Paul Expect Roman Christ-Followers to Go to Synagogue?

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 07:25:00 +0200

This episode is a lecture with the title "Did Paul Expect Roman Christ-Followers to Go to Synagogue?" given at the "Exegetical Days 2024" September 24 2024 in Lund, in relation to the theme "Simplicity and Diversity in Rome". Besides this lecture by Wally Cirafesi (Lund University), other invited speakers included Michael Wolter (Universität Bonn), Catrin Williams (University of Wales), and Samuel Byrskog (Lund University), who is mentioned in the opening of Cerafesi's lecture, in light of the forthcoming new commentary of Romans (in Swedish; the "KNT"-series).

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Britt Dahlman | Johannes Cassianus samtal med fäderna: en lärobok för nybörjare?

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 10:34:31 +0200

Dagens avsnitt är en föreläsning från årets upplaga av "patristiska dagen" och temat Disciplin, individ och kollektiv. Klostret – den europeiska bildningens vagga.

2 April 2024 höll dr. Britt Dahlman en föreläsning med titeln, "Johannes Cassianus Samtal med fäderna: en lärobok för nybörjare?" som en av flera föredrag från forskarna inom det av RJ finansierade projektet "Auktoritet, samhälle och individuell frihet - det latinska klosterväsendet och rötterna till Europas utbildningsideal".

Britt Dahlman är forskare i grekiska vid CTR.

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Alison Scott-Baumann | Academic Freedom, Student Activism and War in the Middle East

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 16:41:07 +0200

What challenges do universities face when compelled to respond to crisis and student activism? What are the effects of self-censorship, polarisation, and the proliferation of social media? What innovative approaches are available for the university as a committed social actor - also beyond the confines of campus? How can universities, in short, remain bodies of evidence-based knowledge and principled engagement, without compromising academic freedom and pluralism?

In this episode of R&T–in collaboration with the podcast HT-Samtal– Torsten Janson (senior lecturer in Islamic Studies, at the CTR) curates a conversation with Alison Scott-Baumann, on academic freedom in light of the emergencies in the Middle East. The conversation was recorded in the LUX building, on the 11th sept. 2024.

Alison Scott-Baumann is Professor of Society and Belief in the Centre of Islamic Studies in the Near and Middle East Department at SOAS and her work has two interrelated and also distinct research strands, social justice and philosophy.

A special thanks goes out to Martin Degrell, producer of HT-samtal. The original episode, reposted on this channel, can be found here: Academic Freedom (with Alison Scott-Baumann)

Blaženka Scheuer | Bin, getingar och vesslor: rabbinsk respons på jungfrufödseln

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:21:11 +0200

Dr Blaženka Scheuer, universitetslektor i Gamla testamentets exegetik, utsågs den 7 mars till oavlönad docent vid Lunds universitet. Som seden bjuder höll Scheuer en docentföreläsning över temat "Bin, getingar och vesslor: rabbinsk respons på jungfrufödseln." Professor emeritus i GT exegetik, Fredrik Lindström, ger en gedigen introduktion till föreläsningen.

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Ulrich Schmiedel | "Det började röra sig!”: Public Theology for the Postmigrant Society

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 14:23:28 +0200

Dr. Ulrich Schmiedel was appointed professor of Global Christianities in the autumn 2023, and took up his position at Lund University on 1 January 2024. "'Det började röra sig!': Public Theology for the Postmigrant Society" is prof. Schmiedel's inaugural lecture, and took place at CTR on the 12th Sept. 2024.

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Martin Lund | Judisk-kodade superhjältar: några tankar om kategorisering

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 15:11:07 +0200

Dagens avsnitt är en inspelning från 3 juni 2024, då Martin Lund höll sin docentföreläsning vid CTR, under rubriken "Judisk-kodade superhjältar: några tankar om kategorisering." Lund är lektor vid Malmö universitet, vid Institutionen för samhälle, kultur och identitet.

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Terje Stordalen | Biblical Narrative in a Century of Newspapers

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 08:00:00 +0200

This episode of R&T is lecture by Terje Stordalen; professor of Old Testament exegesis at the University of Oslo since 2006 and honorary doctor at Lund university 2024.

Stordalen is an influential and versatile researcher with a clear interdisciplinary interest. In addition to traditional issues associated with the historical, literary, and hermeneutic problem fields of biblical texts, he has devoted his scientific work to cultural research and collective memory. He uses carefully selected social science methods to study ancient texts and cultures, including the perspective of material religion. Stordalen has also been the leader of several interdisciplinary projects and research groups, and his efforts within the OTSEM network, which brings together 150 researchers at 17 universities, have been crucial for the network’s development.

Stordalen has been a recurring guest at the Faculty of Theology in Lund for many years. Over the years, he has inspired and enabled many exchanges between Lund University and the University of Oslo, and has also been a good critical friend in connection with quality reviews and research evaluations at the faculty.

“Terje Stordalen’s contributions to Old Testament research are significant,” says the Dean of the Faculty of Theology, Professor Stephan Borgehammar. “His research, his collaboration with colleagues in Lund, and his constructive commitment to the development of the Faculty of Theology, we want to acknowledge with this honorary doctorate.”

Stordalen received his award at the doctoral promotion in Lund on May 31, 2024 and held the lecture "Biblical Narrative in a Century of Newspapers" on May 30th. The Powerpoint-presentation for the lecture can be found here.

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Elisabet Göransson | Traditionen, texten och auktoriteten

Thu, 06 Jun 2024 09:04:59 +0200

Dagens avsnitt är en föreläsning från årets upplaga av "patristiska dagen" och temat Disciplin, individ och kollektiv. Klostret – den europeiska bildningens vagga. 2 April 2024 höll Elisabet Göranssons en föreläsning med titeln, "Traditionen, texten och auktoriteten" som en av flera föredrag från forskarna inom det av RJ finansierade projektet "Auktoritet, samhälle och individuell frihet - det latinska klosterväsendet och rötterna till Europas utbildningsideal". Efter projektledaren Samuel Rubensons korta introduktion följer Elisabet Göranssons föredrag (05.56 in i avsnittet). För att ta del av Göranssons presentation se här.

Elisabet Göransson är forskare i latin, utbildningskoordinator och timlärare, vid CTR.

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Jonas Eek | Svenska kyrkans konfirmandarbete genom praktisk-teologisk lins

Tue, 28 May 2024 10:30:51 +0200

Dagens avsnitt är en inspelning från 23 maj 2024, då Jonas Ek höll sin docentföreläsning vid CTR, under rubriken "Framgångsrikt, sårbart och möjligt att förändra: Svenska kyrkans konfirmandarbete genom praktisk-teologisk lins".

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Ola Wikander | Stjärnan, Gryningens son

Sat, 11 May 2024 08:02:00 +0200

Dagens avsnitt är inspelad under boklansering för "Stjärnan, Gryningens son" – den nu fullbordade fantastiktrilogin av Ola Wikander (bibelvetenskap, Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap). Den 2:a maj samtalade samtal författaren tillsammans med Olivia Cejvan (religionshistoria, Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap) den avslutande delen, ”Den Store guden Slump”, som fullbordar trilogin ifråga, och som ges ut i en stor volym tillsammans med de tidigare ”Serafers drömmar” och ”Den trettonde funktionen”.

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Katarina Pålsson | Hieronymus och framväxten av en monastisk lärmiljö

Fri, 10 May 2024 08:38:46 +0200

Dagens avsnitt är änne en föreläsning från årets upplaga av "patristiska dagen." Arrangerad av Collegium Patristicum Lundense, föreläser forskaren Katarina Pålssons över temat "Hieronymus och framväxten av en monastisk lärmiljö" som är en av flera föredrag dedikerade åt det tidiga latinska klosterväsendet och den syn på bildning, regler och gemenskapsliv som uttrycks av några av dess viktigaste författare. Föredrag hålls av forskarna inom det av RJ finansierade projektet "Auktoritet, samhälle och individuell frihet - det latinska klosterväsendet och rötterna till Europas utbildningsideal".

Katarina Pålsson är forskare i kyrkohistoria vid CTR och besrkiver sig själv på följande vis: "Jag är född 1989 och uppvuxen i Klippan. 2015 tog jag min masterexamen i teologi vid CTR och blev antagen som doktorand i kyrkohistoria. Jag disputerade 2019 med avhandlingen Negotiating Heresy: The Reception of Origen in Jerome’s Eschatological Thought, som behandlade receptionen av den tidigkristne teologen Origenes av Alexandria hos den något senare författaren Hieronymus av Stridon. Avhandlingen belönades med Oscar II:s stipendium 2020, ett pris från Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund 2020, samt Kungliga Vitterhetsakademiens pris för förtjänt vetenskapligt arbete 2021. Jag arbetar nu inom projektet Auktoritet, samhälle och individuell frihet – det latinska klosterväsendet och rötterna till Europas utbildningsideal samt inom forskningsprogrammet At the End of the World: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Apocalyptic Imaginary in the Past and Present, båda finansierade av Riksbankens Jubileumsfond."

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Samuel Rubenson | Från öst till väst– förmedling och förvandling

Fri, 03 May 2024 08:05:29 +0200

Dagens avsnitt är en föreläsning från årets upplaga av "patristiska dagen" och temat Disciplin, individ och kollektiv. Klostret – den europeiska bildningens vagga. Arrangerad av Collegium Patristicum Lundense under 2 April 2024, Rubensons föreläsning är en av fler dedikerade åt det tidiga latinska klosterväsendet och den syn på bildning, regler och gemenskapsliv som uttrycks av några av dess viktigaste författare. Föredrag hålls av forskarna inom det av RJ finansierade projektet "Auktoritet, samhälle och individuell frihet - det latinska klosterväsendet och rötterna till Europas utbildningsideal".

Samuel Rubenson är prof. emeritus i kyrkohistoria vid CTR, och beskriver sin egen gärning på följande vis : "Från min uppväxt i Etiopien har jag ett brinnande intresse för kulturmöten, främmande språk och religionsdialog med fokus på Mellanöstern. Jag har särskilt ägnat mig åt kristendomens framväxt, de orientaliska kyrkornas tro och liv och tidigkristen litteratur på grekiska och olika orientaliska språk. Mina viktigast publikationer gäller klosterväsendets framväxt och jag leder ett större forskningsprogram om relationen mellan antik bildning och tidigt klosterväsende."

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Eva Österberg | Miraklernas Paradox

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 17:01:17 +0200

Teologiska fakulteten utsåg 2017 professor emerita Eva Österberg till Anders Nygrenpristagare. Dagens avsnitt är en återpublicering av Österbergs föreläsning vid mottagandet av detta pris. Forskare och dåvarande biträdande prefekten för CTR, Johanna Gustafsson Lundberg, introducerar föreläsningen (som går att se här).

Eva Österberg är en av landets mest framstående historiker. Hon har starkt bidragit till att svenska historiker från 1990-talet och framåt återupptäckt religionens roll i historien. I åtskilliga böcker har hon öppnat det förflutnas existentiella dimensioner. Religionens, och kanske särskilt den lutherska teologins inflytande på de tidigmoderna mentaliteterna behandlas i flera av hennes verk.

Som flitigt anlitad handledare i forskarutbildningen har hon handlett uppmärksammade forskningsprojekt som belyser kyrkans inverkan på mentalitet och samhälle under medeltid och tidigmodern tid. Österberg har också intresserat sig för den forskning som bedrivs vid CTR och hennes forskning har inspirerat lärare och doktorander vid institutionen.

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Martin Lembke | Finns gud?

Sun, 24 Mar 2024 08:06:34 +0100

I dagens avsnitt får vi följa med i en expose över 12 argument om guds existens. Tyder big bang för 13,8 miljarder år sedan på att det finns en övernaturlig skapare av universum? Eller tyder evolutionens bloddrypande historia på motsatsen? Martin Lembke, doktor i religionsfilosofi vid CTR, går raskt igenom de bästa - eller mest välkända - argumenten för och emot Guds existens.

Inspelat framför publik den 6 mars 2024 i Lux aula på CTR.

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Samuel Rubenson | Colonial powers and Ethiopian frontiers 1880–84 (digital bokmässa)

Tue, 13 Feb 2024 20:40:00 +0100

Dagens avsnitt är ännu en återpublicering från Lunds universitets digitala bokmässa, 2021. Denna gången samtalar Martin Degrell med Samuel Rubenson, professor i kyrkohistoria vid CRT.

I arkivens mörker finns nycklar till att förstå vad som sker när gamla koloniala sår, djupt rotade maktanspråk och språkligt envälde kommer i dagen. Samuel Rubenson, låter bortglömda etiopiska texter tala. Lunds universitets moderator

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Paul Linjamaa | Maria Magdalenas evangelium (digital bokmässa)

Wed, 31 Jan 2024 20:39:00 +0100

Detta är en återpublicering av ett samtal som redan går finna här, mellan CTR-forskaren Paul Linjamaa och Anna Clara Törnqvist.

Vad står det egentligen i evangeliet som bär ”Maria Magdalenas” namn? Vilken roll hade egentligen kvinnan i den tidiga kristendomen? Om detta berättar Paul Linjamaa, docent i religionshistoria, som för första gången översatt texten till svenska.

Läs mer om Paul Linjamaas forskning i Lunds universitets forskningsportal: https://portal.research.lu.se/portal/...

Mer information om boken "Maria Magdalenas evangelium" (Dialogos Förlag): https://www.dialogosforlag.se/bocker/...

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Jakob Wirén

Fri, 19 Jan 2024 17:28:48 +0100

In this episode, the Conversation Series presents ‘Swedish Crossroads: Church, Death, and the Quest for Meaning’; a comprehensive examination of the interrelationship between death, societal norms, and spiritual beliefs within the distinct socio-cultural context of Sweden. The discussion critically analyzes the influence of Swedish secular values, particularly those stemming from Lutheran secularization, on societal perceptions of death and the grieving process. The episode also explores the role of death education in Swedish schools, examining its impact on shaping children's perceptions of mortality in a context characterized by high rates of atheism. With Dr. Jakob Wirén we examine the mechanisms through which individuals seek meaning and closure following the loss of loved ones, considering the cultural and environmental implications of practices such as natural burial. ‘Swedish Crossroads: Church, Death, and the Quest for Meaning’ also reflects on the historical significance of Swedish folklore, examining the persistence and transformation of afterlife tales and their influence on contemporary attitudes toward death. The episode critically reflects on the lessons learned from Sweden's approach to palliative care and the ethos of death with dignity. In analyzing the broader societal implications, the podcast discusses the application of "lagom" - the Swedish philosophy of balance - in the context of grief and loss. It assesses how Sweden's liberal church policies on funerals and memorials reflect evolving societal attitudes toward death amid increasing secularization. It also considers the role of Sweden's extensive welfare and social support systems in shaping individual approaches to existential questions about mortality.

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Music for the Conversation Series is generously provided by the Shavnabada Choir. The project author and the host of the Conversation Series is Dr. Tornike Metreveli.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Mikhail Suslov

Sat, 23 Dec 2023 06:35:36 +0100

In this final episode from Religion in Praxis of this year, Professor Mikhail Suslov takes us deep into an ideological moment and situation named Putinism. In a world where the interplay of ideology, religion, and national identity shapes the contours of global politics, understanding the dynamics of Putinism and the role of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) in contemporary Russia poses a fundamental challenge to European security. The questions posed in a recent interview with Professor Suslov go to the heart of these dynamics, exploring the motivations, influences, and implications of Putinism as Russia's third official ideology, and the relationship between the ROC and the state. Central to this exploration is an examination of the genesis of Putinism: is it a reactive construct, primarily a shield against perceived external threats, or is it an introspective quest for national identity and unity? This question sets the stage for a broader examination of the ideology's foundations and its resonance among the Russian populace and intellectual elite. The discussion then shifts to the significant influence of the Orthodox Church on Putinism, exploring how the Church shapes the ideology's core values and messianic narratives, as well as its impact on Russian society through various social institutions. Unlike Marxism-Leninism, Putinism lacks a clear utopian vision, raising questions about its effectiveness and appeal both domestically and internationally. This leads to an examination of Putinism's adaptability and potential evolution in response to domestic and international challenges, including its effectiveness as a cognitive prism through which the Russian population interprets its place in the world and current global dynamics. The interview also explores the inherent contradictions within Putinism that may limit its longevity or effectiveness as a guiding ideology. The potential evolution of Putinism, either toward social democracy or Orthodox fundamentalism, and its implications for Russia's domestic and foreign policies are explored as critical endpoints of this journey.

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Music for the Conversation Series is generously provided by the Shavnabada Choir. The project author and the host of the Conversation Series is Dr. Tornike Metreveli.

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Patrik Lundberg | Religion & Existens

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 09:28:09 +0100

Dagens avsnitt av R&T spelades in inför publik på CTR, kvällen den 30:e november 2023, och utgör höstterminens fjärde och den sista delen av höstens samtalsserie "Religion och Existens." Tillsammans med samtalsledarna och forskarna Olivia Cejvan och Andreas Westergren för vi följa med på ett samtal med journalisten och författaren Patrik Lundberg, om adoptioner och existens. Utgångspunkten är det granskande repotaget som ligger till grund för "Adoptionerna" (2022; författad med Josefin Sköld och Alexander Mahmoud) vilken belönades med Stora Journalistpriset, i kategorin "Årets avslöjande."

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Stina Wollter | Religion & Existens

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 16:23:02 +0100

Dagens avsnitt av R&T spelades in inför publik på CTR, kvällen den 23:e november 2023, och utgör höstterminens tredje del av samtalsserien "Religion och Existens." Tillsammans med samtalsledarna och forskarna Clara Nystrand och Emil Bernmaln för vi följa med på ett samtal med konstnären och författaren Stina Wollter, om kroppen. Utgångspunkten är böckerna "Kring denna kropp" (2019) och "Kriget mot kroppen" (2022, författad tillsammans med Erik Hemingsson), vilka på olika sätt undersöker kroppens vara i samtiden samt visar vägen mot en hälsosammare värld genom att ifrågasätta gamla sanningar och lyfta fram nya.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Orthodox Christianity and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 11:07:00 +0100

In the twenty-fifth episode of the Conversations Series, our host Tornike Metreveli brings up the following questions, in relation to the recent publication of Orthodox Christianity and the COVID-19 Pandemic (Routledge, 2023): In an unprecedented global crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, how do Orthodox Christian churches reconcile their age-old practices with the urgent mandates of public health and safety? This is the central question at the heart of this book and our episode. The aim is to investigate the interactions between Orthodox Christianity, a faith deeply intertwined with tradition and rituals, and the extraordinary demands of a global pandemic. The scope of this book includes a comprehensive examina-tion of how these intersections have affected the practices, beliefs, and community dynamics within Orthodox Christianity. This manuscript primarily provides a deep-dive into the churning turmoil that unfolded as COVID-19 embarked on its grim trajectory, radically altering the world’s social practices. In this vortex of change, Orthodox Christianity, steeped in a cultural landscape of tradition, encountered a unique kaleidoscope of challenges and paradoxes. The church, traditionally a sanctuary of solace for Orthodox Christians, found itself precariously balanced on the knife-edge of a conundrum, requiring adaptability and transformation in unprecedented ways. With global chaos whirling around them, believers sought solace within the comforting walls of the church. This underscored the faith's crucial role as an anchor amidst stormy seas of uncertainty. However, navigating the turbulent waters raised provocative questions: how did the Orthodox churches adapt age-old rituals in the face of socially distanced mandates necessitated by the pandemic? How did Orthodox Christians reconcile their fervent religious beliefs and practices with the stringent health mandates laid down by their governments?

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Music for the Conversation Series is generously provided by the Shavnabada Choir. The project author and the host of the Conversation Series is Dr. Tornike Metreveli.

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Sven-Eric Liedman | Religion & Existens

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:18:37 +0200

Dagens avsnitt av R&T spelades in inför publik på CTR, kvällen den 23:e oktober 2023, och utgör höstterminens andra delen av samtalsserien "Religion och Existens." Tillsammans med samtalsledarna forskarna Lovisa Nyman och Erik Sidenvall för vi följa med på ett samtal med prof. emeritus, Sven-Eric Liedman, om åldrande. Liedman var inte bara professor i idé och lärdomshistoria vid Göteborgs universitet under många år, utan har även varit flitig skribent av olika typer av böcker och texter, till exempel I skuggan av framtiden (1997) och Ett oändligt äventyr (2001). Frihetens herrar, frihetens knektar (1982) och Att se sig själv i andra (1999). I fokus för kvällens samtal var senaste verket, I november: om åldrandet (2022). Liedman säger själv om boken: "Många har skrivit om ålderdomen. Sällan är de över åttio; det vanligaste är sextio eller däromkring. Då skriver man inte riktigt inifrån utan föreställer sig snarare hur det är att bli äldre. Den som är åttio eller mer än redan rutinerad som pensionär. Inte för att man vet hur alla andra har det. Det jag kan göra är att avlägga ett personligt vittnesbörd om hur det kan vara att bli gammal".

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Oliver Scharbrodt

Sat, 30 Sep 2023 11:21:00 +0200

In the twenty-fourth episode of the Conversations Series, our host Tornike Metreveli is joined by Professor Oliver Scharbrodt to unpack the ethical, legal, and societal ramifications of Quran burnings in Sweden. As a nation celebrated for its commitment to free speech and multiculturalism, Sweden finds itself at the intersection of a daunting dilemma. The provocative act of Quran burning by far-right activists challenges the country's stance between upholding free speech and maintaining religious tolerance. The episode explores three central themes: the historical antecedents of religious text desecration, the motivations behind such polarizing acts within the larger European context, and the tensions between freedom of expression, religious tolerance, and societal cohesion. The episode seeks to explore how a liberal democracy reconciles its founding principles with the imperative of societal harmony. The conversation aims to illuminate the broader implications for ongoing debates about secularism, multiculturalism, and religious freedom not only in Sweden, but across Europe.

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Music for the Conversation Series is generously provided by the Shavnabada Choir. The project author and the host of the Conversation Series is Dr. Tornike Metreveli.

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Anita Goldman | Religion & Existens

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 11:05:54 +0200

Dagens avsnitt av R&T spelades in inför publik på CTR, kvällen den 21:e september 2023, och är höstterminens första delen av samtalsserien "Religion och Existens." Tillsammans med samtalsledarna forskarna Frida Mannerfelt och Svante Lundgren stod Anita Goldman i centrum som kvällens hedersgäst. Goldman är sedan flera decennier verksam som författare, journalist, debattör och kolumnist, och har genom åren varit en viktig samhällsröst i Sverige. Hennes texter handlar ofta om kvinnors roll i historien och i religionen. Böcker som "Våra bibliska mödrar" (1988) och "Guds älskarinnor". "Om hängivna kvinnor i en livrädd värld" (2005) är exempel på hur Goldman engagerat och sakligt bearbetar kvinnors ställning i religionen. Goldman profilerar i sitt författarskap ett välgrundat engagemang för fred i Mellanöstern och deltar i den offentliga debatten om vikten av historisk kunskap och religiös litteralitet när antisemitiska tendenser smyger sig in, och hon kombinerar sitt engagemang med sitt tydliga ställningstagande för kvinnor, framför allt mödrar, i historien. Med tiden har Goldmans författarskap tagit en allt tydligare inriktning mot andlighet, inte minst i boken "Om stenarna kunde tala i Palma de Mallorca" (2019). Dagens avsnitt kretsade särskilt kring böckerna "Guds älskarinnor" (2006) samt "Ljusbärarna" (2012).

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Liah Greenfeld pt 3

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 11:56:00 +0200

In this episode of the Conversations Series, a final discussion takes place with the renowned award-winning sociologist Professor Liah Greenfeld. With a host Tornike Metreveli, Liah Greenfeld discusses key arguments from Greenfeld's book, "The Spirit of Capitalism." Greenfeld delves into a central question once explored by Max Weber: What truly drives sustained economic growth? Tracing the economic consciousness across nations such as England, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States, Greenfeld presents a compelling case that the force behind growth-centric economies is not mere rational economic action, but the profound influence of nationalism. This insatiable quest for national prestige becomes the catalyst for economic competitiveness. Taking the U.S. as a case in point, Greenfeld illustrates how economic advancement has become almost indistinguishable from national pride. This conflation, while spurring relentless economic achievement, also creates a society of workaholics questioning their relentless pursuits and, at times, misguiding foreign policy objectives.

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Hege Markussen | Studiet av islam vid CTR

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:46:31 +0200

Dagens avsnitt är ett föredrag och ämnespresentation från konferensen "Att vägleda till studier inom humaniora, teologi och samhällsvetenskap," som hölls på LUX, år 2018.

Föredraget finns att se här:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6KUFe2hoFM&ab_channel=HT-fakulteternavidLundsuniversitet

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Stephan Borgehammar | Framtiden förr

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 09:19:23 +0200

Detta avsnitt av R&T är en återpublicering av Stephan Borgehammars, professor i praktisk teologi vid Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap, föredraget "Framtiden förr: medeltida tidshantering och tanken på världens ände." Föredraget, som ursprungligen hölls på de så kallade "Ht-dagarna" vid Lunds universitet 2017, undersöker medeltida tidshantering och tanken på världens ände Föredraget använder bilder och texter förknippade med adventstiden för att ge inblickar i hur medeltidens människor såg på tiden och på sin egen plats i historien. Det visar sig att advent i sin funktion som förberedelsetid för julen gav utrymme åt en vision av hela världshistoriens skepnad och innebörd. I senmedeltida predikningar från adventstiden tas också världens ände upp, med målande skildringar av den yttersta domen jämte ingående analyser av bibeltexter. Kan till exempel Matteusevangeliets tal om att stjärnorna ska falla ner från himlen förenas med astronomisk vetenskap?

Se föredraget här: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWr92ixXUg8&ab_channel=HT-fakulteternavidLundsuniversitet

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Liah Greenfeld pt 2

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:12:00 +0200

This is the twenty-second episode of the Conversations Series, and in this second episode in the ongoing triology of conversations with the renowned award-winning sociologist Professor Liah Greenfeld, Greenfeld unravels the dark side of the American dream. We dare to question if the very essence of the ambition-driven culture, built on limitless self-fulfillment, could actually be causing a wave of mental distress. Tornike Metreveli’s second episode with the esteemed scholar in modernity and nationalism, Liah Greenfeld, provokes a compelling hypothesis. Professor Greenfeld suggests a link between the egalitarian society we cherish and the escalating rates of mental illness. By interweaving philosophy, psychology, and history, Greenfeld's audacious insights shatter conventional notions of what it means to live in the land of the free.

In the conversation, we delve into the principles that modern nationalism is built upon - popular sovereignty, equality, and secularism. This paradigm celebrates the power of individuals to steer their own destinies. But with this empowerment comes the stress of constant self-evaluation, desire management, and social comparison. Taking us further into the abyss, Greenfeld traces a connection between these societal pressures and mental illnesses such as manic depression and schizophrenia. She proposes these are not just medical conditions, but dysfunctions of selfhood inflicted by the overbearing societal demands for self-realization. In this episode, prepare to be taken aback, challenged, and ultimately, enlightened. Greenfeld reveals a nuanced perspective of humanity, enriching our understanding of who we are and what we aspire to be.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Tornike Metreveli

Wed, 26 Jul 2023 07:42:38 +0200

This is the twenty-first episode of the Conversations Series, and the inaugural, associate Professorship lecture (aka "docent-lecture") of the host of the Religion in Praxis Conversations Series himself, Dr. Tornike Metreveli, under the title "Timeless Traditions, Changing Times: A Sociological Voyage through Orthodox Christianity."

The duality of faith as both sanctuary and storm is a paradox, one that resonates powerfully within the context of Orthodox Christianity. This exploration traverses arenas of power, global health crises, and conflict-laden landscapes.

This recording of the inaugural lecture commences by scrutinizing the dynamics between church and state in the post-communist settings of Ukraine, Serbia, and Georgia. The objective is to illuminate the strategies of the Orthodox Church as it shapes and is shaped by the political transitions in these societies.

The lecture then pivots towards an unprecedented universal crisis: the COVID-19 pandemic. Orthodox Christianity's response to this challenge is explored in depth, revealing the adaptation and reformation of traditions and practices that have been followed for centuries.

The final stage of the lecture focuses on Ukraine, a crossroads where faith, warfare, and national identity collide. The lecture here draw attention to the dual role of Orthodox Christianity, showcasing its potential as a source of resilience and its power to catalyse conflict.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Liah Greenfeld

Tue, 27 Jun 2023 08:00:00 +0200

This is the twentieth episode of the Conversations Series, and in this episode a triology of conversations with the renowned award-winning sociologist Professor Liah Greenfeld is introduced, where we apply theories on nationalism and modernity to the Russion invasion of Ukraine.

First, we probe Russia's national identity and consciousness, seeking to understand how its historical and cultural roots may shape its ambition to 'reclaim' territories perceived as inherently Russian. This analysis sets the stage for understanding the invasion within the 'Greater Russia' narrative.

Next, we explore the influence of modernity on Russia's geopolitical power dynamics, viewing the Ukrainian invasion as a manifestation of Russia's power assertion in the modern world. We then contrast Russia's and Ukraine's unique paths to nationhood. The distinct trajectories, influenced by historical, cultural, and institutional contexts, illuminate the tensions between the two nations.

Finally, we delve into the role of elites. We discuss how fluid societal norms and elite strategies in Russia shape national goals, such as the narrative of reclaiming Ukraine.

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Valborg Lindgärde | Om att läsa, lära & närvara i en bibelberättelse

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 07:47:00 +0200

Valborg Lindgärde tilldelades 2023 års Anders Nygrenpris, ett pris som delas vart tredje år ut av teologiska fakulteten vid Lunds universitet. Lindgärde föreläste i samband med överlämnandet på temat "'Ty skyndar iag mig tijt...' – Om att läsa, lära och närvara i en bibelberättelse."

Anders Nygrenpriset är inrättat av Stiftelsen Birgit och Sven Håkan Ohlsson till minne av Anders Nygren, inflytelserik professor i systematiskt teologi vid Teologiska fakulteten i Lund 1924-1949.

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Christine Hayes | Radical Rabbis & Other Serendipities

Fri, 09 Jun 2023 08:01:00 +0200

At the annual doctoral conferment ceremony on 26 May, 2023, Lund University conferred more than 200 doctors. One of them was the Faculty of Theology's honorary doctor, Professor Christine Hayes. This is a recording of her honorary doctoral lecture, held at LUX in Lund on 25 May. The title of the lecture is, "Radical Rabbis and Other Serendipities".

Christine Hayes is an American academic and scholar of Jewish studies, currently serving as the Sterling Professor of Religious Studies in Classical Judaica at Yale University.

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Johannes Anyuru | Den andra tomma graven - Jesus i islam

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 10:49:36 +0200

Den 25:e maj 2023 gav författare Johannes Anyuru en föreläsning vid CTR med rubriken "Den andra tomma graven - Jesus i Islam", med anledning av tilldelning av hedersdoktorat vid Lunds universitet och den teologiska fakulteten.

Föreläsningen går även att se här: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8psp-_yCIZo&t=11s&ab_channel=Religion%26Teologi

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Serhii Plokhy

Wed, 31 May 2023 14:16:00 +0200

This is the nineteenth episode of the Conversations Series.

Ignoring White House warnings, Russia's surprising invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 left the world in shock. The war, initiated by Putin, has seen an unexpected resistance from Ukrainians, the West's unity, and Russia's growing isolation.

Harvard historian Professor Serhii Plokhy provides a comprehensive analysis of the conflict's origins and its likely future impacts. Although the full-scale conflict began with the 2014 Russian seizure of the Crimean parliament, its roots lie in post-Soviet tensions and imperial collapse of earlier centuries. Plokhy points out that this new Cold War was predictable, not inevitable.

Ukraine has been central to Russia's self-conception, even as Ukrainians chart a different course. Amid nuclear proliferation, a crumbling post-Cold War international order, and rising populist nationalism, Ukraine now marks a critical divide between authoritarianism and democratic Europe.

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Richard Ohlsson & Roger A. Ritvo | The Legacy of the White Bus Rescue

Wed, 17 May 2023 16:12:50 +0200

How could a jar of potato salad ultimately result in 15,345 lives being saved from the Nazi death machine at the very end of the Second World War?

On the 25th of April, 2023, the departments of History and CTR organized an event under the rubric "A Jar of Potato Salad Can Save lives: The Legacy of the White Bus Rescue Actions in March-May 1945." Two invited guest-presenters, Richard Ohlsson (President, Better Futures Foundation), Roger A. Ritvo (Distinguished Professor, Auburn University, Montgomery), took a closer look at these so called "White Bus rescue."

Organized by Count Folke Bernadotte with the agreement of Heinrich Himmler, the White Bus rescue had little to do with ‘winning the war,” but remains one of the largest humanitarian efforts in history. The Swedish Red Cross applied the principles of human rights in an era when these were trampled by power, delusional dreams of conquest, and inhumanity. Inspired by these events, Richard Ohlsson founded the Better Futures Foundation to carry on this legacy of courage by ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Roger Ritvo's recent research highlighted some of those rescued and how they went on to make major contributions to politics, the arts, business, and other humanitarian programs.

For a video-recording of this occasion, see https://youtu.be/4-f8z95eMpY

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Aaron Goldman | Donald Trump as a Religious Hero

Wed, 10 May 2023 07:00:00 +0200

In this episode of R&T, CTR-researcher in Philosophy of Religion, Aaron Goldman, gives a talk entitled "Investigating QAnon as a Quasi-Religious Movement - Donald Trump as a Religious Hero", recorded from the annual "HT-dagarna" or Humanities and Theology days at the Joint Faculties.

With reference to classic theories of myth and religion, Goldman investigate QAnon – a decentralized right-wing conspiracy movement which emerged in the United States during Donald Trump’s presidency – as a quasi-religious response to Trump’s irruption into American political discourse. Further, Goldman hypothesize that a confluence of factors pertinent to the American cultural landscape generated conditions for a cult – merging the horizons of the religious and political – to coalesce around Trump as a religious hero figure.

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Yonatan Adler | The Origins of Judaism

Sun, 07 May 2023 07:11:00 +0200

In this episode, Professor Yonatan Adler (Ariel University) summarizes the findings of his latest book, "The Origins of Judaism—An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal," presentin archaeological discoveries and ancient texts which may revolutionize our understanding of the beginnings of Judaism.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Tobias Cremer

Fri, 28 Apr 2023 07:15:00 +0200

In the eighteenth part of the conversations series, we ask: "How has the relationship between religion, populism, and right-wing identity politics
evolved in recent years, and what are the key factors driving this change? How secularization, globalization, individualization, and rapid ethnic change have acted as demand-side developments, leading to the formation of this identity cleavages between cosmopolitans and communitarians?"

In this episode, we meet with Dr. Tobias Cremer to discuss his book “The Godless Crusade Religion, Populism and Right-Wing Identity Politics in the West.” Cremer postulates that the rise of right-wing populism in the West and its references to religion are less driven by a resurgence of religious fervor, than by the emergence of a new secular identity politics. Based on exclusive interviews with 116 populist leaders, key policy makers and faith leaders in the USA, Germany, and France, Cremer shows how right-wing populists use Christianity as a cultural identity marker of the 'pure people' against external 'others' while often remaining disconnected from Christian values, beliefs, and institutions. However, right-wing populists' willingness and ability to employ religion in this way critically depends on the actions of mainstream party politicians and faith leaders. They can either legitimize right-wing populists' identitarian use of religion or challenge it, thereby cultivating 'religious immunity' against populist appeals. As the populist wave breaks across the West, a new debate about the role of religion in society has begun.

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Gud, andra orsaker & Pascal | Svante Nordin

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 07:13:00 +0200

I detta avsnitt får vi den sista delen i en kort serie av fördrag & samtal, arrangerade fredagen den 31 mars, mellan tidskriften "Signum" och Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap vid Lunds universitet.

Föredraget "Blaise Pascal – fortfarande aktuell jubilar" framfördes av Svante Nordin, professor i idé- och lärdomshistoria.

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Gud, andra orsaker & Pascal | Panelsamtal med Jonsson, Löndahl, Nordin, Persson

Sun, 09 Apr 2023 07:14:00 +0200

Efter Ulf Jonssons inledande föredrag, från förra avsnittet, där nyutkomna boken Gud och andra orsaker. Hur en ny teori om orsak och verkan kan förändra vår världsbild (Fri Tanke förlag) presenterades, introducerar detta avsnitt ett panelsamtal, av moderator Stephan Borgehammar, med

Jakob Löndahl, universitetslektor i aerosolteknologi
Svante Nordin, professor i idé- och lärdomshistoria
Johannes Persson, professor i teoretisk filosofi
Ulf Jonsson, professor i religionsfilosofi

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Gud, andra orsaker & Pascal | Ulf Jonsson

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 08:44:00 +0200

Detta är ett inledande avsnitt i en kort serie avsnitt, med utgångspunkt från Ulf Jonsson, professor i religionsfilosofi vid Newmaninstitutet (Uppsala), som presenterar sin nyutkomna bok (Fri Tanke förlag) Gud och andra orsaker. Hur en ny teori om orsak och verkan kan förändra vår världsbild. I efterföljande avsnitt återfinns även ett panelsamtal samt ett föredrag om Pascal av professor emeritus i idé & lärdomshistoria vid Lunds universitet: Svante Nordin.

Innehåll för avsnitt ett & två i denna serie går även att se på vår youtubekanal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZAT-5fkXsM&ab_channel=Religion%26Teologi

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Emily Channel-Justice

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 06:09:00 +0100

This is the seventeenth episode of the Religion in Praxis Conversations Series, and we here ask: "Have a group of citizens can come together to create change and challenge the status quo?" The 2013-14 Euromaidan protests in Ukraine serve as a powerful example of just that. Through in-depth ethnographic research, Emily Channell-Justice explores the concept of "self-organization" that emerged from these demonstrations and civil unrest. In her book, "Without the State," she reveals how this idea not only came out of leftist practices, but was also adopted by actors from across the political spectrum, including far-right groups.

The widespread adoption of self-organization encouraged Ukrainians to rethink their expectations of the relationship between citizens and their state. In our conversation we seek to address how did the concept of "self-organization" emerge in the context of the Euromaidan protests? How did the adoption of self-organization change people's views on the relationship between citizens and their state in Ukraine? How did self-organization practices affect the political spectrum in Ukraine, including leftist, feminist, and student activists, as well as far-right groups? How has the Euromaidan experience impacted the future of self-organization in Ukraine and other countries facing similar challenges?

Conversation with Emily Channel-Justice provides a unique perspective on this crucial moment in Ukraine's post-Soviet history and encourages us to think more deeply about the relationship between citizens and their state both in Ukraine and beyond.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Erin K. Wilson

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 13:22:00 +0100

This is the sixteenth episode of the Religion in Praxis Conversations Series, in which we ask: "Is religion central or irrelevant, positive or negative in world politics today?" So much political commentary and analysis focuses on these issues. But these are the wrong questions to be asking, argues Erin K. Wilson. Designed for practitioners, policymakers, and newcomers to the topic of religion and global politics, the book Religion and World Politics Connecting Theory with Practice provides a short, accessible, and practical introduction to how we can understand the place of religion in world politics in a more comprehensive, contextually relevant way. For free download of the book, use the following link.

In this conversation, Erin presents a critical, intersectional framework for analysing religion and applies this to case studies of three core areas of international relations (IR) analysis: (1) conflict, violence, and security; (2) development and humanitarianism; and (3) human rights, law, and public life. These cases highlight how assumptions about what religion is and does affect policymakers, theorists, and activists. Erin demonstrates the damage that has been done through policies and programmes based on unquestioned assumptions and the possibilities and insights to be gained by incorporating the critical study of religion into research, policymaking, and practice.

This episode, and the book, will be of great interest to students of global politics, IR, religion, and security studies, as well as diplomats, civil servants, policymakers, journalists, and civil society practitioners. It will also benefit IR scholars interested in developing their research to include religion, as well as scholars of religion from disciplines outside IR interested in a deeper understanding of religion and world politics.

Erin K. Wilson is thankful to John Esposito's co-author Derya Iner as well as Iselin Frydelund and Susan Hayward.

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Integration and Tradition | Panel Discussion with Broula Barnohro Oussi, Aho Shemunkasho, Habiibah Kabenge Musana

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 07:42:00 +0100

This is the fourth episode from the concluding conference on the research project "Integration and Tradition: the Making of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Sweden." In this episode, a panel of speakers adress the question "How can the results from the project be of relevance outside academia?" Participants are Dr. Broula Barnohro Oussi (development manager at the Swedish Red Cross), Professor, Aho Shemunkasho (Director of MA studies in Syriac Theology, University of Salzburg) and Habiibah Kabenge Musana (pastor, Legacy for Christ Ministries, Malmö).

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Magdalena Nordin | Är Sverige verkligen sekulariserat?

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:21:54 +0100

Detta avsnitt av R&T är en återpublicering av Magdalena Nordins föredrag "Är Sverige verkligen sekulariserat? Konflikter i hur vi mäter religion." I detta föredrag, som ursprungligen hölls på de så kallade "Ht-dagarna" vid Lunds universitet 2016, undersöker Nordin konflikter i hur forskare mäter religion, i dagens Sverige. Frågan om sekularisering aktualiseras med hjälp av en problematisering av vad som avses med att Sverige framhålls ofta som ett av världens mest sekulariserade länder. Hur har forskare kommit fram till detta resultat? Kan det inte också vara så att religion har en stor plats och betydelse i dagens Sverige – något som lyfts fram i idén om post-sekulära samhällen?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3uLOZXW3gI&ab_channel=HT-fakulteternavidLundsuniversitet

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Magdalena Nordin & Astrid Krabbe Trolle | Family & the Transmission of Traditions in the Syriac Orthodox Church in Sweden

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 07:34:00 +0100

This is the third episode from the concluding conference on the research project "Integration and Tradition: the Making of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Sweden." In this episode, Dr. Magdalena Nordin (Gothenburg University) presents a paper on the topic "Family and the transmission of traditions in the Syriac Orthodox Church in Sweden" and Dr. Astrid Krabbe Trolle (Roskilde University) offers a response.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Tamara Grdzelidze

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 07:00:00 +0100

In this episode of the Praxis in Religion Conversation Series, Tornike Metreveli discusses with Professor Tamara Grdzelidze, a former Ambassador of Georgia to the Holy See, how ecclesiastical borders related to national boundaries and what connections exist between Orthodoxy and national identity. Orthodox Christianity is reviewed for its capacity for a complex and multifaceted relationship with political power throughout its history. In some cases, Orthodox Christianity has influenced political power and shaped the policies and practices of ruling elites. In other cases, political power has shaped the direction and development of Orthodox Christianity. Today, the relationship between Orthodox Christianity and political power is particularly relevant in Eastern Europe, where the influence of Orthodox Christianity on society and politics is significant. However, the connections between Orthodoxy and political power are far from simple and fixed. They are influenced by a variety of historical, cultural, and social factors, and can vary significantly from one country or region to another.

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Henrik Johnsén & Andreas Schmoller | Hierarchy, Democracy and Religious tradition

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:03:00 +0100

This is the second episode from the concluding conference on the research project "Integration and Tradition: the Making of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Sweden." In this episode, Dr. Henrik Johnsén (Stockholm university/Lund University) dicusees results in the form of a presentation on "Hierarchy, democracy and religious tradition – the emergence of Syriac-Orthodox congregation organization in Sweden." And afterwards, Dr. Andreas Schmoller (Katholische Privat-Universität, Linz) offers some reflections.

Abstract for Johnsén's presentation:

"Based upon a case study of three Syriac-orthodox congregations in Sweden, with empirics from field studies and archives collected during a four-year project, this paper discusses how three Syriac-orthodox congregations have gradually established themselves in Sweden since the 1960’s. How have the congregations organized themselves? Which factors and actors within the Syriac-orthodox church and within the Swedish society have contributed to their establishment on the local level and to the specific form of the congregation organization? To what extent have Swedish democratic ideals had an effect on the emergent organization and leadership? Which negotiations and tensions have been the most apparent in the three specific cases?"

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Magdalena Nordin & Katarina Westerlund | The Making of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Sweden

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 11:16:12 +0100

From 2018 , the research project "Integration and Tradition: the Making of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Sweden" has been ongoing. In a brief series of episodes, the main content of a concluding conference to the project–held in Lund on the 28-29th November–will be podcasted on R&T, with a focus on presenting and discussing its results.

In this episode, we will get an introduction and overall presentation of the project Integration and tradition by project leader, Dr. Magdalena Nordin (Gothenburg University), who talks on the topic "The making of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Sweden." Following this presentation, Dr. Katarina Westerlund (Uppsala university) offers reflections on Nordin's talk.

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Christianity and Crisis | Round Table with Tornike Metreveli, Valentina Napolitano, Elisabeth Shakman Hurd & Ulrich Schmiedel

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 07:00:00 +0100

This episode of R&T, and special edition of the Conversations Series, is a panel discussion from the conference Christianity and Crisis in European Contexts (28-29/10 2022) held at CTR. Johanna Gustafsson Lundberg opens the episode, by introducing us to the moderator, Göran Rosenberg, as well as speakers Tornike Metreveli, Valentina Napolitano, Elisabeth Shakman Hurd & Ulrich Schmiedel.

In recent years, the integrity and identity of Europe have been challenged. So-called populist and nationalist movements have reshaped several European democracies’ political landscapes, the Coronavirus Pandemic has put pressure on Europe’s health care systems and economies, and a recent invasion of Ukraine has raised major questions about the borders and capacities of Europe’s economic and defense alliances. In this context, political figures, religious leaders and others have drawn on strands of Christian traditions to mediate between various parties, including governments, religious institutions, research institutions, and private citizens. This conference aims to investigate the place of Christianity – historically, theoretically, and practically – in Europe’s (and individual European countries’) ongoing challenges. Do these challenges constitute a crisis? If so, what kind of crisis does Europe face? What is the role of Christianity (actual, or possible) in exacerbating the challenges Europe faces, or in resolving them? We will deploy a variety of methodologies to approach and address these and other questions about the intersection of Christianity, politics, and identity in Europe.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Anna Grzymala Busse

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 07:00:00 +0200

This is the thirteenth episode of the Praxis in Religion Conversation Series and the opening of a new season, in which the following questions in posed: How did the state arise in Europe? The canonical answer is Charles Tilly’s: “war made the state and the state made war.” The starting point is the fragmentation of territorial political authority in Europe after the collapse of the Carolingian empire in 888, and the ambitions of rulers in the early modern (1500-1700) era. To expand their rule, monarchs and princes fought bitter wars with other other—and to fund this increasingly costly warfare, they extracted taxes. Domestic institutions such as state administrations, fiscal offices, and parliaments arose in response to these needs. In these “bellecist” accounts, rulers who succeeded in building up the administrative and military apparatus of war went on to consolidate their territorial gains and ensure the survival of their states. These relentless pressures eventually meant fewer and bigger states, from as many as 500 independent states in Europe in 1500 to 30 four centuries later. In a current episode, Anna Grzymala Busse takes Charles Tilly to church, and questions each of these core pillars of the bellecist story. She shows that roots of many state institutions are found in the medieval era, not the early modern. Fragmentation was not simply a post-imperial legacy, but a sustained and deliberate policy.

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Peter Halldorf | Den andra världen är den här världen

Wed, 08 Jun 2022 07:00:00 +0200

Den 2:a juni 2022, höll årets hedersdoktor vid CTR, Peter Halldorf, sin en föreläsning under rubriken: "Den andra världen är den här världen. Philip Sherrards vision och vår planets akutläge."

Peter Halldorf är pastor i pingströrelsen men huvudsakligen känd som redaktör för tidskriften Pilgrim och författare av ett trettiotal böcker. Halldorf har länge varit en av de mest centrala gestalterna inom svensk ekumenik och en av svensk kristenhets mest lästa författare och teologiska folkbildare. Förankrad i den svenska pingströrelsen och frikyrkligheten i allmänhet har han blivit en välkänd och uppskattad teolog även inom Svenska kyrkan, Stockholms katolska stift och de ortodoxa kyrkorna i Sverige, samt internationellt.

Genom sitt redaktörskap, sin stora bokproduktion, men också sin omfattande föredragsverksamhet, har Halldorf haft ett stort genomslag i svensk kristenhet och väsentligt ökat olika kristna gruppers förståelse för varandra. För sitt arbete har Halldorf mottagit ett flertal priser och utmärkelser.

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Aronson, Hallonsten, Nordin, Pascalidou, Westergren | Integration & tradition

Tue, 31 May 2022 07:13:00 +0200

Detta avsnitt är en åter-publicering av en inspelning från Almedalsveckan den 4 juli 2019. Under ledning av Johanna Gustafsson Lundberg (forskare, Lunds universitet), medverkar Alexandra Pascalidou (journalist), Magdalena Nordin (forskare, Lunds universitet/Göteborgs universitet), Andreas Westergren (forskare, Lunds universitet), Torbjörn Aronson (forskare, Uppsala universitet) och Gunilla Hallonsten (präst, Svenska kyrkan) i ett panelsamtalet och seminariet under temat: "Integration och tradition – religion som en viktig faktor för immigranters integration"

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Küchen, Scheuer, Tyrberg | Artificiell intelligens & religion

Sun, 29 May 2022 07:00:00 +0200

Detta avsnitt är en åter-publicering av en inspelning från Almedalsveckan den 3:e juli 2019. I panelsamtalet och seminariet under temat "Artificiell intelligens och religion – om det som är möjligt och det som är gott," som leds av Johanna Gustafsson Lundberg (forskare i etik vid CTR), medverkar Blaženka Scheuer (forskare i GT, CRT), Johan Tyrberg (biskop Lunds stift, Svenska kyrkan), Maria Küchen (författare).

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Volker Küster | Artist in Resistence: Protest, Memory & Reconciliation

Fri, 27 May 2022 08:30:00 +0200

Volker Küster is, together with Anita Goldman (author, Stockholm), the honorary doctors of 2020 at CTR. The topic of the lecture is "Artist in Resistence: Protest, Memory & Reconciliation."

Küster is the Professor of Comparative Religion and Missiology at the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz, Germany and is one of the most prominent figures of intercultural theology, mission studies and research on global Christianity. Küster presented the thesis, Theologie im Kontext: Zugleich ein Versuch uber die MinjungTheologie, in Heidelberg 1995 and has since then worked toward an integration of intercultural perspectives into the discipline of Theology, for instance with the book: Einführung in die interkulturelle Theologie (2011.) Other important works are The Many Faces of Jesus Christ: lnterculturalChristology (2001), and a continuation of studies on Minjung-theology, primarily in A Protestant Theology of Passion: Minjung Theology revisited (2010).s

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This lecture was held at CTR in May of 2022, due to Covid restrictions of 2020-21.

Jeff Love | Between Kant and Hegel: Alexandre Kojève and the End of Law

Thu, 26 May 2022 10:44:11 +0200

This episode is a re-publication of a seminar organised by the research project the End of Law, at CTR. Dr Mårten Björk will take the lead, and introduces the inaugural episode of the End of law podcast, and a lecture by professor Jeff Lo ve, with the title: "Between Kant and Hegel: Alexandre Kojève and the End of Law" It was recorded on 1 June 2021 as part of the Law, Theology and Culture seminar in Lund.

Alexandre Kojève is best known for the influential lectures he gave on Hegel to an enthralled audience of French intellectuals including Raymond Aron, Henry Corbin, Jacques Lacan, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Aside from these lectures, published in 1947 as Introduction to the Reading of Hegel, Kojéve published relatively little before his death in 1968. Yet, he left over 26 boxes of unpublished material on a variety of topics, from quantum physics and the continuum hypothesis to a major treatise on law called Outline of a Phenomenology of Right (Esquisse d'une phénoménologie du droit). Kojève wrote this treatise (586 pages in the French book edition) in 1943 while living in Vichy France. He expounds in it a comprehensive theory of justice and the universal homogeneous state that promises to usher in the end of history and perhaps of law itself. In my talk, I shall examine some of the central legal features of Kojève's universal and homogeneous state and consider whether Kojève actually affirms that history can be brought to an end through a final legal regime or not. In this respect, Kojève reprises his end of history thesis from the Hegel lectures as well as putting it in question, opposing Hegelian finality to what Kojeve terms Kantian "skepticism" about final ends.

Jeff Love is Research Professor of German and Russian at Clemson University. He is the author of The Black Circle: A Life of Alexandre Kojève (Columbia University Press, 2018), Tolstoy: A Guide for the Perplexed (Continuum, 2008), and The Overcoming of History in War and Peace (Brill, 2004). He has also published a translation of Alexandre Kojève’s Atheism (Columbia University Press, 2018), an annotated translation (with Johannes Schmidt) of F.W. J. Schelling’s Philosophical Investigations into the Essence of Human Freedom (State University of New York Press, 2006), and recently a translation of António Lobo Antunes’s novel Until Stones Become Lighter Than Water (Yale University Press, 2019).

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Nicholas Denysenko

Thu, 26 May 2022 09:53:23 +0200

This is the twelfth episode of the Praxis in Religion Conversation Series. In this conversation, titled "A Rebirth of Orthodoxy: Moral and Epistemological Preliminaries," Professor Denysenko reflects on the historical tensions simmering between Ecumenical and Moscow Patriarchates since 1920s. Denysenko examines the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s intervention in Ukraine and the creation of Orthodox Church of Ukraine, and provides a scholarly analysis of and debate on Russian world ideain the wider ecclesial psychological framework. The conversation between Tornike Metreveli and Nicholas Denysenko delves deeper into the Ukrainian resistance to the Russian world since 2009, power dynamics within the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), their anti-war position and ethical, moral and theological implications of the Russian invasion on Orthodox Christianity globally.

Nicholas Denysenko serves as Emil and Elfriede Jochum Professor and Chair and concurrently as associate professor of theology. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota (1994), and his graduate degrees at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (M.Div., 2000) and The Catholic University of America (Ph.D., 2008)

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Yvonne Maria Werner | Den postreformatoriska katolicismen i Norden

Fri, 20 May 2022 07:28:00 +0200

Dagens avsnitt är en föreläsning av 2021 års hedersdoktor vid CTR: Yvonne Maria Werner, professor och forskare vid historiska institutionen, Lunds universitet. På grund av pandemin kunde CTR inte sammankalla till detta högtidstillfälle, innan majmånad 2022. Under föreläsningen, "Den postreformatoriska katolicismen i Norden: mission, konversion och alternativa identitetsdiskurser" förekommer en rad bilder för åhörarna på plats, vilka även finns att tillgå här för den som önskar.

Yvonne Maria Werner är professor i historia vid Lunds universitet. I sin forskning och undervisning har hon som få historiker i Sverige berört religionens inflytande på de väst- och nordeuropeiska samhällena i allmänhet och på det svenska samhället i synnerhet. För sin betydande insats och mångåriga yrkesgärning utses hon till hedersdoktor vid Teologiska fakulteten.

Werner disputerade 1989 på en avhandling om svensk-tyska relationer kring sekelskiftet 1900, och hennes vetenskapliga produktion har därefter främst varit inriktad på nordisk katolsk kulturhistoria under 1800- och 1900-talen, vilket otaliga artiklar, antologier och monografier vittnar om. I sin forskning uppehåller sig Werner särskilt vid samspelet mellan religion, politik, genus och samhälle under tidigmodern och modern tid, och det är också detta samspel som hamnat i fokus i de av henne initierade och ledda forskningsprojekten ”Den kvinnliga klosterrörelsen i Norden. En kvinnlig motkultur i det moderna samhället” och ”Kristen manlighet – en modernitetens paradox: Män och religion i en nordeuropeisk kontext 1840-1940”. I det sistnämnda projektet ingick flera kyrkohistoriker från CTR, Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap. Dessa två, och andra forskningsprojekt som Werner varit engagerad i, har haft en tydlig internationell profil och fört samman forskare från stora delar av Europa.

Werner har också forskat om synen på och hanteringen av döden under tidigmodern tid. Ett centralt stråk i Werners forskning under senare år har därtill varit de antikatolska strömningar som åtminstone fram till Sveriges inträde i EU 1995 funnits under ytan i det svenska samhället. Werner har härvid dragit intressanta historiska paralleller till vår tids tilltagande antisemitism och islamofobi. Som handledare i forskarutbildningen har Werner handlett forskningsprojekt som belyser kyrkans inverkan på mentalitet och samhälle under tidigmodern och modern tid. Werner har varit huvud- och bihandledare för flera avhandlingsprojekt som haft tydlig religionsvetenskaplig − främst kyrkohistorisk − bäring. Ytterligare ett exempel på Werners engagemang i den kyrkohistoriska forskningsmiljön är en mångårig och mycket omfattande insats som recensent i Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift.

Werner har under många år samarbetat med forskare vid CTR på ett sätt som gynnat såväl enskilda kollegor som den kyrkohistoriska miljön vid institutionen i stort. Ett uttryck för hennes önskan att samla personer som är intresserade av dessa frågor är forskarseminariet ”Historia och religion” som hon startade vid Historiska institutionen 2010 och som blivit en mötesplats för historiker från olika discipliner, däribland kyrkohistoriker. Många är de kollegor som vittnar om Werners energi och ständiga beredvillighet att diskutera forskningsfrågor och nya forskningsuppslag.

"Yvonne Maria Werner har starkt bidragit till att svenska historiker från 1990-talet och framåt återupptäckt religionens roll i historien", säger fakultetens dekanus, professor Samuel Byrskog. "Att utse henne till hedersdoktor vid Teologiska fakulteten är vårt sätt att visa uppskattning för ett långt och givande samarbete över ämnesgränserna."

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Volker Küster | Contextualization, Syncretism, Multireligious Identities...

Wed, 18 May 2022 07:21:00 +0200

Today's episode is a presentation given by Volker Küster: an honorary doctor at CTR, and Professor of Comparative Religion and Missiology at the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz, Germany. This is a part of the ongoing series of snapshots from the Multireligious identities-conference, held in memory of the late Aasulv Lande, in March 2022 at CTR and this time the topic for the talk is " Contextualization, Syncretism, Multireligious Identities... What's in a Word? Third World Christian Art Revisited."

Mika Vähäkangas mentions the alludes to the fact that Prof. Küster also gave a lecture in relation in the month of May 2022, on the occasion of becoming an honorary doctor at CTR. This will be published as a separate episode, and will appear soon in this feed.

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Sybille Fritsch-Oppermann | Multireligious Identities as Expressed in Arts in the East & the West

Sun, 08 May 2022 07:44:00 +0200

Today' s episode is yet another presentation from the Multireligious identities-conference, held in memory of the late Aasulv Lande, in March 2022 at CTR.

And this time, Dr. Sybille Fritsch-Oppermann gives a paper with the title: "Multireligious Identities as Expressed in Arts in the East and the West." Dr Fritsch-Oppermann teaches Intercultural Hermeneutics in Natural and Religious Science at Technical University Clausthal/Germany. Her research focusses on relations between Religion, Art, Aesthetics and Philosophy.

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Mika Vähäkangas | African Christian Identity is Multireligious by Default

Thu, 05 May 2022 08:11:00 +0200

Today's episode is a presentation by Prof. of Global Christianity at CTR, Mika Vähäkangas and yet another snapshot from the Multireligious identities-conference, held in memory of the late Aasulv Lande, in March 2022 at CTR. The topic for this episode is "African Christian Identity is Multireligious by Default."

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Pope Francis: Faith – Politics – Reformation | Whose history?

Wed, 27 Apr 2022 05:23:38 +0200

This is the third and final episode of the seminar series "Pope Francis: Faith – Politics – Reformation," which originally took place at CTR during 26-28:e october, 2016. When Pope Francis visited Lund, in October 2016, in the commemoration of the reformation, the Center for Theology and Religious Studies held a series of open seminars. This is its final part.

In the panel for this conversation, Antje Jackelén, archbishop of The Church of Sweden, Eero Huovinen, bishop em. Helsingfors diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and Wolfgang Thönissen, director at the Catholic Johann Adam Möhler-institutet for ecumenism, in Paderborn discuss the following topic: "Whose history? Reformation, conflict, and ecumenism." The conversation is moderated by Sinikka Neuhaus.

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Stephen Bevans | Pachamamma Christianity

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 05:58:32 +0200

Today's episode is another presentation from the Multireligious identities-conference, held in memory of the late Aasulv Lande, in March 2022 at CTR.

Prof. of Global Christianity at CTR, Mika Vähäkangas, gives an introduction to the speaker of this episode: Steve Bevans, the Louis J. Luzbetak, SVD Professor of Mission and Culture, Emeritus at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago USA, and a presentation on "Pachamamma Christianity – The Pan-Amazonian Synod and Indigenous Religious Identity."

About the conference:

Borders between religions have always been porous in terms of ideas, rituals, communities and individuals. Multireligious identities form in the encounters and in the overlapping areas between religions. Prof. Aasulv Lande served as a missionary in Japan and got deeply involved in encountering Buddhism. Much of his research and life took place in the areas of contact between Christianity and other religions, most notably Buddhism. In this conference, we want to explore and discuss the phenomenon of multireligious identities.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Aleksandar Matovski

Sun, 24 Apr 2022 08:00:00 +0200

This is the eleventh episode in the Religion in Praxis Conversations Series, and today's presentation from Aleksandar Matovski engages, in particular, the following questions:

Does Russian public support Ukraine war? What do they demand from Putin?What is the role of nationalists in this war? How will the war continue and can we predict the outcomes?

These, and many more questions, are found in this vibrant dialogue with Aleksandar Matovsk; a top expert on electoral autocracies and Assistant Professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School. Matovski's research focuses on the dynamics of popular opinion, protest, political violence, and conflict in authoritarian regimes, with a focus on Europe and the former Soviet Union. Matovski holds a PhD in Government from Cornell University, MA in War Studies from King's College London and BA in Law from Saints Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje. Prior to his academic career, he was National Security Advisor in the Government of North Macedonia and Political and Military Advisor in the North Macedonian Ministry of Defence, as well as a Research Director in the Forum Center for Strategic Research and Documentation in Skopje, North Macedonia.

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Patrik Fridlund | My Religious Identity – an Unfinished Project

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 09:00:57 +0200

14-15 March, 2022, the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies of Lund University and Institute for Contextual Theology organised a conference in memory of the late Aasulv Lande.

Prof. of Global Christianity at CTR, Mika Vähäkangas, gives an introduction to the speaker of this episod -Patrik Fridlund- Reader and Lecturer at CTR in the Studies in Faith and World Views.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:02:29 +0200

This is the tenth episode in the Religion in Praxis Conversations Series (previously known simply as "the Conversations Series") and today's speaker is Elizabeth Shakman Hurd.

While offering important perspectives on the myriad evidentiary assessment challenges facing adjudicators, the legal and social scientific literature bypasses the political theological questions that interest me here. What are the theological and political conditions that sustain practices of political and religious asylum seeking despite the persistent limitations and limits surrounding legal adjudication involving religion? Given the instability of the category of religion, why do the authorities persist in trying to establish whether a person, action, belief, or practice is credibly subject to religious persecution? How might we understand religion anew in this context?

To address these questions, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd approaches the question of religion in asylum seeking and claiming through the prism of theology, understood in this context as a mode of inquiry that takes the human as a question rather than as a given, and acknowledges the significance of human finitude rather than an assertion of human mastery. We situate the argument in the context of ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and the migration crisis cause by this war.

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Hammar, Nykvist & Gardell | Om Jonas Gardells författarskap

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 07:00:00 +0200

I detta avsnitt av R&T får vi ta del av ett samtal mellan Jonas Gardell, litteraturvetaren Karin Nykvist och teologen KG Hammar om Gardells författarskap. Samtalet spelades in 24 mars, 2022 inför publik, som ett arrangemang av CTR.

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Religion & Existens | Jonas Gardell & Ett lyckligare år

Fri, 25 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0100

Dagens avsnitt av R&T spelades in inför publik den 23 Mars 2022, då hedersdoktorn Jonas Gardell välkomnades tillbaka till CTR, för ett samtal med bibelvetaren Maria Sturesson och historikern Svante Norrhem om senaste boken "Ett lyckligare år."

Detta avsnitt är den sista delen från samtalsserie "Religion och existens," detta akademiska år.

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Kajsa Ahlstrand | A Bit Christian, a Bit Buddhist

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +0100

14-15 March, 2022, the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies of Lund University and Institute for Contextual Theology organised a conference in memory of the late Aasulv Lande.

Prof. of Global Christianity at CTR, Mika Vähäkangas, gives an introduction to the conference and its first speaker, Kajsa Ahlstrand prof. Church and Mission Studies, World Christianity and Interreligious studies, Uppsala Universtity, with the rubric: A Bit Christian, a Bit Buddhist.

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Påve Fransciskus: tro – politik – reformationen | Finns det en sanning?

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 05:05:00 +0100

Detta är den andra delen av en tredelad seminarieserie, som ursprungligen gick av stapeln hösten 2016 på CTR, med särskild anledning av Lutherska världsförbundets och Romersk Katolska Kyrkans gemensamma högtidlighållande av reformationsminnet. Påve Fransciskus besök i Lund (31 oktober 2016) fungerar som katalysator för samtalsserien och dagens avsnitt.

Medverkande i detta avsnitt är Marcia Cavalcante Schuback, professor i ﬁlosoﬁ vid Södertörns högskola, Ulf Jonsson, jesuitpater och professor i religionsﬁlosoﬁ vid Newmaninstitutet, Björn Vikström, biskop i Borgå stift. Moderator är Jayne Svenungsson, professor i systematisk teologi vid CTR.

Johanna Gustavsson Lundberg, dåvarande vice prefekt nuvarande lektor och forskare i etik, inleder avsnittet med en kort introduktion.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Siniša Malešević.

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 08:03:00 +0100

This is the the ninth episode of the Conversation Series, Siniša Malešević, sociologist and a Chair of Sociology at University College Dublin, will talk on the topic of "Grounded Nationalisms: a Sociological Analysis."

Globalisation is not the enemy of nationalism; instead, Professor Malešević shows, the two forces have developed together through modern history. Malešević challenges dominant views which see nationalism as a declining social force. He explains why the recent escalations of populist nationalism throughout the world do not represent a social anomaly but are, in fact, a historical norm. By focusing on ever-increasing organisational capacity, greater ideological penetration and networks of micro-solidarity, Malešević shows how and why nationalism has become deeply grounded in the everyday life of modern human beings. The author explores the social dynamics of these grounded nationalisms via an analysis of varied contexts, from Ireland to the Balkans. His findings show that increased ideological diffusion and the rising coercive capacities of states and other organisations have enabled nationalism to expand and establish itself as the dominant operative ideology of modernity.

Malešević’s main research interests include the study of war and organised violence, ethnicity, nation-states, and nationalism, empires, ideology, sociological theory and the comparative historical sociology.

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Påve Fransciskus: tro – politik – reformationen | Hur många divisioner har påven?

Fri, 25 Feb 2022 08:00:00 +0100

Detta är det första delen av en tredelad seminarieserie, som ursprungligen gick av stapeln 26-28:e oktober 2016 på CTR, med särskild anledning av Lutherska världsförbundets och Romersk Katolska Kyrkans gemensamma högtidlighållande av reformationsminnet. Påve Fransciskus besök i Lund (31 oktober 2016) fungerar som katalysator för samtalsserien och dagens avsnitt.

Prof. emeritus i systematisk teologi, Gösta Hallonsten, leder ett samtal med Ulla Gudmundson, f.d. ambassadör vid Vatikanen, Kristina Kappelin, journalist samt Göran Rosenberg, journalist och författare, över temat "Hur många divisioner har påven? Den heliga stolen, medierna och politiken"

Johanna Gustavsson Lundberg inleder avsnittet med en kort introduktion.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Lavinia Stan

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 14:45:00 +0100

This is the seventh episode of the Conversation Series, with the guestspeaker Lavinia Stan.

After 1989, the Romanian Orthodox Church was called to re-evaluate its collaboration with the repressive communist rule, as well as the fascist regime that preceded it. However, instead of honestly assessing past wrongs and giving satisfaction to victims, this re-evaluation sought to consolidate the Church's partnership with the Romanian state and pre-eminence among religious denominations. Drawing on a number of prominent cases, this talkshows the interplay of Orthodoxy, memory and nationalism in one post-communist country.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Risto Saarinen

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:01:00 +0100

This is the eight episode of the Conversation series, with special guest speaker Risto Saarinen and with the theme of reconciliation.

Reconciliation is today an established practice of peace and mediation work. While the concept of reconciliation has its religious roots in the Greek and Latin New Testament, the modern practices are also indebted to Hegel's philosophy. To understand the meaning of reconciliation properly, an interdisciplinary perspective is needed. Professor Risto Saarinen guides us through this complex and multifaceted process.

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Religion & Existens | Lars Strannegård

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 07:30:00 +0100

Dagens avsnitt av R&T spelades in inför publik på CTR, kvällen den 24:e januari 2022 och är den senaste delen av samtalsserien "Religion och Existens." Huvudgäst för kvällen var rektor Lars Strannegård (Handelshögskolan, Stockholm). Etikern och CTR-forskaren Johanna Gustafsson Lundberg leder tillsammans med rektor Erik Renström (Lunds universitet) ett samtal utifrån Strannegårds bok Kunskap som känns: En lovsång till att lära sig något nytt (Mondial 2021).

Särskilt tack till prefekt Alexander Maurits, för teknisk hjälp med inspelning av detta avsnitt.

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Jonas Otterbeck | Islamologi i teori & popmusik

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 09:32:59 +0100

Dagens avsnitt av R&T riktar sig till alla som den 21 oktober missade avskedsföreläsningen av Jonas Otterbeck, förutvarande professor i islamologi vid Lunds universitet. Samtalet som handlar om islamologi i teori och praktik både i Sverige och globalt, samt cirkulerar särskilt kring de övergripande teman som namgav Otterbecks föreläsning: "Islamologins skal, kött och kärna." I sista delen av samtalet diskuteras särskilt Otterbecks senaste bok, The Awakening of Islamic Pop.

För den som önskar få en inblick i källmaterial finns en samlingen av låtar som nämns i monografin här: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ay5kGjZAgpA1aX1YzvbDX?si=639844f8f81a4702.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Catherine Wanner

Thu, 25 Nov 2021 17:59:33 +0100

This is the sixth episode of the Conversation Series, with Catherine Wanner: professor of history, anthropology, and religious studies at Penn State. In this talk, Wanner conceptualizes and analyzes how “an affective atmosphere of religiosity” can be created and made politically useful. The spaces in between institutional religion and individual, ritualized behaviors as people go about their everyday lives can become sites that foster such an atmosphere. In some Orthodox Christian countries, a “place animated with prayer” is said to be filled with energy that links individuals to others and to otherworldly powers. This designation allows non-doctrinal practices, non-clerical forms of authority, and non-institutional sacred sites to develop. Orienting religious practices to such sites circumvents anticipated coercion from clergy and institutions alike, but retains the shared understandings, emotional involvement, and attachments to places these vernacular religious practices breed. In this episode, Wanner offers analyses of such sites and atmospheres in Ukraine, and reflects on the plethora of practices people have developed to tap into the energy that resides in these places to make a change in their lives.

Music for the Conversation Series is generously provided by the Shavnabada Choir .The project author and the host of the Conversation Series is Dr. Tornike Metreveli.

Paul Linjamaa | Från antika kättarmunkar till religionsdebatter på Facebook

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 08:23:00 +0200

Paul Linjamaa utsågs i februari 2021 till oavlönad docent i religionshistoria vid Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna. "Från antika kättarmunkar till religionsdebatter på Facebook: några nedslag i heresins form och historia" är titeln på Linjamaas docentföreläsning, som hölls på CTR den 15:e oktober.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Seriess | Nancy Ammerman

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 08:00:00 +0200

This is the fifth episode of the Conversation Series, with the rubric "Studying Lived Religion: Contexts and Practices" and with the guest Nancy T. Ammermann. Although the study of lived religion has been around for over two decades, there has not been an agreed-upon definition of what it encompasses, and we have lacked a sociological theory to frame the way it is studied. Ammerman offers a definition that expands lived religion’s geographic scope and a framework of seven dimensions around which we can analyze lived religious practice. Examples from multiple traditions and disciplines show the range of methods available for such studies, offering practical tips for how to begin. Her work opens up how we understand the category of lived religion, erasing the artificial divide between what happens in congregations and other religious institutions and what happens in other settings. Professor Ammerman shows how deeply religion permeates everyday lives. In revealing the often overlooked ways that religion shapes human experience, she invites us all into new ways of seeing the world around us.

Nancy T. Ammerman is one of the most influential sociologists in the study of lived religion. Her most recent research published in her edited 2006 book Everyday Religion Observing Modern Religious Lives (Oxford University Press) and her 2013 book, Sacred Stories, Spiritual Tribes Finding Religion in Everyday Life, (Oxford University Press) explored the ways religion and spirituality are part of the everyday world of work, home, health, and public life Following on that research, she has articulated an invitation to “re think religion” based on sociological theories of practice and a body of research on “lived religion”. Pulling all of this together is her book Studying Lived Religion Contexts and Practices, which will be out from NYU Press in October 2021. Along with Grace Davie, she was Coordinating Lead Author for “Religions and Social Progress Critical Assessments and Creative Partnerships” in the Report of the International Panel for Social Progress (Cambridge University Press 2018).

Music for the Conversation Series is generously provided by the Shavnabada Choir .The project author and the host of the Conversation Series is Dr. Tornike Metreveli.

Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Christian Joppke

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:00:00 +0200

This is the fourth episode of the Conversation Series, in which Professor Joppke explores the forms and contents of contemporary nationalism in Europe and North America, what used to be called the ‘West’ in a talk under the rubric "Nationalism in the neoliberal order: Old wine in new bottles." This nationalism responds in opposite and sometimes contradictory ways to a neoliberal order of globalization, welfare-state retreat and a heightened sense of insecurity. Joppke distinguishes between populist and statist forms of contemporary nationalism, and within the statist between a compensatory and a constitutive logic of linking it with neoliberalism. Under the constitutive logic, nationalism may adopt certain features of the neoliberal order itself, which yields a ‘neoliberal nationalism’. Non-ethnic yet exclusive of those who are not contributing, this is a new entry in the nations and nationalism lexicon.

Christian Joppke holds a chair in sociology at the University of Bern, Switzerland. A student of eminent Jürgen Habermas during his student years in Germany, he later received a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley in 1989. He authored more than 100 publications in major sociology journals and is one of the most widely cited sociologists. His books are published by major academic (Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge) and are considered as classics in the field of migration studies. Joppke's present research cover social movements and the state, citizenship and immigration, most recently religion and politics, especially Islam in Western societies. His most recent scholarship, also published widely in core journals and presses, such as his book Neoliberal Nationalism: Immigration and the Rise of the Populist Right (Cambridge 2021), deals with the complex interaction between nationalism and neoliberalism.

Music for the Conversation Series is generously provided by the Shavnabada Choir .The project author and the host of the Conversation Series is Dr. Tornike Metreveli.

Andreas Westergren | Uppenbara hemligheter - teologi & tyger i tidigkristen & nutida ortodox praxis

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 08:00:00 +0200

I detta avsnitt av R&T får vi lyssna på Andreas Westergren, som i december 2020 utsågs till oavlönad docent i kyrkohistoria vid Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna. "Uppenbara hemligheter: teologi och tyger i tidigkristen och nutida ortodox praxis" är titeln på Westergrens docentföreläsning, som spelades in den 10:e September 2021 på CTR.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Svenungsson, Fridlund & Linjamaa

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 19:00:19 +0200

This episode of R&T is a recording from a conversation taking place in June, 2021 as a part of the Conversations Series.

In this episode, the three speakers, Jayne Svenungsson, Patrik Fridlund, and Paul Linjamaa examine the shifting and at times counterintuitive dimensions of the concept of religion as a category of analysis and category of practice. In this episode, we further problematize the discursive practices of religion as a social force in western philosophy, and the functional dimension of religion as a producer and communicator of meaning - in the light of religious involvements in post-truth politics, relativization of factuality and evidence, socio-political implications of those interactions. Lastly, the episode examines the mechanisms concerning constructions of orthodoxy and heterodoxy, and heresiology as a phenomena.

A special thank you to Professor Tymofii Brik, who kindly agreed to substitute our regular host, Dr. Tornike Metreveli, for this episode.

Music for the Conversation Series is generously provided by the Shavnabada Choir .The project author and the host of the Conversation Series is Dr. Tornike Metreveli.

Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | José Casanova

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:48:21 +0200

This episode of R&T is a recording from a conversation taking place in April, 2021 as a part of the Conversations Series.

The relations between religions, nationalisms and patterns of globalization have historically beenand continue to be complex, multiform, and diverse. They can hardly be reduced to simple unilinear, unidirectional or universal formulations, or to simple alternating dynamics betweenprogressive globalization and regressive reactive re-nationalizations. Professor Casanova guides us through the emergence of various types of neo-nationalisms in the EU and beyond providing us with powerful analogies, historical contexts and seemingly ignored factors that show complex transnational coalitions beyond the European Union.

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Religion in Praxis Conversations Series | Cyril Hovorun

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 18:47:43 +0200

This episode of R&T is a recording from a conversation taking place in March, 2021 as a part of the Conversations Series.

Professor Hovorun examines how political theology intertwined with realpolitik and how it led to military action in the wars of the 21st century. The conversation delves deeper into the the origin of 'political Orthodoxy' as a concept (or political strategy) and its viable distinction from the Russian world as an idea, as a project, as an ideology, or a cultural mechanism. In dialogue with an audience, Professor Hovorun problematizes the meaningful distinctions between the ideologies of Byzantinism, Orthodoxies and Easternism and proposes novel directions to which Orthodox Christian social policy shall be redirected.

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Fridlund, Svenungsson & Vähäkangas | Kristendom, Populism & Nationalism

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 08:00:00 +0200

Detta avsnitt är en del av Framtidsveckan 2020 vid Lunds universitet.

Under rubriken "Korset i nationens intresse: kristendom, populism och nationalism" samlades CTR forskarna Patrik Fridlund, docent i religionsfilosofi och lektor i tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap, Jayne Svenungsson, professor i systematisk teologi samt Mika Vähäkangas, professor i missionsvetenskap med ekumenik i det digitala rummet för ett samtala under ledning av moderator och vetenskapsjournalisten Lisa Kirsebom.

Från programtexten, inför samtalet: "Kristendomen har ett nära, komplext och mångfasetterat förhållande till både nationalism och politisk populism. Även om nationalismens ursprung och kristendomens roll i uppkomsten av nationalismen är omtvistade så har det funnits ett viktigt ideologiskt utbyte dem emellan. Och det fortsätter. På liknande sätt samverkar den politiska populismen med kristendomen: populistiska rörelser tar avstamp i den kristna identiteten och i de populistiska rörelsernas retorik gör man anspråk på kristna symboler och narrativ. När förhållandet mellan kristendom, nationalism och populism debatteras dyker ofta två bilder upp. Den ena går ut på att onda populister och/eller nationalister utnyttjar kristendom för sina ändamål. Den andra bilden går i motsatt riktning, nämligen att det är kristendomen som när och fostrar populism och nationalism."

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David Davage | Gudar & människor bland texter & paratexter

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 12:18:48 +0200

Detta avsnitt av R&T är David Davages docentföreläsning "Gudar och människor bland texter och paratexter: om varför Gamla testamentet inte har några författare" som hölls tisdagen den 22 september i Lux-byggnaden, på CTR.

I föreläsning tar Davage sig an den utmaning som det faktum att de flesta av Gamla testamentets texter är anonyma innebär för den moderna bibelvetenskapens försök att rekonstruera texternas tillkomst. Ända sedan disciplinens födelse har en omistlig kärna i det exegetiska arbetet varit att kulturellt, historiskt och geografiskt kontextualisera en text för att på så sätt begränsa antalet möjliga tolkningar. Forskare gjorde tidigt upp med ”traditionens” författare (Moses, Jesaja, David, Salomo, m.fl.) samtidigt som man försökte identifiera nya upphovsmän och tradenter. Men utmaningarna är stora – i många avseenden verkar Gamla testamentets "böcker" stå emot alla försök till paratextuellt tämjande. Hur kan det vara så? Utifrån en inledande översikt över två tongivande författarideal som präglar vår samtid – romantikens idé om ett kreativt geni, samt Roland Barthes marginalisering av författaren och Michel Foucaults författarfunktion – visar Davage att ett grundläggande svar på frågan om varför Gamla testamentet inte har några författare är att Gamla testamentet delar en mesopotamisk distributiv och mottagarorienterad författarförståelse som decentraliserar den första mottagarens roll i relation till textens tolkning och tradering. Detta ställs i kontrast till en grekisk förståelse, som i långt högre utsträckning sätter författaren och dess intentioner i centrum då texter ska tolkas. I hellenistisk tid leder detta till omfattande äkthetsdiskussioner, och när den mesopotamiska författarförståelsen så småningom vävs samman med den grekiska föds också behovet av gammaltestamentliga författare, vilket leder till omfattande omtolkningar av Gamla testamentets paratexter.

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Paul Linjamaa | Maria Magdalenas evangelium

Thu, 20 Aug 2020 08:16:15 +0200

Under en av årets varmaste dagar möter R&T upp dr. Paul Linjamaa i Malmö för att samtala om boken "Maria Magdalenas evangelium," utgiven i dagarna av Dialogosförlag.

Så här skriver Dialogos själva om boken:

"De flesta källor vi har bevarade från antiken är skrivna av och för män. Men i Maria Magdalenas evangelium – som här för första gången publiceras i svensk översättning – är hjälten en kvinna.

I denna tidigkristna skrift från 100-talet uppenbarar sig Jesus för Maria Magdalena och erbjuder henne hemlig kunskap. Maria är särskilt utvald för sin andliga förmåga och får förklara för de andra lärjungarna vad Jesus budskap går ut på.

De få sidor som överlevt av Maria Magdalenas evangelium är ingen lätt läsning. Texten tvingar oss att fundera på svåra frågor, som Guds natur, själens ursprung och tillvarons själva grundvalar.

I denna volym följs därför den svenska översättningen av en analys av den historiska bakgrunden till de religiösa och filosofiska tankar som Maria och Jesus utbyter.

Till sist behandlas den fråga som naturligen väcks vid läsningen: vilken roll hade egentligen kvinnan i den tidiga kristendomen?

Paul Linjamaa är religionshistoriker, verksam vid Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap, Lunds universitet. Han forskar i huvudsak om kristendomens tidiga historia och undervisar i religionshistoria på olika nivåer."

https://www.dialogosforlag.se/bocker/religion/maria-magdalenas-evangelium.html

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Mannerfelt & Maurits | De första prästvigda kvinnornas kallelseberättelser

Wed, 24 Jun 2020 08:14:30 +0200

Efter ett längre uppehåll får vi i detta avsnitt av R&T följa ett samtal mellan Frida Mannerfelt (doktorand vid Enskilda Högskolan, Stockholm) och Alexander Maurits (lektor vid CTR) om deras pågående forskningsprojekt. Projektet beskrivs på följande vis: Åren 1960−1970 prästvigdes 54 kvinnor i Svenska kyrkan. Beslutet att öppna prästämbetet för kvinnor hade föregåtts av en intensiv (teologisk) debatt. 2004 initierade en av dessa präster, Lena Malmgren,tillsammans med forskare vid CTR, en insamling av s.k. kallelseberättelser. I dessa berättelser redogör merparten av de kvinnor som prästvigdes under 1960-talet för sin väg fram till prästvigning och de på vigningen närmast följande åren. Av olika skäl slutfördes projektet inte 2004. Det projekt som Mannerfelt och Maurits nu arbetar med syftar för det första till att komplettera och att slutföra insamlingen av s.k. kallelseberättelser, och för det andra till att genomföra en kyrkohistorisk och teologisk studie där kallelseberättelserna utgör det primära källmaterialet.

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Ola Wikander | Bokmässan 2019

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 08:07:00 +0100

Detta avsnitt av R&T är en åter-publicering av ett podcast-avsnitt från systerpodden, HT-Samtal:

"I den här inspelningen från bokmässan i Göteborg 2019 berättar Ola Wikander om poetiska och religiösa traditioner och dimensioner i semitiska språk som hebreiska, ugaritiska och akkadiska. Lovisa Brännstedt ställer frågorna"

Hitta orginalavsnittet och podden HT-Samtal här: https://soundcloud.com/ht-samtal/ht-samtal-94-ola-wikander

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Elaine Graham | Christian Apologetics in a Postsecular Age

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 20:00:00 +0100

In this episode of R&T, prof. Elaine Graham from the University of Chester lectures on the topic "Jews, Pagans, Sceptics and Emperors: Christian Apologetics in a Postsecular Age." The lecture was recorded on the 10th Febuary (2020) as a public lecture, at CTR.

This is the second lecture in the series ”Beyond secular/religious division. The role of religion in the public sphere in polarized Europe”, presented by the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies and the Centre for European Studies.

Abstract for the lecture: "Public theologians have identified a number of different aspects or functions of their discipline, amongst which normative, formative and apologetic tasks figure prominently. This lecture, focuses on the latter task of public theology as one of apologetic dialogue and what it means for public theology to have an apologetic function or quality. That is to say, apologetic public theology upholds the correlational and dialogical basis of theological understanding in relation to wider cultural discourse, and seeks to communicate itself in ways that are faithful both to that particular context and to the wisdom of the Christian tradition. This applies, however, not only to the substance of its critical and constructive contributions, but, in an increasingly pluralist and sceptical cultural environment, extends to an imperative to uphold, in reasonable and widely accessible terms, the fundamental rationale for considering religion to be a legitimate source of public discourse in order for it to be granted a place in the public square.

In a religiously pluralist, global context it may be expedient to articulate (and to defend) the values that inform Christian statements about, and interventions in, the public realm. This apologetic function reflects a commitment on the part of public theologians to conduct debates about the public trajectories of faith and practice in ways that are trans¬parent and publicly accessible and defensible.

Some of the most significant and foundational events and texts of early Christianity were apologetic in nature. They comprised defences against detractors and persecutors, giving an account of one’s convictions; and commending the faith as just, coherent and credible. However, they were often also in their way examples of public theology: enacted in public assemblies, religious and civic, conducted in a spirit of critical scrutiny and debate. From the second century CE, too, many apologies were petitions addressed to the political authorities, concerning the relationship of Christians to imperial and secular authority, especially when the apologists had reason to believe they were being singled out for unjust treatment. This forms historical precedent for public theology to reassume its apologetic role, to render Christian faith intelligible and credible in a ‘postsecular’ world in which religion is newly and urgently relevant. This historic understanding of early Christian apologists as petitioners to the powers-that-be, calling for justice and civil freedoms must remain a major part of the work of public theologians today."

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Anders Ackfeldt | Bokmässan 2019

Thu, 27 Feb 2020 08:41:49 +0100

Detta avsnitt av R&T är en åter-publicering av ett podcast-avsnitt från systerpodden, HT-Samtal:

"Hur mycket har hiphopens uttryck, symboler och metaforer inspirerats av islam? Mer än man kan tro. Islamologen och hiphopälskaren Anders Ackfeldt utvecklar saken i den här inspelningen från bokmässan i Göteborg 2019. Samtalet leds av Martin Degrell."

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Lina Wolff | Religion & Existens

Thu, 13 Feb 2020 07:49:25 +0100

Under höstterminens sista samtalskväll samtalade författaren Lina Wolff med professor Stephan Borgehammar (praktisk teologi) och doktorand Clara Nystrand (praktisk teologi), om Wolffs senaste bok "Köttets tid." Rubriken för samtalet var "Religion & Existens: Konsten att överleva."

Samtalet spelades in 23:e januari, inför publik som samlats i Lux-byggnadens aula (vid Lunds universitet) för ett CTR-arrangemang som sker med hjälp av ett generöst bidrag från Thora Ohlssons stiftelse.

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Silvio Ferrari | The Christian Roots of the Secular State

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 08:00:00 +0100

This is the first lecture in the series "Beyond secular/religious division: The role of religion in the public sphere in polarized Europe", presented by the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies and the Centre for European Studies at Lund University.

Prof. Silvio Ferrari, of University of Milan, writes in the abstract for the lecture: "In this presentation, I argue that the different fortunes of the secular state in the predominantly Jewish, Christian and Muslim countries depend significantly (although not exclusively) on their different religious background and, in particular, on the conception of God’s law that developed in the theological and legal traditions of these three religions. After a short description of what God’s law means in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic legal systems, I shall focus on the different interpretations of the nature and scope of God’s law in these religious traditions. The impact that these differences have on the acceptance (or rejection) of the secular state in Israel and in the Christian and Muslim countries will be examined in the last part of this chapter."

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Lasse Berg | Religion & Existens

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 10:09:28 +0100

Hösten andra del från samtalsserien "Religion & Existens: Tre samtal om konsten att överleva" utgörs av samtalet mellan Lasse Berg, dokumentärfilmare och författare, universitetslektor Alexander Maurits (kyrkohistoria) och professor Lynn Åkesson (etnologi.)

Samtalet spelades in 28 November inför publik som samlades i Lux-byggnaden, vid Lunds universitet, för detta CTR-arrangemang som sker med hjälp av ett generöst bidrag från Thora Ohlssons stiftelse.

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Fáinche Ryan | Consumerism replaces Christianity?

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 08:11:06 +0100

This is the eight lecture in the series "The Many Guises of European Catholicism," hosted by the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, and the Centre for European Studies at Lund University. And on the 25th of September - 2019, assistent Professor of the Loyola Institute (Dublin) dr. Fáinche Ryan, talked on the topic: "Consumerism replaces Christianity? The Case of Ireland."

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Thomas Arentzen | Fromma träd i tidig kristendom

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 12:57:13 +0100

Den 14 november 2018 utsågs Thomas Arentzen till oavlönad docent i kyrkohistoria vid Humanistiska och teologiska fakulteterna, i Lund. Den 12 November 2019 höll Arentzen äntligen sin docent-föreläsning på CTR: "Fromma träd i tidig kristendom." Arentzen beskriver sin tidigare och nutida forskargärning på följande vis: "Mina forskningsintressen omfattar bysantinsk kristendom och ekologi. Mer allmänt har jag fokuserat på folklig fromhet och litterära uttryck för kristen tro. Monografin The Virgin in Song från 2017 utforskar karaktäriserangar av Jungfru Maria i senantik poesi. Sedan redigerade jag antologin The Reception of the Virgin in Byzantium. Jag leder nu forskningsprojektet Bortom trädgården: En ekokritisk undersökning av tidigbysantinsk kristendom."

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Jayne Svenungsson | The Art of Listening to the Past

Sun, 17 Nov 2019 09:22:37 +0100

Jayne Svenungsson is the Professor of Systematic Theology, at Lund University, and will in this episode lecture on the topic "The Art of Listening to the Past: Reflecting on Theological History Writing." Svenungsson's lecture is the third and last part of the series on "The Art of Listening – a symposium to mark the 40th anniversary of Collegium Patristicum Lundense," held on the 5th October, 2019 at CTR.

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Samuel Byrskog | The Bible & the Art of Listening

Sun, 10 Nov 2019 13:14:07 +0100

This episode of Religion & Theology, is the second part of a series of talks given at "The Art of Listening – a symposium to mark the 40th anniversary of Collegium Patristicum Lundense," held at the 5th October, 2019 at CTR. Samuel Byrskog, professor of New Testament Studies at Lund University, lecture on the topic "The Bible and the Art of Listening: Confession and Interpretation." Byrskog pays close attention to the Gospel of Matthew and Epistle to the Romans, and how in their own ways express matters of sound and listening.

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Carol Harrison | Sounding Silence: The Art of Listening to Music in the Early Church

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 08:09:28 +0100

Carol Harrison is the Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford University, and gave a lecture with the title "Sounding Silence: The Art of Listening to Music in the Early Church", at the "The Art of Listening – a symposium to mark the 40th anniversary of Collegium Patristicum Lundense," on the 5th October, 2019 at CTR.

This episode of Religion & Theology, is the first part of a series, podcasting the lectures from the symposium hosted by Collegium Patristicum Lundense.

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Giada Ragone & Luca Pietro Vanoni | Separation between State & Church in Italy

Mon, 21 Oct 2019 08:12:41 +0200

On the 14th of May, Giada Ragone & Luca Pietro Vanoni (of University of Milan, Italy) gave a lecture with the full title: "Separation between State and Church in Italy: The Constitutional Framework and the Crucifix Case", which provides an overview of the relationship between State and Church in Italy. They focus on the “peculiar” status of the Catholic Church, after which the famous case of the display of crucifixes in classrooms will be treated.

This is the sixth lecture (of seven) in the series "The Many Guises of European Catholicism", that the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies is organising with support from the Centre for European Studies at Lund University.

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Gellert Tamas | Religion & Existens

Thu, 17 Oct 2019 08:35:57 +0200

Detta är det första avsnittet ur höstens series: "Religion & Existens: Tre samtal om konsten att överleva." Första gäst är Gellert Tamas, journalist och författare, som samtalar med universitetslektor Dan-Erik Andersson (mänskliga rättigheter) och universitetslektor Johanna Gustafsson Lundberg (etik.)

Samtalet spelades in 10 Oktober inför publik som samlades i Lux-byggnaden, vid Lunds universitet, för detta CTR-arrangemang som sker med hjälp av ett generöst bidrag från Thora Ohlssons stiftelse.

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The Seminar Room | Carl Raschke on Political Theology & Neoliberalism

Mon, 07 Oct 2019 08:00:00 +0200

This episode of R&T was recorded from a seminar with prof. Carl Raschke on the 18th of September at CTR, under the rubric: "Neoliberalism and Political Theology: From Kant to Identity Politics." Prof. Raschke herein presented his new book, with the same title, through its opening chapters, and a genealogy of neoliberalism.

Raschke is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Denver, specializing in Continental philosophy, political theory and theology, art theory, the philosophy of religion and the theory of religion.

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Catharine Keller | Political Theology of the Earth

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 08:10:47 +0200

In this episode of R&T, the second from the academic year of 2019-2020, we will listen to a lecture given at CTR on the 16th of September 2019, by prof. Catharine Keller with the title:

"Political Theology of the Earth. The struggle for a New Public."

Catherine Keller is a contemporary Christian theologian and Professor of Constructive Theology at Drew University's Graduate Division of Religion. As a constructive theologian, Keller's work is oriented around social and ecological justice, poststructuralist theory, and feminist readings of scripture and theology.

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Anders Jarlert | Kyrkohistoriens nu

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:07:00 +0200

Detta avsnitt av R&T är avskedsföreläsningen, som hölls av professor i kyrkohistoria, Anders Jarlert, den 28 Maj, 2019.

Professor Jarlert sammanfattar kort sin gärning och biografi på följande vis, på CTRs hemsida:

"Jag är född 1952, professor i kyrkohistoria 1999, seniorprofessor 2019, och forskar dels i institutionshistoria, dels i fromhets- och spiritualitetshistoria. Människorna i den kristna kyrkans historia - som enskilda och grupper - är centrala i min forskning. Kyrkohistorien är ett möte mellan teologiska idéer, kyrka och samhälle (kyrka och nationalsocialism, religionsfrihet), strukturer och aktörer, först och sist konkreta människors möte med kristendom och kyrka. Tvärvetenskapliga intressen är "Law and Religion", teologi och skönlitteratur (Lidner, Tegnér, Strindberg) och musik och historia (Bach, Wagner). Som föreståndare för Lunds Universitets Kyrkohistoriska Arkiv ansvarar jag för frågelistorna, de generella som riktar sig till Svenska kyrkans församlingar för att mäta förändringar i kyrkolivet, och de speciella (t.ex. julkrubbor, rättegångsgudstjänster). Jag är sedan 2001 redaktör för Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift (KÅ) och sedan 2000 medlem av redaktionen för Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte."

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Stephen Bullivant | Mass Exodus: The ‘Who?’, ‘When?’ and ‘Why?’ of British Catholic Decline

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 10:00:00 +0200

In this lecture, Stephen Bullivant, prof. of Theology and the Sociology of Religion at St. Mary’s University (London), "investigates commonalities among several mainstream denominations in Europe, the Catholic Church in Britain and their significant decline over a half-century. This is true across a wide range of empirical indicators of religious vitality, including Mass attendance, retention/conversion rates, vocations, etc. Precisely when this decline started, and for what reason or reasons, is a subject of intense debate. This lecture will propose a new answer."

This is the fifth lecture (of seven) in the series "The Many Guises of European Catholicism", that the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies is organizing with support from the Centre for European Studies at Lund University.

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Yvonne Maria Werner | Protest i traditionens namn: Den katolska traditionalistiska rörelsen

Mon, 27 May 2019 10:00:00 +0200

I denna föreläsning undersöker Yvonne Maria Werner, professor på historiska institutionen vid Lunds Universitet, hur de traditionalistiska grupperna inom katolska kyrkan håller fast vid den livsform som var gängse fram till mitten av 1960-talet, då Andra vatikankonciliet kom med sina reformer. För att värna vad man uppfattar som den sanna katolicismen har dessa grupper byggt upp församlingar och missionscentra vid sidan av de etablerade strukturerna. Föredraget belyser den katolska traditionalistiska rörelsens uppkomst, utveckling och verksamhet och diskuterar dess betydelse i dagens katolska kyrka.

För att ta del av bilderna från föredraget, se följande länk: https://lu.box.com/s/mk5h1n8jnjau3h1w7b5ujrkn5gpiz9mh

Föredraget är det fjärde (av sju) i serien "The Many Guises of European Catholicism" som arrangeras av Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap med stöd från Centrum för europaforskning vid Lunds universitet.

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Anne-Christine Hornborg | Doing the Rite Thing

Thu, 23 May 2019 11:34:12 +0200

Detta avsnitt av R&T är avskedsföreläsningen professor Anne-Christine Hornborg höll 21 Maj, 2019, under titeln "Doing the Rite Thing."

Hornborg är professor i religionshistoria med fokus på religionsantropologiska studier, och skrev avhandling, A Landscape of Left-Overs: Changing Conception of Place and Environment among Mi’kmaq Indians of Eastern Canada (2001) som bygger på historisk källforskning och fältarbeten hos kanadensiska mi’kmaqindianer 1992-1993, 1996 och 2000. Hornborg har också fältarbetat på Tongaöarna 1998 och 2001, och i Peru 2004, samt återbesökt mi’kmaqreservaten 2009.

Akademiska intressen rör urbefolkningars kosmologier, animism, naturuppfattningar, antropologen i fält och ekologi och religion, och prof. Hornborg har utvecklat det interdisciplinära ämnet Ritual Studies och forskat om ritteorier och nya rituella praktiker (som nyandlig ”terapi” och ”coachning”) i det senmoderna Sverige. Vidare beskriver Hornborg "ritualstudier som en viktig del i forskning om religion, maktförhållanden, mänsklig erfarenhet och livsvärldar och flera av mina internationella publikationer behandlar ritualer och den rituella praktiken."

Länkar till klippen som hörs i föreläsningen:

Christer Sjögren: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ZH9Q2JOJI
Gabriellas sång: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=237o48nMqJw
Mi'kmaq honour song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXbz09z27Yg
Benny Hinn: https://lu.box.com/s/r53un3xfxtb6b8jlubh4u5qet2zqa9zb (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2ZQ-6Mhag8)
Anthony Robbins: https://lu.box.com/s/d8arelnwaf0lrbhjtqqbkjuw0iuggjg6 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6XaBuCE-CI)
Hae Nord: https://lu.box.com/s/61mpv2ssunr3ynfh9icsz7jtmp62m1p7https://lhttps://lu.box.com/s/61mpv2ssunr3ynfh9icsz7jtmp62m1p7
Queen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXw8CRapg7k

För lista med publikationer, följ denna länk.

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Robert D. Resnick | Voices from the Holocaust: The Story of the Ravensbrück Archive

Mon, 20 May 2019 10:10:00 +0200

This is the last part of the ongoing series where R&T re-podcasts past lectures held by previous honorary doctors at HT-faculties of Lund University.

Robert D. Resnick is a real estate entrepreneur and a philanthropist. He chairs the Ravensbrück campaign of the Lund University Foundation. As you will hear in this lecture, he was an exchange student at Lund University in 1971−72, and has over the years worked for the University in various capacities within the context of the Lund University Foundation.

Resnick’s most important contribution to Lund University involves the digitisation of the Ravensbrück Archive at the University Library. Thanks to his personal contribution and his persistent work in attracting donations to this project, the library has been able to digitise and translate into English large parts of the archive, thereby making it accessible to a wide circle of researchers and a keen general public through a web portal.

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Magdalena Dziaczkowska | Theology of the Nation: The Role of the Catholic Church in Poland in Shaping & Preserving Polish National Identity

Sun, 19 May 2019 10:00:00 +0200

In this lecture, Magdalena Dziaczkowska, phd-student at CTR, explores the way in which the Catholic Church in Poland has contributed to the shaping of Polish national identity, safeguarded that notion and conferred a theological meaning on it. It will briefly examine historical circumstances behind this development, and will conclude by pointing to the challenges which the theologization of Polishness poses to the Catholic Church in Poland today.

This is the third lecture (of seven) in the series "The Many Guises of European Catholicism", that the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies is organising with support from the Centre for European Studies at Lund University

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Elias Bongmba | Eschatology and Otherness: Imagining and Anticipating the Future in Africa

Mon, 13 May 2019 10:00:00 +0200

In this episode we once again return to past honorary doctors at the HT-faculty at Lund University. Professor Elias Bongmba gave a open lecture during the spring of 2018, with the title "Eschatology and Otherness: Imagining and Anticipating the Future in Africa".

Professor Elias Kifon Bongmba is a theology, religious studies and African studies scholar who works at Rice University in Houston, Texas. His research and teaching covers broad areas and combines theology, religious studies, philosophy and ethnology. His books include philosophical, theological and social analysis of African witchcraft, and discuss public theology as well as the HIVAIDS pandemic in Africa. He is currently working on an extensive introduction to the three major groups of religious tradition in Africa: traditional African religions, Islam and Christianity.

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The Seminar Room | Elisa Uusimäki on Wisdom and Torah in Jewish Antiquity

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 10:10:00 +0200

In March of this year, dr. Elisa Uusimäki from Helsinki University gave a presentation at a joint seminar hosted by Religious History, Old and New Testament Studies and Jewish Studies, at CTR, under the title"Wisdom and Torah in Jewish Antiquity: What Can We Learn from the Dead Sea Scrolls?"

Dr Elisa Uusimäki is a scholar of ancient Jewish literature and holds the title of docent at the University of Helsinki, currently involved in the research project "Conceptions of Virtue in Early Judaism" (2018‐2020). Uusimäki has published on wisdom and torah, the Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient scriptural interpretation, the figure of the sage in antiquity, and exemplarity. Apart from Helsinki, she has studied and conducted research at the University of Manchester, Yale University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

The seminar focused on the association between wisdom and torah. Their prevalance and relation in the Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint is well‐ known (esp. Deut 4:5–6; Ezra 7:14, 25; Jer 8:8; Pss 1, 19, 119; Sir 24; Bar 3:9–4:4), and scholars have long acknowledged its afterlife in the thought of early Christians who identified Jesus with Logos or Sophia (e.g. John 1, 15; 1 Cor 1:24, 30; Col 1:15‐17, 2:2‐3). The discovery of the Qumran scrolls revealed new materials that illuminate notions of wisdom and torah in early Judaism.

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Hartmut Lehmann | Fatal Coincidences in 1933: Nazism's Triumph & Martin Luther's 450th Birthday

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 10:00:00 +0200

This episode is one of four, re-podcasting of lectures from honorary doctors of the joint faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University. This is the second part, with Hartmut Lehmann, who 2017 gave a talk under the the title "Fatal Coincidences in 1933: Nazism’s Triumph and Martin Luther’s 450th Birthday".

Hartmut Lehmann is a German historian and honorary professor in church history at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel. He has been the director of the German Historical Institute in Washington D.C., and of the Max-Planck Institute for History in Göttingen. Lehmann is a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and member of the Göttingen Academy of Wissenschaften. For a long time, his focus has been on church history, in particular the Reformation and Reformation jubilees, pietism, as well as the church and national socialism. And national socialism is also at the center of the lecture Lehmann gave.

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The Seminar Room | Ihor Vasylyshyn on the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church during the period of Soviet persecution

Sun, 07 Apr 2019 10:00:00 +0200

In this seminar room, dr. Ihor Vasylyshyn of Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv) gives a presentation is focused on the peculiarities of worship and prayer books used by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church during the period of Soviet persecution 1946-1989. An additional topic is the role of Western media in support of this church. It is also partly a personal memoir of the years of the speaker's childhood and adolescence.

This is the second seminar (of four) in the series "The Many Guises of European Catholicism", that the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies is organising with support from the Centre for European Studies at Lund University.

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Petra Carlsson | Tingens mystik

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:32:21 +0100

Detta avsnitt är en inspelning från en offentligt föreläsning på CTR, med titeln: "Tingens mystik: Om Foucault, konst och teologisk aktivism" av Petra Carlsson, docent i systematisk teologi, Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm.

I sitt abstract till föreläsningen skriver Carlsson: "Om konsthistoriens teologiska rebeller – de som vägrar tro att det avbildade är verkligare än bilden, att det som är bortom är sannare än det som är här. Och om trans-nunnorna som iklär sig det som förtryckt dem, om punk-bönen i katedralen som förvandlar teologin. För om bilden är lika verklig som det avbildade, då kan verkligheten förvandlas bortom allt förnuft."

Boken som nämns i början av föreläsningen finns att köpa här: Foucault, Art & Radical Theology.

Föreläsningen är även kopplad till forskningsprojektet "Öppningar mot det numinösa: Skärningspunkter mellan religion och estetik i det sekulära samhället." Se det tidigare avsnittet "Gränsens erfarenhet..." för mer info.

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Oleh Kindiy | Persecution during Soviet Times & Current Revival of Catholic Church(es) in Ukraine

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:00:00 +0100

Dr. Oleh Kindiy, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv recently visited CTR/CES and gave a presentation with the full title: "Experience of Martyrdom and Persecution during Soviet Times and the Current Revival of Catholic Church(es) in Ukraine."

From the abstract to the presentation "The lecture is based on memoirs and eyewitness interviews, documents from state archives, and photographs from private collections depicting the life stories of Greek Catholics in the USSR from 1946 to 1989 when the UGCC was considered officially abolished and forbidden. How does this memory shape the nature and mission of the Catholic Church in Ukraine today?"

This is the second lecture (of seven) in the series "The Many Guises of European Catholicism", that the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies is with support from the Centre for European Studies at Lund University.

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Paula Fredriksen | Paul, Augustine, and Krister: On the Introspective Conscience of the West

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 09:00:00 +0100

This episode is one of four, re-podcasting of lectures from honorary doctors of the joint faculties of Humanities and Theology, Lund University. First out is Paula Fredriksen.

Paula Fredriksen is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. She was made Honorary Doctor at the Faculty of Theology as recognition of the high international standard of her research in religious studies. Professor Fredriksen's research is characterised by an explicit inter- and multidisciplinary perspective. Her research is thus linked to several successful subjects at the Faculty of Theology in Lund - New Testament studies, patristics, Jewish studies and general history of religion just to name a few. Her interest in Paul the apostle and Augustine the Church Father is a common thread throughout her research, from her thesis "Augustine’s Early Interpretations of Paul" (1979) and onward. Fredriksen has also written about Jesus as an historical figure and the early Jesus movement as a branch of Judaism at the time and, furthermore, has sought to spread her research results to the general public.

Professor Fredriksen's lecture, entitled "Paul, Augustine, and Krister, on the Introspective Conscience of the West", was recorded at LUX on June 1st, 2017

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Heidegger & Theology | Roundtable discussion

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 12:02:35 +0100

This episode is the final part of the Heidegger & Theology-series, and consists of the roundtable/panel discussion that ended the symposium.

Under the moderation of Göran Rosenberg, author and journalist, all participants and speakers of the podcast series partake in an interesting discussion centered around questions that where hanging in the air.

Religion and Theology is produced by Joel Kuhlin for the Center for Theology and Religious Studies.

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Peter Trawny | Heidegger and the Myth

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 08:30:00 +0100

This is a special episode of R&T. Firstly, prof. Jayne Svenungsson gives an introductory opening adress to the entire "Heidegger and theology" symposium, and secondly, sets the stage not only for the symposium as such but also for the episodes main focus: the lecture on "Heidegger and the Myth" by prof. Peter Trawney

Trawney studied philosophy, musicology, and history of art in Bochum, Freiburg, Basel, and Wuppertal, and have taught at universities in Shanghai, Vienna, and Stockholm. He currently teaches at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal, where he is also the director of the Martin-Heidegger-Institut. He is the editor of several volumes of the Martin-Heidegger-Gesamtausgabe (GA 35, 69, 73, 86, 90, 94–97).

Jayne Svenungsson is Professor of Systematic Theology at Lund University, Sweden.

Full abstract: "One of the later definitions of Heidegger’s own thinking is: ‘Mytho-Logy of the event of appropriation’. In this sense it is important to understand Heidegger’s own explanations of ‘myth’ and ‘logos’, as we find them at the beginning of the 1930’s. ‘Myth’ is the context in which Heidegger can locate his narrative of the ‘history of Being’. In this ‘history’ the ‘gods’ and the ‘last God’ are playing a leading role. The ‘gods’ and the ‘last God’ (for both Hoelderlin’s poetry is the key) appear as an alternative to Christianity, which is harshly ‘criticized’ in the ‘Black Notebooks’. ‘Theology’ is replaced by ‘mythology’. My paper wants to unfold the influence of the problem of the ‘myth’ on Heidegger’s thinking including the problem of Bultmann’s ‘demythologization’ and anti-Semitism (Judaism as the death of the ‘myth’ – and as the source for the ‘myth’ of ‘the Jew’)."

This presentation can found in a revised version, in the anthology Heidegger's Black Notebooks and the Future of Theology, edited by dr. Mårten Björk and prof. Jayne Svenungsson.

Religion and Theology is produced by Joel Kuhlin for the Center for Theology and Religious Studies.

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Hans Ruin | Heidegger & the Reinvention of Paulinism

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 09:00:00 +0100

In this third episode of the ongoing series on Heidegger and Theology, Hans Ruin (Professor of Philosophy at Södertörn University) discusses Heidegger's interest in early Christianity and St. Paul.

The abstract to Ruin's presentation in full:

"I will discuss the idea of a supposedly ‘original Christian’ religious experience as it is developed in Heidegger’s seminal interpretations of Paul in the early 1920’s. In particular, I shall focus on how the problem of tradition and inheritance is thematized in this encounter; the notion of a tradition that is at once cancelled and reinvented in and through this very cancellation. Through Paul and his notion of a ‘destruction’ of tradition, Heidegger finds his own philosophical voice in an early Jewish messianic critique of history. This is one of the partly ‘hidden’ sources of his thinking, that need to be rethought anew in relation to the Black Notebooks and their understanding of Christianity, Judaism and the question of religion generally."

This presentation can found in a revised version, in the anthology Heidegger's Black Notebooks and the Future of Theology, edited by dr. Mårten Björk and prof. Jayne Svenungsson.

Religion and Theology is produced by Joel Kuhlin for the Center for Theology and Religious Studies.

If you have comments or critique of this episode, or any other episodes of R&T, please write an email to religionochteologi@outlook.com.

Music for R&T is generously provided by the trio Nous (Thomas Hellsten, Tom Tveita, Per Boqvist).

George Pattison | Why Heidegger Didn’t Like Catholic Theology

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 09:00:00 +0100

This is the second episode in the series on Heidegger and Theology, and a symposium on the same topic at CTR (December, 2015), with George Pattison, Professor of Divinity, University of Glasgow, gave a talk on the topic "Why Heidegger Didn’t Like Catholic Theology"

This presentation can found in a revised version, in the anthology Heidegger's Black Notebooks and the Future of Theology, edited by dr. Mårten Björk and prof. Jayne Svenungsson.

Full abstract for the presentation:

"Much of the content of the Black Books relates to Heidegger's irritation with what he saw as a range of misinterpretations and misappropriations of his work. These include those who see Being and Time as derivative of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche as well as those who try to apply Heidegger's thought to contemporary philosophical issues. He is particularly hostile to Catholic theology, naming Romano Guardini as exemplifying what is wrong in such applications. The paper will explore Heidegger's antipathy in relation to Guardini's own theological-philosophical project with the aim of specifying just what Heidegger saw as the essential point at issue."

Religion and Theology is produced by Joel Kuhlin for the Center for Theology and Religious Studies.

If you have comments or critique of this episode, or any other episodes of R&T, please write an email to religionochteologi@outlook.com.

Music for R&T is generously provided by the trio Nous (Thomas Hellsten, Tom Tveita, Per Boqvist).

Hjalmar Falk | Katechontism: Carl Schmitt & the Politics of Eschaton

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 10:28:11 +0100

This episode is a talk by dr. Hjalmar Falk centered around the infamous German jurist, Carl Schmitt and his conception of political theology, with a particular focus on its implications for the philosophy of history. Central to Schmitt’s thought is the claim that all modern political concepts are secularized theological concepts, a relationship he identified not only between the miracle and the sovereign exception, but also between salvation history and the belief in progress found in modern philosophy of history. This talk will focus on Schmitt’s interpretation of the obscure Pauline figure of the katechon and what his use of this Biblical myth can tell us about Schmittian theory in particular and modern apocalyptic political thought in general.

Hjalmar Falk is a researcher at the Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion (University of Gothenburg).

Religion and Theology is produced by Joel Kuhlin for the Center for Theology and Religious Studies.

If you have comments or critique of this episode, or any other episodes of R&T, please write an email to religionochteologi@outlook.com.

Music for R&T is generously provided by the trio Nous (Thomas Hellsten, Tom Tveita, Per Boqvist).

Judith Wolfe | Religious Aspects of the Black Notebooks

Thu, 20 Dec 2018 11:20:07 +0100

This episode is the first in a series on Heidegger and Theology, recorded at the symposium "Heidegger and Theology - After the Black Notebooks."

First out is an episode with Judith Wolfe, Professor of Philosophical Theology, University of St Andrews presenting on the topic "Religious Aspects of the Black Notebooks: Overview & Analysis."

This presentation can found in a revised version, in an anthology Heidegger's Black Notebooks and the Future of Theology, edited by dr. Mårten Björk and prof. Jayne Svenungsson.

Full abstract for Wolfe's talk:

"This paper gathers all significant remarks on Christianity in the Black Notebooks and analyses them in the context of Heidegger's attitude to religion at the time – which we already know from recent research to have been particularly conflicted during this period. The paper then offers a summary of the ways in which references in the Notebooks change our understanding of Heidegger's view of Christianity during the 1930's, and draw conclusions about Heidegger's continuing relevance to theology. In particular, the Notebooks reveal greater continuity between Heidegger and the secularized Christian hopes of the 19th century than Being and Time suggests, and so challenge the confidence with which some theologians have hoped to find a radically new approach to faith and theology in Heidegger's thought."

Religion and Theology is produced by Joel Kuhlin for the Center for Theology and Religious Studies.

If you have comments or critique of this episode, or any other episodes of R&T, please write an email to religionochteologi@outlook.com.

Music for R&T is generously provided by the trio Nous (Thomas Hellsten, Tom Tveita, Per Boqvist).

Seminarierummet | Simon Sorgenfrei om "Islam i Sverige"

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:23:43 +0100

Seminarierummet är en serie på R&T som återger diskussioner och samtal från något av seminarierna vid CTR.

I detta första avsnitt från serien, inspelat i mitten av hösten 2018, får vi ta del av en presentation av Simon Sorgenfrei & boken "Islam i Sverige - de första 1300 åren" på det religionsvetenskapliga seminariet. Syftet med presentationen är att synliggöra luckor i tidigare forskning.

Avsnittet avslutas lite abrupt, då seminariedeltagare efter den initiala presentationen lät tillfället övergå till en något mer intensiv dialogform, där det helhetsperspektiv som präglar inledningen öppnade för mindre sammanhängande tankespår, som också följdes upp av kortare sektioner och samtal.

Särskilt tack till gruppen Nous för musiken.

"Religion och Teologi" produceras av Joel Kuhlin, för Centrum för Teologi & Religionsvetenskap.

För kritik eller kommentarer, skriv en rad till religionochteologi@outlook.com.

Johannes Anyuru | Religion & Existens

Sat, 08 Dec 2018 12:58:43 +0100

Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap bjuder in till tre kvällsarrangemang hösten 2018 under rubriken ”Religion & Existens: Tre samtal om religionens betydelse i vår tid.”

6 dec gästade Johannes Anyuru (författare och poet) CTR för ett samtal om religionens betydelse i vår tid.

Samtalet leddes av Simon Stjernholm (universitetslektor vid Köpenhamns universitet) och Clara Berg (doktorand vid CTR).

För mer info om eventet: https://www.facebook.com/events/2437749536451336/

Särskilt tack till gruppen Nous för musiken.

"Religion och Teologi" produceras av Joel Kuhlin, för Centrum för Teologi & Religionsvetenskap.

För kritik eller kommentarer, skriv en rad till religionochteologi@outlook.com.

Gränsens erfarenhet – erfarenhetens gräns | Antoon Geels & Björn Engdahl

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:31:16 +0100

Detta avsnitt är inspelat på Skissernas Museum, i Lund och andra delen av eventet "Gränsens erfarenhet – erfarenhetens gräns," och det panelsamtal som avslutade kvällen.

Samtalet mellan Antoon Geels & Björn Engdahl är modererat av Jayne Svenungsson, professor i systematisk teologi, och är kopplat till forskningsprojektet "Öppningar mot det numinösa: Skärningspunkter mellan religion och estetik i det sekulära samhället."

För mer information om projektet, lyssna på de sista fem min av avsnittet.

Konstverket som prof Svenungsson påtalar, och som målats av Engdahl finns att betrakta som "thumbnail" för avsnittet. Vänligen besök Ctrs facebook-konto för mer om eventet: https://www.facebook.com/events/1987241081333156/

Särskilt tack till gruppen Nous för musiken.

"Religion och Teologi" produceras av Joel Kuhlin, för Centrum för Teologi & Religionsvetenskap.

För kritik eller kommentarer, skriv en rad till religionochteologi@outlook.com.

Dion Foster | The (Im)possibility of Forgiveness?

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 12:24:20 +0100

Dion Foster is Professor in Systematic Theology and Ethics, at Stellenbosch University

This episode is a public lecture, held by prof Foster at Lund University in the Fall of 2018, with the full lecture title: "The (Im)possibility of Forgiveness? Towards a Politics of Forgiveness among Black and White South Africans."

A special thank you to dr Hans Olsson (CTR) for recording the lecture, and to the trio Nous, for the music in the episode.

Religion and Theology is produced by Joel Kuhlin, for the Center for Theology and Religious Studies.

If you have comments or critique of this episode, or any other episodes of R&T, please write an email to religionochteologi@outlook.com.

Emin Poljarevic | The Critical Method of Malcolm X

Fri, 09 Nov 2018 10:15:02 +0100

This episode of R&T is one of two presentations from a symposium dedicated to Malcolm X, hosted by CTR; October 2018.

The book that Emin Poljarevic briefly mentions in the beginning of the talk can be found here.

Music provided generously by the trio Nous (Thomas Hellsten, Tom Tveita, Per Boqvist).

Religion and Theology is produced by Joel Kuhlin, for the Center for Theology and Religious Studies.

If you have comments or critique of this episode, or any other episodes of R&T, please write an email to religionochteologi@outlook.com.

Jonas Gardell | Religion & Existens

Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:02:26 +0200

Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap bjuder in till tre kvällsarrangemang hösten 2018 under rubriken ”Religion & Existens: Tre samtal om religionens betydelse i vår tid”:

18 oktober samtalade Jonas Gardell, författare och artist, med Johanna Gustafsson Lundberg, universitetslektor, och Joel Kuhlin, doktorand.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2437749536451336/

Särskilt tack till gruppen Nous för musiken.

"Religion och Teologi" produceras av Joel Kuhlin, för Centrum för Teologi & Religionsvetenskap.

För kritik eller kommentarer, skriv en rad till religionochteologi@outlook.com.