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This study investigates the pictorial world of the medieval Vadstena Abbey church. The interior of the church was filled with altars and images that had the three separated groups of viewers in mind: the 60 nuns, the 25 conventual brothers and the numerous pilgrims coming to visit the shrine of Saint Birgitta. The pilgrims faced a pictorial message where the role of saint Birgitta was emphasized, but still one among all the other saints. The images directed to the nuns and the brothers accentuated the role of the Virgin Mary as the exemplarily follower of Christ. Furthermore, all the church interior was furnished to enhance the position of the nuns, i.e. that this monastic foundation was made primarily for women.

Homosexuality, bisexuality, transgender and queer have long been a sensitive topic in Christian churches. As society has changed, some denominations have become increasingly affirming, while others see the changes as incompatible with Christian values.
A Conditional Community is based on in-depth interviews with 29 lgbtq Christians and is the first Swedish scientific study on the subject. Using a phenomenological approach, the author investigate how sexuality, intimacy and faith are experienced by the interviewees and how their Christian identity interacts with their identity as lgbtq people.
A Conditional Community is aimed at teachers, researchers and students in fields such as religious studies, sexology, gender studies and psychology. The book is also of interest to professionals who require knowledge on the subject, such as pastors and therapists. Furthermore, it can serve as a basis for discussions and reflection on faith, sexuality and lgbtq in the Free Church contexts.

FÖRORD 9 INTRODUKTION 13 Syfte och problem 16 Undersökningsmaterial 19 En analys av luthersk etik 25 En rimlig utformning av luthersk etik 30 Tidigare forskning 34 Disposition 37 1 LAG OCH EVANGELIUM I LUTHERS ETIK 41 Om lag och evangelium 43 Läran om rättfärdiggörelse 46 Läran om goda gärningar 48 Etikens innehåll 52 En skapelseförankrad etik 56 Läran om de två regementena 59 Etisk dualism och hierarkisk samhällssyn 63 Konklusion 68 2 POLITISK ETIK I LUTHERSK TRADITION Jl En patriarkal politisk etik 73 Överhetstanken och läran om skapelseordningar 77 Staten som skydd mot det onda 81, En kritisk skapelseordningsteologi 87 Luthersk teologi som nazistisk ideologi 92 Evangeliets roll i luthersk politisk etik 99 3 LÄRAN OM GUDS ORDNINGAR 105 Spänningen mellan lag och evangelium 107 Skapelsen, synden och lagen 109 Kritik av naturrätten 112 Ordningar inrättade av Gud 115 Etik i en konfliktsituation 118 En realistisk politisk etik 122 Den minimala staten 126 Överheten i ett demokratiskt samhälle 128 Ett hierarkiskt rättviseideal 131 Konklusion 134 4 SKAPELSEN OCH LAGEN 137 Motsatsen mellan lag och evangelium 140 En skapelseförankrad etik 144 Kravet på omsorg 148 En etik för alla människor 152 Läran om de två regementena 156 En politisk etik utan kristologi 161 1 Kritik av makten 165 Politisk etik utan ideal 169 Konklusion 172 5 MÄNNISKANS DYGD OCH GUDS NÅD lj$ En dygdetisk teori 177 Naturlig och kristen kärlek 182 En naturrättslig teori 186 Människan som syndare och rättfärdiggjord 189 Lag och evangelium 193 Politikens begränsade värde 197 Kristen kärlek och politiskt handlande 202 Människovärde och social hierarki 205 En dygdetik utan samhällskritik 208 Konklusion 211 6 EN UDDLÖS POLITIK 215 Luthers patriarkala etik 218 Luthersk etik och tysk nazism 222 Den minimala staten 227 Ett krav utan innehåll 231 Politikens begränsade värde 236 Luthersk etik som politisk liberalism 242 Evangeliets betydelse för etiken 246 7 KRISTOLOGI SOM SAMHÄLLSKRITIK 251 Tre modeller för kristen politisk teologi 253 En etik förankrad i kristologin 258 Motstånd i Kristi efterföljd 263 Korsets teologi som hopp om befrielse 267 En etik förankrad i skapelsetanken 270 Eskatologi som kritiskt perspektiv 275 Evangelium som etisk vägledning 279 Socialetik utan tvåregementslära 283 LITTERATUR 287

In May 1856 the EFS (the Swedish Evangelical Mission Society), influenced by the new evangelism-movement, was established as an "internal mission" within the Church of Sweden. During the same period the "new evangelism" revival movement established regional organizations in order to coordinate the movement in different parts of the country. These regional organizations consisted of the movement's local mission societies in a province or part of a province of Sweden. This study will focus on democracy and theological identity in the EFS through an analysis of how the regional organizations acted, what role they played, how the EFS was influenced by them and how the EFS decided to establish its own regional organization. One result of the earlier tensions between the regional mission organizations and the EFS was the establishment of the independent organizations Mission Covenant Church of Sweden (Svenska Missionsförbundet) (1878-) and Mission Society of Bible faithful Friends (Missionssällskapet Bibeltrogna Vänner) (1911-). This investigation looks into 17 of 36 regional mission organizations that existed. The time frame of the investigation is from the establishment of the EFS in 1856 to the establishment of the regional structure of the EFS in 1922. The EFS changed over time. The change of society and wishes from the movement's local mission societies and regional mission organizations were agents in this transformation. An important result of this research is that this transformation of the EFS proceeded at a slow pace and with the preservation of the EFS's theological identity.

The article presents a study of religious effects on the environmental opinion among individuals in Sweden & the U.S. in 2000. It is a most different system design, since the comparison is between a highly secular (Sweden) & a highly religious population (the U.S.). The study uses data representing the adult population in Sweden & the U.S. In Sweden, religious people tend to be more positive than secular people to policies of environment protection. In the U.S., Republicans who belong to Evangelical Churches & people with a literal understanding of the Bible tend to be rather negative to suggestions on environmental care, while others who claim to be "born again" are rather positive towards suggestions on environmental caring procedures. Adapted from the source document.

The imprint on rural areas from social change since the 1950s is a decline in population, farming and other local working places, services, political platforms and meeting places. The aim of the thesis is to understand how these changes have affected the interrelations between people, place and history. The fieldwork was conducted in Locknevi, a parish in Småland. Interviews and participant observation were undertaken for four months, during a span of five years. In spite of the impoverishment of rural areas inhabitants seek to maintain social and time-space relations through new practises, mostly in local associations. These associations were once an important arena for modernising both agriculture and rural life. Now they are divided into agricultural and community based associations. People moving into the community often engage in community based associations. Hence local communities are now upheld by activities within associations and among friends instead of by work within agriculture. Three cases from Locknevi are the basis for discussions of the effect of social change over the last decades. For example the school is an important institution and meeting place. Here the struggle to retain the village school shows that when meeting places are in danger of disappearing people tend to mobilize against deterioration in living conditions. Furthermore the church is an important local political arena, institution and meeting place. The conflict within church leadership represents divergent views in the community, namely the old independent view and the new view incorporated in a global world. Moreover the moose hunt as an institution serves to maintain the sense of community. In this regard the effects of change are manifested in the way the local hunting teams respond to the activities of hunting tourism. Here tensions often emerge between cultural/social and economic stakes within the community. The empirical findings shows no conflict between seeking to maintain a strong place identity and embracing an openness towards society. On the contrary, this combination could well be the fundamental driving force for building society. However it is hard to create a viable community in the absence of local subsistence, meeting places, institutions and a concrete use of place.

An analysis o f articles about Sweden which have appeared in the Polish press from 1989 to 1999 makes it possible to distinguish the most frequent subjects chosen by Polish journalists. These subjects include the unsolved case of the assassination of Olof Palme, the drawbacks of the Swedish welfare state, the controversies connected with Swedish neutrality, the discussions on how far equality can go and the problems of a multicultural country; as well as Swedish peculiarities such as alcohol policy, liberal morals, the position of the Church in a secularized society and the attachment to the monarchy. This article covers several examples o f these most popular topics. It also examines the way in which they have been presented, with regard to the traditional perception of Sweden by Poles as well as to the sense of Polish national identity noticeable in the journalists' comments. The problems connected with these issues are discussed in greater detail in the author's doctoral thesis in the chapter which deals with the perception of Sweden in Poland.