Med Bibeln som bekännelse och bekymmer. Bibelsynsfrågan i Svenska Missionsförbundet 1917-1942 med särskild hänsyn till Missionsskolan och samfundsledningen.
With the Bible as a creed and a concern. The issue of the views of the Bible within t
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Summary, in English
This thesis examines to what extent the issue of the views of the Bible was discussed within the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden (MCCS) during the period of 1917-1942, and if there were any conscious and decisive choices of direction concerning this issue, in spite of the fact that the MCCS has no established views of the Bible.
In an introductory chapter, the views of the Bible of the great MCCS theologian and leader P. Waldenström, 1838-1917, are analysed.
Part 1 treats the views of the Bible of four different persons who were consecutively teachers of exegetics at the Theological Seminary where future pastors and missionaries were trained. Arguments put forward in the heated debate on the issue of the views of the Bible are accounted for, especially in connection with the appointment or the resignation of a teacher.
In part 2 attention is turned to the different, successive MCCS Presidents (the highest leader of the Church). Special interest is given to Axel Andersson who was elected new President in 1930, and the divisive discussions carried on both before and after his election.
Part 3 accounts for the schism that led up to the claim by the exegetics teacher of the Mission School, David Hedegård, towards the end of the 1930s, that all teachers and leaders within the MCCS should sign some kind of creed.
In a brief epilogue concerning the years after 1942, the key persons and issues are followed up. The final summarizing and analysing chapter has the title "Did the MCCS make a choice of direction concerning the issue of the views of the Bible?"
In an introductory chapter, the views of the Bible of the great MCCS theologian and leader P. Waldenström, 1838-1917, are analysed.
Part 1 treats the views of the Bible of four different persons who were consecutively teachers of exegetics at the Theological Seminary where future pastors and missionaries were trained. Arguments put forward in the heated debate on the issue of the views of the Bible are accounted for, especially in connection with the appointment or the resignation of a teacher.
In part 2 attention is turned to the different, successive MCCS Presidents (the highest leader of the Church). Special interest is given to Axel Andersson who was elected new President in 1930, and the divisive discussions carried on both before and after his election.
Part 3 accounts for the schism that led up to the claim by the exegetics teacher of the Mission School, David Hedegård, towards the end of the 1930s, that all teachers and leaders within the MCCS should sign some kind of creed.
In a brief epilogue concerning the years after 1942, the key persons and issues are followed up. The final summarizing and analysing chapter has the title "Did the MCCS make a choice of direction concerning the issue of the views of the Bible?"
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Publishing year
1999
Language
Swedish
Publication/Series
Bibliotheca Historico-Ecclesiastica Lundensis
Document type
Dissertation
Publisher
Lund University Press
Topic
- Religious Studies
Keywords
- views of the Bible.
- P. Waldenström
- pastoral training
- the Mission Covenant Church of Sweden
- historical-critical method of research
- fundamentalism
- exegetics
- Bible
- creed
- History of the Christian church
- Kristna kyrkans historia
Status
Published
Supervisor
- [unknown] [unknown]
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0346-5438
- ISBN: 91-7966-590-X
- ISRN LUREDN/REKH-1999/1019-SE+568
Defence date
29 October 1999
Defence time
10:15
Defence place
Carolinasalen, Kungshuset, Lundagård
Opponent
- Göran Åberg (Docent)