Person
Reader, Senior Lecturer
- Church and Mission Studies
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Contact information
E-mail andreas.westergrenctr.luse
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30
As a Reader (docent) in Church history, I do research and lecture at the Centre of Theology and Religious Studies at Lund University. As a church historian I am currently involved in a four year project on ”Integration and tradition: The Making of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Sweden” from the perspective of how traditions are transmitted and negotiated on a congregation level. My research has primarily been focused on the early church, and I participated in the international research programme ”Early Monasticism and Classical Paideia” between 2012-2015. As a reflection of my interests I have been teaching courses about the rise of monasticism, liturgical embodiment and the Orthodox churches in Sweden and the Middle East. Next to teaching and research I am also co-editor of Patristica Nordica Annuaria, and coordinator of the joint master’s programme ”The Religious Roots of Europe”, which studies the early sources of Christianity, Judaism and Islam in a comparative perspective.
Research
My profile in Lund University research portal
- The Saint as Church, the Church as Saint: Visions of Monastery, Church and Society in Theodoret of Cyrrhus' Philotheos Historia
- Early Monasticism and Classical Paideia
- Integration and Tradition: the Making of the Syriac Orthodox Church in Sweden
- Deconstructing Measures of Immigrant Integration in Sweden – towards a typology of models – ASG, Pufendorf IAS
Books (1)
Editorships (1)
Articles (4)
- Arentzen, T. & Westergren, A. (2020). Prolog. Patristica Nordica Annuaria, 35, 3-4. Collegium Patristicum Lundense.
- Westergren, A. (2020). The ascetic twist : Comparing reformation theology and the Byzantine heritage. Studia Theologica - Nordic Journal of Theology, 74, 94-129. Taylor & Francis.
- Westergren, A. (2018). The Monastic Paradox : Desert Ascetics as Founders, Fathers, and Benefactors in Early Christian Historiography. Vigiliae Christianae, 72, 283-317. Brill.
- Westergren, A. (2014). Eremitens återkomst. Om nyttan med att dra sig undan i senantika helgonberättelser. Patristica Nordica Annuaria, 28, 69-88. Collegium Patristicum Lundense.
Book chapters (11)
- Westergren, A. (accepted/in press). Monastic Space : The Ascetic Between Sacred and Civil Spheres in Theodoret of Cyrrhus. In Day, J., Hakola, R., Tervahauta, U. & Kahlos, M. (Eds.) Spaces in Late Antiquity : Cultural, Theological and Archaeological Perspectives. Ashgate.
- Westergren, A. (2021). Wandering Legends : A Dialogue between a Syrian Saint and the City of Antioch in the Fifth Century AD. In Vinzent, M. (Ed.) Papers presented at the Eighteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2019 : Volume 21: Hagiographica; Ascetica; Martyria (pp. 43-52), 21. Peeters Publishers.
- Arentzen, T., Rydell Johnsén, H. & Westergren, A. (2020). Rubenson on the Move : A Bibliographical Journey. In Harvey, S. A., Arentzen, T., Johnsén, H. R. & Westergren, A. (Eds.) Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements, Wisdom on the Move : Late Antique Traditions in Multicultural Conversation. Essays in Honor of Samuel Rubenson (pp. 247-250), 161. Brill.
- Arentzen, T., Rydell Johnsén, H. & Westergren, A. (2020). Wisdom on the Move : An Introduction. In Harvey, S. A., Arentzen, T., Johnsén, H. R. & Westergren, A. (Eds.) Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements, Wisdom on the Move : Late Antique Traditions in Multicultural Conversation. Essays in Honor of Samuel Rubenson (pp. 1-10), 161. Brill.
- Westergren, A. (2018). Paideia, Piety, and Power: Emperors and Monks in Socrates’ Church History. In Larsen, L. I. & Rubenson, S. (Eds.) Monastic Education in Late Antiquity: The Transformation of Classical Paideia (pp. 53-72). Cambridge University Press.
- Westergren, A. (2016). De orörliga asketerna: Hagiografiska bilder av himmelen på jorden. In Arentzen, T., Holmsgaard Eriksen, U. & Rydell Johnsén, H. (Eds.) Patristica Nordica, Mellan tid och evighet: Eskatologiska perspektiv i den tidiga kyrkan (pp. 119-140), 9. Artos & Norma.
- Westergren, A. (2016). Tidsresor i nutiden. Mötesplatser för trons och livets frågor, 29-33. Verbum.
- Westergren, A. (2015). En kristen brottarskola : Bilder av andliga atleter i tiden före sportens mörka medeltid. In Nykvist, M. & Maurits, A. (Eds.) Kyrkan och idrotten under 2000 år : antika, medeltida och moderna attityder till idrott (pp. 59-78), 71. Universus Academic Press.
- Westergren, A. (2015). Heliga platser i förvandling : Religionsmöten i det senantika och nutida Syrien. In Rahm, H. (Ed.) Årsbok, Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund. Årsbok 2015 (pp. 95-107). Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund.
- Westergren, A. (2013). A Relic In Spe: Theodoret’s Depiction of a Philosopher Saint. In Vinzent, M. (Ed.) Studia Patristica LXVIII: Papers presented at the Sixteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies held in Oxford 2011 (pp. 25-29), Vol. 16: From the Fifth Century Onwards (Greek Writers). Peeters Publishers.
- Westergren, A. (2010). En skolning i frihet?. In Rise, S. (Ed.) Danningsperspektiver: Teologiske og filosofiske syn på danning i antikken og i moderne tid (pp. 55-73). Tapir akademisk forlag.
Reviews (6)
- Westergren, A. (2020). David Hellholm & Dieter Sänger (red.), The Eucharist – Its Origins and Contexts: Sacred Meal, Communal Meal, Table Fellowship in Late Antiquity, Early Judaism, and Early Christianity, 3 vols. & Risto Uro, Juliette J. Day, Richard E. DeMaris & Rikard Roitto (red.), The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual. Årsbok för Svenskt Gudstjänstliv, 268-273. Artos & Norma.
- Westergren, A. (2018). Recension av Basileios, Om den heliga anden. Signum: Katolsk orientering om kyrka, kultur, samhälle, 7, 61-63. Newmaninstitutet.
- Westergren, A. (2018). Recension av Dionysios Areopagita, Paradoxernas Gud – verk i urval. Signum: Katolsk orientering om kyrka, kultur, samhälle, 2, 60-62. Newmaninstitutet.
- Westergren, A. (2016). Recension av Christine C. Shepardson, Controlling Contested Places: Late Antique Antioch and the Spatial Politics of Religious Controversy. Teologinen Aikakauskirja, 121, 277-278. Teologinen julkaisuseura.
- Westergren, A. (2014). Recension av Tomas Hägg, The Art of Biography in Antiquity. Patristica Nordica Annuaria, 29, 136-140. Collegium Patristicum Lundense, Collegium Patristicum Lundense.
- Westergren, A. (2013). Recension. Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, 112, 145-147. Svenska kyrkohistoriska föreningen.
Articles in specialist publications and popular press (1)
Miscellaneous (1)
Reader, Senior Lecturer
- Church and Mission Studies
- Centre for Theology and Religious Studies
Contact information
E-mail andreas.westergrenctr.luse
Visiting address
Helgonavägen 3, Lund
Postal address
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
Internal post code 30