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This thesis examines the Climate Mass held in Stockholm Cathedral in September 2023. The aim is to understand the theology of the Climate Mass and how it terms and theologically processes and interpret the climate crisis in a Swedish church sermon. The thesis also investigates how the context matter for theology in eco-theological preaching in the Church of Sweden. Using an eco-theological framewo
The main purpose of this study is to analyse how the inherent plurality in the Lutheran theological tradition is shown in the Church of Sweden’s interpretation of the sacrament of baptism. Since most recent studies on the theology of baptism have focuses on lived theology, this study is instead focused on normative and formal theology. In this study have analysed the baptismal motifs in two curren
The aim of this study is to examine how the Church of Sweden’s bishops' letters on climate and deaconry, as well as Pope Francis encyclical Fratelli tutti, articulate the church’s social and political responsibility in contemporary society. Through a qualitative content analysis, the study examines how the documents address themes of creation and climate responsibility, economic justice, and s
This thesis looks at present-day ecclesial use of the Bible by investigating the reception of narrative parables from the Gospel of Luke, chapters 10–15, in sermon guidelines published 1985–2013 in two periodicals aimed mainly at Church of Sweden clergy. The main problems can be expressed by the words “what”, “how” and “why”: What is received – and what is not received? How is that which is receiv
