Becoming Human Again

"e;This brilliant and judicious book is a hermeneutically based analysis of the very significant theology of Gustaf Wingren. Uggla makes Wingren's theology--in all its conflictual glory--come alive again through both an analysis of Wingren's major works and a moving narrative of his singular eventful life: a major work on a major theologian."e; --David W. Tracy, University of Chicago"e;Uggla takes the genre of intellectual biography to new heights. 'What Theology Is and What It Ought to Be' is the subtitle of Gustaf Wingren's debate book The Silent Interpreter; it also works as a subtitle for what this eloquent interpreter, Bengt Kristensson Uggla, achieves as he navigates the seas of academic and public theology with scholarly rigor and hermeneutical elegance. We are given a powerful testimony of why and how the church needs theology."e; --Antje Jackelen, Archbishop of Uppsala"e;This is probably the definitive biography of the great Swedish theologian Gustaf Wingren. Uggla writes with scope and theological nerve, and with a sense of wit and detail."e; --Niels Henrik Gregersen, University of CopenhagenREVIEWS OF THE SWEDISH EDITION OF THE BOOK (FOR FRONT MATTER)"e;It is a rich, stylistically brilliant and exciting work [...] Bengt Kristensson Uggla has created an intellectual masterpiece about a complex theological personality. When reading the book, it becomes clear how much we risk losing if we let Gustaf Wingren remain in oblivion. A reading experience of large dimensions."e; --KG Hammar, former Archbishop of Uppsala, Sydsvenska Dagbladet"e;This is a large and impressive work. Bengt Kristensson Uggla has the advantage that he writes extremely well / ... / The book is a shocking and highly interesting reading about a constantly struggling person."e; --Mary Schottenius, cultural journalist, Dagens Nyheter "e;An extremely readable book, initiated, well-informed and committed."e;--Svante Nordin, Professor of History of Ideas at Lund University, Svenska Dagbladet "e;An important book on an important theologian / ... / also if you belong to Wingren's critics, as I do, Kristensson Uggla's book is rewarding and thought provoking. For me, it meant that I had to re-examine some of my criticism. / ... / Gustaf Wingren continues to amaze even after his hundredth birthday."e; --Anders Jeffner, Professor of Theology at Uppsala University, Kyrkans Tidning"e;A magnificent and fascinating biography"e; --Dr. and Reverend Arne Fritzon, Sandaren"e;When Bengt Kristensson Uggla takes on the task of writing about Gustaf Wingren, it immediately becomes exciting / ... / it deserves its place among standard works of our business and for future Swedish theologians."e; --Dr. and Reverend Hans Andreasson, Tro & Liv