Bo Kristian Holm – författare

This edited collection affirms the joy of engaging theologically in interdisciplinary dialogue from a Nordic perspective.In tribute to Danish Professor of Systematic Theology Niels Henrik Gregersen (1956-), editors Bo Kristian Holm, Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen, Mikkel Gabriel Christoffersen, and their contributors affirm interdisciplinary dialogue as a fundamental avenue for Nordic theology to reach the world. Theology, to Gregersen, is a dynamic, context-sensitive, and interdisciplinary practice, which aims to help us understand reality as God’s reality. Organized around four key dialogues (Theology, Method, and Science; Scandinavian Creation Theology; Deep Incarnation; Theology in Society), the essays herein revitalize such conversations between theology and interdisciplinarity begun by Gregersen, prompting readers to consider what we might gain by bringing theology “into the world.” Juxtaposing theology with quantum mechanics, ecology, and education, to name a few, Holm, Pedersen, and Christoffersen reveal how theology provides vital insights when placed within non-theological, scholarly contexts. At its core, this edited collection proliferates a central message of Gregersen’s scholarship, contending that the spirit of Nordic Lutheranism offers unique interventions within global theological and non-theological dialogues.

Mit Hilfe des kulturanthropologischen Verständnisses von einer ‚Ökonomie der Gabe‘ (Reziprozität) wird anhand von Texten Martin Luthers - vor allem aus den Jahren zwischen 1518 und 1522 - gezeigt, wie dessen Rechtfertigungslehre ohne einen Gedanken der wieder etablierten Gegenseitigkeit zwischen Gott und Mensch gar nicht formulierbar ist. Luthers neu gewonnenes Verständnis von Gegenseitigkeit ist die Voraussetzung für sein positives Verständnis vom Christenmenschen und für seine häufige Parallelisierung von Christologie und Anthropologie.

Dieses Buch sucht die heutige Diskussion über die Bedeutung des Gabe-Begriffes für Anthropologie und Theologie für die Arbeit an einem neuen Verständnis von Luthers Theologie so fruchtbar zu machen, dass die modernen Kontroversen um ein angemessenes Verständnis reformatorischer Theologie differenzierter fortgeführt werden können.Der Band enthält sowohl englische als auch deutsche Beiträge.

From different perspectives this book studies the role of Reformation theology in the shaping of Danish society and the social dimensions of Lutheran confessional culture. The book develops an approach making it possible to draw strong conclusion about the social teaching of Luther and its impact on the development of the Danish society. It works on a conceptual level by analyzing the social dimensions of key Lutheran concepts and their translation into the doctrine of the three estates (church, household, and state), and on the level of lived experience of life within these three orders, not at least within the household forming the ideal form also for church and state. Thus the chapters in the book endeavor to connect the social ideas inherent in the Lutheran confession with the social formation of the Danish state from the Reformation into the period of Absolutism. A long mono-confessional situation within the Danish Monarchy makes it possible to study the impact of Lutheranism and the development of a confessional culture within a uniquely long timeframe. The focus is on basic mediums for the translation of Lutheran ideas into social practice: law, primarily connected to marriage and family; and the role of household, both as primary social relations and as basic social and political model. In this way the book offers important insights for theologians, historians, sociologists, and academically anyone interested in the relation between theology and sociality, confession and culture.