Magnus Lundberg
Professor at Department of Theology; Church History and Mission History
- E-mail:
- Magnus.Lundberg@teol.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3 B
- Postal address:
- Box 511
751 20 UPPSALA - Available:
- säkr. månd. o torsd.
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Short presentation
I am Professor of Church and Mission Studies, specializing in Mission History and non-European Church History. Earlier, my research focus was Colonial Spanish America from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth century. In recent years, I have devoted more time to contemporary Catholic traditionalism and independent Catholicism. Another research interest is nineteenth and early twentieth-century Catholic missions in the Dutch colonies in South America and the Caribbean.
Biography
Academic Degrees
Doctor of Theology, Missiology with Ecumenics, Lund University, June 2002.
Licentiate of Theology, Missiology with Ecumenics, Lund University, April 2000.
Bachelor of Theology, Lund University, January 1997.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Lund University, November 1996.
Academic Positions
Professor of Mission History, Department of Theology, Uppsala university, Jan 2020–.
Professor of Church and Mission Studies, Department of Theology, Uppsala university Jan 2016–.
Acting Professor/Chair (tf. ämnesföreträdare) of Church History, Department of Theology, Uppsala university, Jan 2016–July 2020.
Associate Professor (Universitetslektor/Docent), Church and Mission Studies, Department of Theology, Uppsala University, April 2010–Jan 2016.
Researcher (Bank of Sweden Tercentary Foundation), Department of Theology, Uppsala University, July 2010–April 2014.
Researcher (Swedish Research Council), Department of Theology, Uppsala University, July 2006–December 2008-December 2009.
Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Mission Studies/Church and Mission Studies, Department of Theology, Uppsala University, February 2004 -April 2010.
Guest Professor, Centro de Estudios de las Tradiciones, Colegio de Michoacán, Zamora, Mexico, November 2002–April 2003.
Research

Publications
Selection of publications
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Är påven katolik?: Traditionalistiska varianter på ett tema
Uppsala universitet, 2024
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The Decrees of the First Mexican Council (1555): Confiscations, Collectors, and Literary Migration
Part of The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, p. 143-171, 2023
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A Pope of Their Own: El Palmar de Troya and the Palmarian Church
Uppsala University, Department of Theology, 2020
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Giuseppe Maria Abbate: The Italian American Celestial Messenger
Uppsala University, Department of Theology, 2018
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Tomás Ruiz: utbildning, karriär och konflikter i den sena kolonialtidens Centralamerika
Teologiska institutionen, Uppsala universitetet, 2017
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Swedish Instititute of Mission Research, 2015
Recent publications
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Religion i gränslandet: Perspektiv på global kristendom. Festskrift till Kajsa Ahlstrand
Uppsala universitet, 2026
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[Review of:] Damian Cyrocki, The Mariavites: Heresy, The Apocalypse, and Poland’s Female Savior
Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, 2026
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Religiös auktoritet i det mexikanska Nya Jerusalem
Part of Religion i gränslandet: Perspektiv på global kristendom, p. 187-200, Uppsala universitet, 2026
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Part of Religion i gränslandet: Perspektiv på Global kristendom, p. 11-18, Uppsala universitet, 2026
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Is the Pope Catholic: Traditionalist Variations on a Theme
Uppsala universitet, 2026
All publications
Articles in journal
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Från Antwerpen till Axbergshammar: Hovmålaren och bruksarrendatorn Laurens van der Plas
Part of Personhistorisk Tidskrift, p. 1-20, 2024
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 154-160, 2024
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The Decrees of the First Mexican Council (1555): Confiscations, Collectors, and Literary Migration
Part of The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, p. 143-171, 2023
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Högt ovanför klausuren: Spansk-amerikanska kontemplativa kvinnors andliga flygfärder
Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 57-76, 2016
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Fighting the Modern with the Virgin Mary The Palmarian Church
Part of Nova Religio, p. 40-60, 2013
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Part of Hispanic American Historical Review, p. 742-744, 2012
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Mission studies as academic discipline and popular science: Gustaf Lindeberg (1878-1961)
Part of Svensk Missionstidsskrift, p. 197-209, 2011
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Part of Signum, p. 41-47, 2010
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En kvinnlig missionär tog sig an England
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, 2010
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Luther en orm i Mexikos paradis
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, 2009
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Ett skepp kommer lastat med laster
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, 2009
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David Kerr: A selected bibliography
Part of Svensk Missionstidsskrift, 2008
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Relación de la visita pastoral del arzobispado de México de Juan de Mañozca y Zamora, 1646
Part of Historia Mexicana, p. 861-890, 2008
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Conversación con Magnus Mörner
Part of Historica, p. 195-205, 2008
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El clero indígena en Hispanoamérica: De la legislación a la implementación y práctica eclesiástica
Part of Estudios de Historia Novohispana, p. 39-62, 2008
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Roman Catholic Archives in Latin America: Status Quaestionis
Part of Svensk Missionstidsskrift, p. 71-83, 2007
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Archives, Societal Amnesia, and Survival
Part of Svensk missionstidskrift, p. 5-7, 2007
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Den hårda striden om Guds stad
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, 2007
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Mission Studies at Uppsala University
Part of Svensk Missiontidskrift, p. 503-509, 2006
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk Årsskrift, 2006
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Mayafolkets röster ekar i ny forskning
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, 2006
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Part of Svensk Missionstidskrift/Swedish Missiological Themes, 2006
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Las actas de los tres primeros concilios mexicanos: Historia diplomática y estudio de su itinerario
Part of Anuario de Historia de la Iglesia, 2006
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Part of Dagens Nyheter, 2005
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Den heliga jungfrun en krigisk general
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, 2005
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Catarina de San Juans andliga flygfärder
Part of Signum, 2005
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Part of Svensk Missionstidsskrift, p. 313-318, 2004
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Gustaf Knös och resan till kontinenten
Part of Personhistorisk Tidskrift, 2004
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Part of Svensk Missionstidsskrift, p. 297-322, 2003
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Nahua reactions to the conflicts between Bishops and Friars in Sixteenth-Century Mexico
Part of Acta Americana, 2003
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The Church in Colonial Latin America
Part of Svensk Missionstidskrift/Swedish Missiological Themes, 2003
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The Concept of Mission During Ninety Years of SMT
Part of Svensk Missionstidsskrift, p. 285-293, 2002
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Gustaf Lindeberg och missionstudiet vid Lunds universitet
Part of Svensk Missionstidsskrift, p. 357-371, 1998
Articles, review/survey
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Aasulv Lande: A Bibliography 1971-2003
Part of Svensk Missionstidsskrift, 2004
Books
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Is the Pope Catholic: Traditionalist Variations on a Theme
Uppsala universitet, 2026
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A Polish-American Pope: Adam Oraczewski-Adam II
Uppsala University, 2025
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Är påven katolik?: Traditionalistiska varianter på ett tema
Uppsala universitet, 2024
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Pope Pius XIII: Encyclicals, General Documents and Caritas Newsletters, 1998–2005
Uppsala universitet, 2023
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A Pope of Their Own: El Palmar de Troya and the Palmarian Church
Uppsala University, Department of Theology, 2020
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Giuseppe Maria Abbate: The Italian American Celestial Messenger
Uppsala University, Department of Theology, 2018
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Tomás Ruiz: utbildning, karriär och konflikter i den sena kolonialtidens Centralamerika
Teologiska institutionen, Uppsala universitetet, 2017
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A Pope of their Own: El Palmar de Troya and the Palmarian Church
Uppsala University, Department of Theology, 2017
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Swedish Instititute of Mission Research, 2015
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Iberoamericana Vervuert, 2011
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El Colegio de Michoacán, 2009
Chapters in book
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Religiös auktoritet i det mexikanska Nya Jerusalem
Part of Religion i gränslandet: Perspektiv på global kristendom, p. 187-200, Uppsala universitet, 2026
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Part of Religion i gränslandet: Perspektiv på Global kristendom, p. 11-18, Uppsala universitet, 2026
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Pope Michael Research Bibliography
Part of World Religions and Spirituality Project, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2023
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Part of World Religions and Spirituality Project, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2023
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New Jerusalem Church of the Celestial Messenger
Part of World Religions and Spirituality Project, Virgina Commonwealth University, 2020
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Part of World Religions and Spirituality Project, Virgina Commonwealth University, 2020
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Abela Gullbranssons själavårdsbrev
Part of Kvinnligt religiöst ledarskap, p. 49-60, Södertörns högskola, 2020
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The Holy Apostolic Catholic Palmarian Church
Part of World Religions and Spirituality Project, Virgina Commonwealth University, 2015
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Gustaf Lindeberg and the Place of Academic Mission Studies in Sweden, 1910s-1930s
Part of Mission & Science, p. 65-75, Leuven University Press, 2015
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Guds sargade atlet: Isabel de la Encarnación och demonerna
Part of Zlatan Frälsaren och andra texter om religion och idrott, p. 218-232, Molin & Sorgenfrei, 2014
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Part of Världen på Kulturen. Kulturens årsbok 2014, p. 101-111, Kulturen i Lund, 2014
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Alonso de la Mota y Escobar: Ambición y santidad en la Nueva España, siglos XVI y XVII.
Part of Virreinatos II, p. 78-90, Editorial Grupo Destiempos, 2013
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Part of Religion i Latinamerika, Dialogos, 2012
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Part of Religion i Latinamerika, Dialogos, 2012
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Part of Religion i Latinamerika, Dialogos, 2012
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Part of Los indios, el derecho canónico y la justicia eclesiástica en la América virreinal, p. 221-238, Vervuert / Iberoamericana, 2011
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Part of Religionsteologi och religionsmöten, Svenska institutet för missionsforskning, 2007
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Part of Religión, Poder y Autoridad en la Nueva España, p. 41-54, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, 2004
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Avhandlingar vid teologiska institutionen i Lund 1900-1999
Part of Theologicum i Lund undervisning och forskning i tusen år, p. 213-233, Arcus, 2001
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Lärare vid teologiska institutionen i Lund 1900-1999
Part of Theologicum i Lund undervisning och forskning i tusen år, p. 205-212, Teologiska institutionen, 2001
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Missionsvetenskap med ekumenik
Part of Theologicum i Lund undervisning och forskning i tusen år, p. 150-155, Arcus, 2001
Collections (editor)
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Religion i gränslandet: Perspektiv på global kristendom. Festskrift till Kajsa Ahlstrand
Uppsala universitet, 2026
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Dialogos, 2012
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SMT: Svensk Missionstidskrift/Swedish Missiological Themes, vol. 96
Svenska institutet för missionsforskning, 2008
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Swedish Missiological Themes/ Svensk Missionstidskrift vol. 95
2007
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Swedish Missiological Themes/Svensk Missionstidskrift, vol. 94
2006
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Swedish Missiological Themes/ Svensk Missionstidskrift, vol. 93
2005
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Swedish Missiological Themes/ Svensk Missionstidskrift, vol. 92
2004
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The Church in Colonial Latin America
2003
Conference papers
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2014
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Mission and Ecstasy: Contemplative Women's Missionary Role in Colonial Latin America"
2011
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Ecclesiastical Justice and Pastoral Visitations in Seventeenth-Century New Spain
Part of Jurisdiktionskultur in der geistlichen und weltlichen Gerichtsbarkeit in Spätmittelalter und früher Neuzeit, 2010
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Justicia eclesiástica en un escenario local novohispano: Ixcateopan en el siglo XVII
2009
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Visitas eclesiásticas como fuentes históricas: México central del siglo XVII
Part of XII Congreso Sobre REligión y Etnicidad, 2008
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Nahua reactions to the conflicts between bishops and friars in sixteenth-century Mexico
2002
Monograph doctoral thesis
Monograph licentiate thesis
Reports
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Franz Engelhardt: The Fourth Seer of Fatima and Future Pope Peter II
2025
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Valdir Ros-Pedro II: The Pope of Nova Iguaçu, Brazil
2024
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Francis Schuckardt, the Papacy, and the Apocalypse
2024
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På väg mot ny kunskap: Att skriva uppsats med historisk inriktning (2:a upplagan)
2024
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White Smoke over Montana: Pius XIII and the true Catholic Church
2023
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The Invisible Pope: Linus II and the 1994 Assisi Conclave
2023
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Maurice Archieri (1923-2016): The Vicar of Christ in Le Perreux-sur-Marne
2023
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På väg mot ny kunskap: Att skriva uppsats med historisk inriktning
2021
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The Slavic Pope?: Jan Maria Michał Kowalski and the Mariavites
2019
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Dan Brown and the Palmarian Church, Or What is this Thing Called Research?
2018
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På väg mot ny kunskap: Konsten att skriva uppsats i Kyrko- och missionsstudier (3 rev. uppl.)
2018
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Laurens van der Plas: En nederländsk konstnär vid Gustav II Adolf hov
2017
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2017
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Chriszekal Elias a.k.a Peter II: The Pope of Eddystone, Pennsylvania
2017
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Papal Management by Fear: The Palmarian Pontificate of Gregory XVIII (2011-2016)
2016
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På väg mot ny kunskap: Konsten att skriva uppsats i Kyrko- och missionsstudier: 2:a upplagan
2016
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Palmar de Troya - Holy Catholic Apostolic Palmarian Church
2015
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2015
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The Archbishop and the Virgin: Alonso de Montúfar and the Early Cult of Our Lady of Guadalupe
2015
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2015
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På väg mot ny kunskap: Konsten att skriva uppsats i Kyrko- och missionsstudier
2015
Other
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[Review of:] Damian Cyrocki, The Mariavites: Heresy, The Apocalypse, and Poland’s Female Savior
Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, 2026
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, 2025
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[Review of:] Asunción Lavrin, Men of God: Mendicant Orders in Colonial Mexico
Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, 2025
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[Review of:] Carlos Eire, They Flew:A History of the Impossible
Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 179-182, 2024
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[Review of:] Jeroen Dewulf, Afro-Atlantic Catholics: America’s First Black Christians
Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 176-179, 2024
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 168-170, 2024
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, 2023
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 134-136, 2022
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Chester Olszewski – Chriszekiel Elias – Peter II: The Pope of Eddystone, Pennsylvania
2022
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Part of Signum, p. 61-62, 2021
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Reservoarpennor: Design, teknik och historia
2021
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[review of:] Peter Jan Margry (ed.), Cold War Mary: Ideologies, Politics, Devotional Culture, 2021
Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 173-176, 2021
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Eduardo Dávila – Eduardo I: Pope and Supreme Pontiff of Mexico and the Americas
2021
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 178-181, 2020
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Baby Jesus and the Universal Christian Church of the New Jerusalem in Gallinaro, Italy
2020
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Pope Christophe XVIII and La Très Sainte Église de Jésus-Christ, Mission de Banamè in Benin
2020
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, 2020
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[Recension av:] Nadine Amsler, Jesuits & Matriarchs: Domestic Worship in Early Modern China.
Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 207-210, 2019
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 205-207, 2019
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 222-224, 2019
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[Review of:] Moshe Sluhovsky, Becoming a New Self: Practices of Belief in Early Modern Catholicism
Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 122-124, 2018
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 150-152, 2018
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 130-133, 2018
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 128-130, 2018
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The Faithful Remnant and the Canadian Last Pope
2018
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 173-175, 2017
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 166-168, 2017
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 158-161, 2017
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 161-164, 2017
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[Review of:] Julie Byrne, The Other Catholics: Remaking America’s Largest Religion, 2016.
Part of Nova Religio, p. 147-148, 2017
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 147-149, 2016
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 163-166, 2016
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 166-168, 2016
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[Review of:] Gustavo Morello, SJ The Catholic Church and Argentina's Dirty War, 2015
Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 179-181, 2016
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Part of Signum, p. 55-58, 2015
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 231-233, 2015
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 237-238, 2015
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 228-231, 2015
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk tidskrift, p. 239-241, 2015
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[Review of] Steven E. Turley, Franciscan Spirituality and Mission in New Spain, 1524-1599.
Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, 2014
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, 2014
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[Review of] Franklin Steven Jabini, Christianity in Suriname
Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, 2014
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 222-224, 2012
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 220-222, 2012
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Part of Historisk Tidskrift, p. 657-663, 2011
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, 2011
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Religion and Society in Latin America: Interpretative Essays from Conquest to Present
Part of Hispanic American Historical Review, p. 345-346, 2011
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 220-221, 2010
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 248-249, 2010
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Part of Svensk Missionstidsskrift, 2010
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 221-223, 2010
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Part of Lychnos, p. 314-315, 2010
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[Recension av:] John W. O'Malley, What Happened at Vatican II. Harvard 2008.
Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 189-191, 2009
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 172-173, 2009
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Part of Lychnos, p. 366-367, 2009
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, p. 170-172, 2009
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Part of Svensk Missionstidsskrift, p. 273-276, 2009
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Part of Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift, p. 134-135, 2008
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk Tidskrift, p. 183-184, 2008
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk Årsskrift, p. 233-234, 2008
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Part of Swedish Missiological Themes, p. 185-188, 2008
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Part of The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Interamerican Cultural History, p. 464-465, 2008
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Part of Svensk Teologisk Kvartaltidskrift, 2007
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[Recension av:] Alan Greer, Mohawk Saint: Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits (2006)
Part of Kyrkohistorisk Årsskrift, p. 246-248, 2007
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Part of Kyrkohistorisk Årsskrift, p. 236-237, 2007
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Part of Svensk Missionstidsskrift, p. 107-110, 2006
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[Recension av:] Adriaan C van Oss, Church and Society in Spanish America, Amsterdam 2003.
Part of Svensk Missionstidsskrift, p. 245-246, 2006
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[Recension av:] Kyrkan och religionerna: Katolska grunddokument. Ed. Kaj Engelhart
Part of Hela Jorden, 2006
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Part of Hispanic American Historical Review, 2006
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Part of Swedish Missiological Themes/Svensk Missionstidskrift, p. 131-133, 2005
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[Recension av:] El mundo de las catedrales novohispanas.: Ed. Montserrat Galí Boadella. Puebla, 2002
Part of The Americas: A Quarterly Review of Inter-American Cultural History, 2004
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Part of Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift, 2004
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