Recently graduated PhD Candidates

Gustaf Forsell

Forsell's dissertation Blodet och korset: tankefigurer i kristen nationalsocialism i Sverige, 1925–1945 (Blood and the Cross: Thought Figures in Christian National Socialism in Sweden, 1925–1945) presents how Christian National Socialism in Sweden made use of racial ideology, anti-Semitism and Christian theology, and how this was expressed in the articulation of various forms of Aryan Christianity.

Ida Olenius

Olenius' dissertation Andlig beredskap: Svenska kyrkans arbete för folkets inte försvarskraft under andra världskriget, 1939–1945 (Spiritual Preparedness: The Church of Sweden's Work for the People's Not Defensive Force during the Second World War, 1939–1945), focuses on the church's efforts for the people's "spiritual preparedness"; the will to defend the civilian population, resilience and cohesion. The study deals with the conceptual development, the organizational structure and the concrete activities and sheds light on the role that was attributed to the Church of Sweden and Christianity in the time of preparedness.

Carl Sjösvärd Birger

Sjösvärd Birger's dissertation ’Den katolicerande riktningen i vår kyrka’. Högkyrklig rörelse och identitet i Svenska kyrkan 1909–1946 ("The Catholicising Tendency in Our Church": High Church Movement and Identity in the Church of Sweden 1909–1946) examines the Swedish high church movement, its conditions, emergence, and identity creation during the early 20th century. Central theoretical concepts are modernity, movement, collective identity, and use of history.

Andreas Mazetti Petersson

Mazetti Petersson's thesis, A Culture for the Christian Commonwealth: Antonio Possevino, authority, history, and the Venetian Interdict, examines how Italian Jesuit Antonio Possevino (1533–1611) argued in favor of a centralized and unified Catholic culture and how it was expressed in an encounter with early modern advocates of free nation-states. Mazetti Petersson also analyses how theology, philosophy, and rhetoric were used in texts during the early modern era.