CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Tuesday October 8

8.30am Registration opens

9.00am Opening of conference
9.15am Key Lecture
10.15am Coffee
10.45am Paper presentations
12.15am Lunch
1.30pm Lectures
2.30pm Paper presentations
4.00pm Coffee
4.30pm Paper presentations
6.15pm Reception hosted by Uppsala University followed by Dinner.

Wednesday October 9

8.15am Morning Service in the Cathedral of Uppsala

9.15am Key Lecture
10.30am Coffee
11.00am Paper presentations
12.30pm Lunch
1.45pm Lectures
2.45pm Paper presentations
4.15pm Coffee
4.45pm Guided tour in the Cathedral of Uppsala
6.30pm Buffet hosted by Church of Sweden

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Thursday October 10

8.15am Morning Service in the Cathedral of Uppsala

9.15am Key Lecture
10.15am Coffee
10.45am Paper presentations
12.30pm Lunch
2.00pm Plenary
3.30pm End of conference

DETAILED CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Opening of Conference. Tuesday 9.00am
Archbishop Anders Wejryd, Church of Sweden and Professor Carl-Henric Grenholm, Uppsala
University

Key Lecture. Tuesday 9.15am

Promise and Trust. Lutheran Identity in a Multi-Cultural Society. Christoph Schwöbel, Professor of
Systematic Theology at Tübingen University, Germany

Paper presentations. Tuesday 10.45am

Lutheran Theology and Ethics in a Post-Christian Society 1
Lutheran spiritual theology in a post-Christian society. Karin Johannesson, Assistant Professor in
Philosophy of Religion, Uppsala University, Department of Theology, Uppsala, Sweden.
“And the fruits of the spirit are. . . “: Contemporary Authors and Old Lutheran Books in Conversation
about Christian Life. L. DeAne Lagerquist, Professor of Religion. St. Olaf College, Northfield,
Minnesota, USA
Wisdom of the heart. Martin Luther on emotions. Birgit Stolt, Ph.D. in Philosophy, Honorary Doctor of
Theology. Dr. Stolt was Professor of German at the University of Stockholm until emeritus.

The Bible in Lutheran Tradition 1

Texts, Traditions and Contexts: Transformative inter-contextual reading of the bible within the
Lutheran tradition today. Kenneth Mtata, School of Religion and Theology, University of
Kwazulu-Natal, Republic of South Africa
Perspectives on Paul: Theology, Politics and Biblical Scholarship. Hans Leander, Postdoc in Religion
and Postcolonial Studies, Department of Theology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

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Lutheran Identity in a Global World 1
“Burning Issues” for Lutheran Churches. Göran Gunner, Associate Professor at Uppsala University,
Researcher at Church of Sweden Research Unit.
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia in the Context of The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
and The Church of Sweden. Kalle Tapani Kuusniemi, Researcher in the University of Helsinki,
Faculty of Theology, Helsinki, Finland.
Unity in Lutheran diversity – how to speak and hear the truth in love. Wittenberg, Dar-es-Salaam,
Budapest, Dodoma, Addis Ababa, and beyond. Anders Göranzon, Ph.D., Honorary Lecturer at
the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Republic of South Africa.

Lutheran Tradition and Gender 1

“Human and Christic Flesh: Difference and Pluriformity”. Mary J. Streufert, Ph.D., Director for Justice
for Women, Office of the Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
Exporting a Heritage: a case study of Lutheran tradition and Gender in a North-South perspective.
Karin Sarja, Associate Professor in Church History, Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Working at
the Secretariat for Theology and Ecumenism, The Central Church Office, Church of Sweden.
Lutheran women group: keeping Lutheran identity and tradition in a changing world. Valburga
Schmiedt Streck, Professor of Practical Theology and Pastoral Care at the Lutheran School of
Theology in São Leopoldo, Brazil.

Lectures. Tuesday 1.30pm

Law and Gospel in Lutheran Ethics. Carl-Henric Grenholm, Senior Professor in Ethics at the
Department of Theology, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Luther, Cranach, Stendahl: Locating Ourselves in Biblical Texts. Barbara R. Rossing, Professor of New
Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, USA.
Shifting Lutheran Identities – Reflections from Asia. Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon, Ph.D., Professor at
faculty of the Uniting Church Theological College, within the United Faculty of Theology, MCD
University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia.
Incarnate vs. Discarnate Christianity: Protestantism and the Bodiliness of Faith. Niels Henrik
Gregersen, Professor of Systematic Theology at Copenhagen University, Denmark.

Paper presentations. Tuesday 2.30pm

Lutheran Theology and Ethics in a Post-Christian Society 2
Lutheran Theology and Dialogical Engagement in Post-Christian Society. James M. Childs, Jr. Senior
Research Professor, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
A Lutheran answer to challenges from Alasdair MacIntyre and Stanley Hauerwas – Early Lutheran
theology and ethics in dialogue with present day post-secularism. Tomas Appelqvist, Post-
doctoral Researcher in Systematic Theology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
The “Troeltschian” Critique of Lutheran Ethics in Contemporary Theology. Leif Svensson, Ph.D.
student, Department of historical, philosophical and religious studies, Umeå University, Umeå,
Sweden .

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Priesthood of all Believers as Public Opinion – an unexplored link between the Lutheran Reformation
and the Enlightenment? Urban Claesson, Ph.D., Researcher, Church of Sweden Research Unit,
Uppsala, Sweden.
The Reformation and historical narration. Mobilizing experience from the past. Sinikka Neuhaus,
Ph.D., Lund University, Department of Educational Sciences, Campus Helsingborg, Helsingborg,
Sweden.

Lutheran Identity in a Global World 2

In Dialogue with the Gospel – ecclesial identity and ethics in rural Church of Sweden. Jonas Ideström,
Ph.D., Researcher, Church of Sweden Research Unit, Sweden.
Affirmation and/or Transformation. Evangelical Lutheran and Catholic Ignatian spirituality in
contemporary encounter within Church of Sweden. Anna Karin Hammar, Dr. of Systematic
Theology, Uppsala University, Diocesan officer for spiritual accompaniment in the Diocese of
Uppsala, Church of Sweden.
Reception, Appropriation, Contextualization and Actualization of Lutheran Tradition in Indonesia. Jan
S. Aritonang, Prof., Ph.D., Jakarta Theological Seminary, Jakarta, Indonesia.

Lutheran Theology and Politics 1

Erotic imagery in Luther – a challenge to traditional power structures? Elisabeth Gerle, Professor of
Ethics. Researcher, Church of Sweden Research Unit, Sweden.
A political mask of passion and pain. Critical interpretations of a Lutheran understanding of vocation
in the public sphere. Susanne Wigorts Yngvesson, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer. Stockholm School of
Theology, Bromma, Sweden.
Wellbeing of nations. Future directions for political economy and Christian social ethics. John
Atherton, Visiting Professor in Religion, Ethics and Economics, Department of Theology and
Religious Studies, and Centre for Faiths and Public Policy, from 2010, University of Chester;
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, William Temple Foundation, United Kingdom.

Paper presentations. Tuesday 4.30pm

Lutheran Theology and Ethics in a Post-Christian Society 3
Outside Paradise in a Post-Christian Society – Heritage, Development and Relevance in Contemporary
Lutheran Theology, Exemplified by a Study on Original Sin. Eva-Lotta Grantén, Docent at
Uppsala University and Director at the Diocese’s Office, Lund, Sweden.
Melancthon's Ethics for Lutherans in Post-Modern, Post-Christendom Environments. Charles
Peterson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (ELCA) in Columbus, Ohio, and Adjunct Professor at
Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

The Bible in Lutheran Tradition 2

After New and Radical New, the End: Rediscovering Luther's Eschatological Paul. Matthew R.
Anderson, Lecturer, New Testament and Cultural Studies, Loyola College for Diversity and

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 Sustainability & Department of Theological Studies, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec,
Canada.
A Lutheran Sermon as Based on Experience: Is this a Hermeneutical Tool Suitable for Reading Paul?
Linda Joelsson, Ph.D. Student in New Testament at Åbo Akademi, Finland.

Reformation as a Model for Interpretation of the Present 3

The Reformation, Hugo Grotius and the Development of International Law. Wahé H. Balekjian, Titular
Professor, Public International Law and International Relations, Faculty of Law, University of
Salzburg, Austria; Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Law, Faculty of Law, Business
and Social Sciences , University of Glasgow (Scotland), United Kingdom.
Lutheran Perspectives on the Right to Health in a Global World. Ville Päivänsalo, Ph.D. (Theology),
Assistant Professor in Global theology, worldviews and ideologies, Faculty of Theology,
University of Helsinki, Finland.

Atonement, Reconciliation and Forgiveness 1

Martin Luther’s concept of the alien glory of man. Sasja Emilie Mathiasen Stopa, Ph.D. Student,
Systematic Theology, The Faculty of Arts, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Justification and the salvific work of Christ – a suggestion. Thomas Ekstrand, Senior Lecturer, Uppsala
University, Department of Theology, Uppsala, Sweden.
Wrath and Reconciliation: Recovering a Controversial Theory on the Atonement. Jonathan M. Wilson,
M.Div, Th.M, Ph.D. candidate at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Key Lecture. Wednesday 9.15am

For future’s sake: Rekindling Lutheran theology on equality, spirituality and inclusivity
Kirsi Stjerna, Professor of Reformation Church History, and Director of the Institute for Luther
Studies, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, PA, USA.

Paper presentations. Wednesday 11.00am

Reformation as a Model for Interpretation of the Present 2
'Satis est' (CA 7) – the confessional unity of the church and the Augsburg Confession nowadays.
Henning Theißen, PD Dr. theol. habil., University of Greifswald, Assistant to the Chair of
Systematic Theology, Greifswald, Germany.
Tradition or Tradition? The Implication of a Theoretical Perspective on the Transformation of
Tradition. Anders Mogård, Ph.D., Uppsala University. Minister in Church of Sweden (Diocese of
Västerås), Sweden.
Lutheran Preachers and the Third Use of the Law: A Homiletical Approach to Overcome the Impasse.
Shauna Hannan, Assistant Professor of Homiletics, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
(Lenoir-Rhyne University), Columbia, USA.

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Lutheran Theology and Politics 2
Rwandan Lutheran Political Theology. Victor Thasiah, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Religion, California
Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA, USA.
Sacred Institutions. Challenges of Stewardship at the Intersection of State, Religion and Market: An
Ecosophic Worldview. Eskil Jonsson, Ph.D. in Business Administration from Uppsala University,
Sweden.
Evidence of the Post-Secular? An Example from the Blogosphere. Erika Willander, Ph.D. Student,
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

Lutheran Tradition and Tolerance 1

Encountering God and the Non-Christian Other: Outlining the Possibility of a Lutheran Interfaith
Theology. Carl-Eric Gentes, Ph.D. Candidate, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago,
IL, USA.
A Reconciled Future: The Lutheran and the Other in Eschatology. Jakob Wirén, Ph.D. Candidate, Lund
University, Theological secretary Church of Sweden, the diocese of Lund, Sweden.
In the name of tolerance: Collective memory, identity and historical consciousness in the The Mission
Province in Sweden. Carola Nordbäck, Associate professor of Church History at the Department
of Historical, Philosophical and Religious studies, Umeå University, Sweden.

Lutheran Tradition and Gender 2

Beyond Essentialism: An Existential, Relational and Feminist Lutheran Theological Anthropology.
Marit Trelstad, Associate Professor of Constructive & Lutheran Theology, Religion Department
Chair, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA, USA.
Re-Embracing the Body of Jesus Christ: A Queer, Lutheran Christology. Mary Elise Lowe, Associate
Professor of Religion, Augsburg College, Minneapolis, USA.
Speaking out of Experience. The Role of Experience in Luther’s Theology. Arnfríður Guðmundsdóttir,
Professor, Systematic Theology, Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, School of
Humanities, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland.

Lectures. Wednesday 1.45pm

Luther, Wittgenstein and Political theology. Tage Kurtén, Professor in Systematic Theology with an
emphasis on theological ethics and philosophy of religion at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.
The Experience of Justification. Christine Helmer, Professor of Religious Studies and German at
Northwestern University, USA.
Whose Tolerance? Between Political Tolerance and Religious Freedom. Massimo Serretti, Doctor in
Philosophy and Theology; Professor of Fundamental Theology at the Pontifical Lateran
University and Theological Anthropology at the Superior Institute for Religious Science
“Giovanni Paolo II”, Italy.
Looking to the Future: Liberating Aspects in Lutheran Theology for Gender and Politics. Else Marie
Wiberg Pedersen, Associate Professor in Systematic Theology with specialty in Dogmatic at
the University of Aarhus, Denmark.

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Paper presentations. Wednesday 2.45pm
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Lutheran Ethics and Ad Hoc Engagement. Paul T. Nelson, Professor and Chair, Department of
Religion, Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, USA.
Physicality as a new Model for Lutheran Ethics in a Multicultural Global Community. Richard J. Perry,
Professor of Church and Society/Urban Ministry, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago,
Chicago, IL, USA.
Lutheran Ethics Interpreted in a Post-Christian Society – Case Finnish Revivalist Movements and
Homosexuality. Markku Eetu Lauri Kejonen, Doctoral Student in Theological Ethics, Åbo
Akademi University, Faculty of Theology, Åbo, Finland.

Lutheran Identity in a Global World 3

Luther as a Guide for Action!?. Niclas Blåder, Ph.D., Researcher, Church of Sweden Research Unit,
Sweden.
Healing ministry according to the awakening movement of Ankaramalaza. Lotera Fabien, Dean of
SALT, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar.
An Introduction to the Theology of Rt Rev Dr Solomon Rajah Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church in Malaysia. Göran Wiking, Rev Dr, has worked as a church worker for the Church in
Sweden in India, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.

Reformation as a Model for Interpretation of the Present 4

Contra Philosophos – the Lutheran Reformation as critique of the rationality of modernity. Knut
Alfsvåg, Professor of Systematic Theology, School of Mission and Theology, Stavanger, Norway.
The Reformation between Bible and Modernity – Has it Responses to the present crisis? Ulrich
Duchrow, Professor, University of Heidelberg/Germany, for systematic, esp. ecumenical and
social theology and religion-economy issues; Co-founder and moderator of Kairos Europa.

Lutheran Tradition and Tolerance 2

Subversive Ecclesia for the Sake of the World. Karen L. Bloomquist, Ph.D., St, John's Professor (until
mid-May 2013), Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, USA.
The visible and the invisible – Luther in the ghetto. Malin Pihlgren, Master of Theology at Lund
University and Master of Arts in Theological Studies at the Lutheran School of Theology.
Luther´s Interpretation of the Magnificat and Latin American Liberation Theologies. Elina Vuola,
Academy Professor, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki, Finland.

Key Lecture. Thursday 9.15am

The Luther Planet: Challenges and Promises for and from Lutheran Global Identity between Politics
and Economy
Vítor Westhelle is Professor of Systematic Theology at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
and the Chair of Luther Research at Faculdades EST, São Leopoldo, Brazil.

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Paper presentations. Thursday 10.45am
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The Core Identity – North American Voices on Lutheran Identity and a Lutheran Contribution to the
American Multicultural Society. Kjell O. Lejon, Professor in Religious Studies Linköping
University, Linköping, Sweden.
Guiding Swedish emigrants to Lutheranism in the 1880s. Torbjörn Larspers, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer and
vice Principal at Johannelund Theological Seminary , Uppsala, Sweden.
“There’s an App for That!” Post-Christian Lutheran Encounter. Michael R. Trice, Ph.D., Assistant
Dean for Ecumenical and Interreligious Dialogue Assistant Professor for Practical Theology.
Seattle University, School of Theology and Ministry (STM), USA.

Lutheran Theology and Politics 3

Religion in the Public Sphere – A Contemporary Lutheran Perspective. Some considerations arising
from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's attitude towards a Lutheran teaching on the two Realms. Torbjörn
Johansson, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology at the Lutheran School of Theology in
Gothenburg, Sweden.
Worldly and Heavenly Cities and Kingdoms: The Two-kingdoms Doctrine in Swedish Folk-Church
Tradition. Jan Eckerdal, Ph.D., Priest in Church of Sweden.
The Distinctiveness of Diakonia. Gustaf Wingren Revisited. Tron Fagermoen, Ph.D., Assistant
Professor, Norwegian School of Theology (MF), Oslo, Norway.

Atonement, Reconciliation and Forgiveness 2

Healing as an Image for the Atonement: A Lutheran Consideration. Cheryl M. Peterson, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, OH, USA.
Justification By Grace, the Spontaneity of Good Works, and the Augustinian View of Human Nature:
How Neurobiology and Evolution Support Lutheran Thinking About Sanctification. Mark
Ellingsen, Professor of Church History at the Interdenominational Theological Center in
Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
How Does a post-Einsteinian Notion of Time Change Our Understanding of Atonement, Reconciliation
and Forgiveness? Antje Jackelén, Bishop of the Diocese of Lund, Church of Sweden, and
Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology/Religion and Science at the Lutheran School of
Theology at Chicago, USA.

Lutheran Tradition and Gender 3

Recognizing Otherness in Sexuality and Gender. Elina Hellqvist, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of
Helsinki, Finland, Faculty of Theology.
Lutheran Anthropology as Intersectionality: A Perspective on Embodiment in Feminist Theology.
Lovisa Nyman, Ph.D. Candidate, Systematic Theology, Lund University, Sweden, Centre for
Theology and Religious Studies.

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The Other at the Cross: Revisiting the question of otherness and submission from a Lutheran feminist
perspective. Anne-Louise Eriksson, Associate Professor, Head of Church of Sweden Research
Unit, Sweden.

Plenary – Living the Future. Thursday 2.00pm

Panelists:
Niels Henrik Gregersen, Professor of Systematic Theology at Copenhagen University, Denmark
Christine Helmer, Professor of Religious Studies and German at Northwestern University, USA
Antje Jackelén, Bishop of the Diocese of Lund, Church of Sweden, and Adjunct Professor of
Systematic Theology/Religion and Science at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, USA
Monica Jyotsna Melanchthon, Ph.D., Professor at faculty of the Uniting Church Theological College,
within the United Faculty of Theology, MCD University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia
Henning Theißen, PD Dr. theol. habil., University of Greifswald, Assistant to the Chair of Systematic
Theology, Greifswald, Germany

Moderator:
Anne-Louise Eriksson, Associate Professor, Head of Church of Sweden Research Unit, Sweden