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Anders Ruuth (* 1926 in Stockholm ; † November 1, 2011 in Helsingborg ) was a Swedish Lutheran theologian .

Life

After studying Protestant theology in Lund, Ruuth was ordained pastor of the Church of Sweden in the diocese of Växjö in 1953 . After ten years of pastoral service in Argentina , he became pastor in Härnösand in 1963 . In 1966 he returned to Argentina as a theology professor at the University of José C. Paz (near Buenos Aires ), became director of the church study center (stiftsgård) Söråker in 1971 , provost in Örnsköldsvik in 1974 and director of the Swedish Lutheran Aid in 1985 . 1995 Ruuth was with a thesis on the Latin American Pentecostal Church Universal Church of the Kingdom of God for Dr. theol. PhD .

In 1968, Ruuth wrote and composed the blessing song “La paz del señor” in Argentina, which became famous on the 1988 World Day of Prayer . Eugen Eckert provided this song in 1985 with the German text “Bewahre uns, Gott”. This song can be found in numerous song books and has been edited many times.

Fonts (selection)

  • Dopets rikedom enligt Bibeln och bekännelseskrifterna . Stockholm 1975.
  • Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus: Gudsrikets universella kyrka: en brasiliansk kyrkobildning . Stockholm 1995.
  • Ord med makt! : Svenska Bibelsällskapets historia 1815-2000 : Uppsala 2000.
  • Brazilian pentecostal identity: a few characteristics . In: Jan-Åke Alvarsson / Rita Laura Segato (eds.): Religions in transition: mobility, merging and globalization in contemporary religious adhesions . Uppsala Univ. Library, Uppsala 2003, ISBN 91-554-5852-1 , pp. 101-128.
  • Rite and Power = Rito y poder: international seminar . Uppsala: Faculty of Theology, 2003.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Biographical data from Anders Ruuth at Carus Verlag
  2. ↑ Gudrun Mawick: 171 - Keep us, God, keep us, God . In: Liederkunde zum Evangelisches Gesangbuch . No. 22 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-525-50345-4 , p. 3–6 , doi : 10.13109 / 9783666503450.3 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Ruuth, Anders
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 2011
Place of death Helsingborg