Benkt-Erik Benktson

Benkt-Erik Benktson (* 1918 in Viby , Örebro Lan , † 1998 in Lund ) was a Swedish Lutheran theologian .

Benktson was promoted to Dr. theol. obtained his doctorate and worked as a pastor in various parishes of the Church of Sweden and as a religion teacher until he became a lecturer in dogmatics at Lund University in 1963 . In 1976 he moved to Gothenburg University as a lecturer .

Benktson was influenced by Karl Barth , to whom his dissertation was dedicated, and often dealt in his writings with border issues between theology and philosophy, including Jean-Paul Sartre and Martin Heidegger .

Among other things, he wanted to “ save Bonhoeffer's concept of religion with the old distinction between religio vera and religio falsa ”.

Fonts (selection)

Teologi och psykologi . In: Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift . 1957, p. 75-88 ( online [accessed August 2, 2013]).
Christ and Religion . The concept of religion in Barth, Bonhoeffer and Tillich. Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1967.
Dogma as drama . The Dutch catechism read by a Swedish theologian. Calwer Verlag, Stuttgart 1976.
Varat och tiden . Introduction till Martin Heidegger, Being and Time. LiberLäromedel, Lund 1976.
Existence and belief . From Socrates to Simone de Beauvoir. Kaiser, Munich 1980.

literature

Sven-Åke Selander: Benkt-Erik Benktson in memoriam . In: Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift 75, 1999, p. 46f.

Web links

Literature by and about Benkt-Erik Benktson in the catalog of the German National Library

Literature by and about Benkt-Erik Benktson in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Literature by and about Benkt-Erik Benktson in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries )

List of estates and short biography

Individual evidence

↑ Ulrich Becker: Hope for the children of this earth: Contributions for religious education and ecumenism . Ed .: Gottfried Orth (= writings from the Comenius Institute . Volume 12 ). LIT Verlag, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7954-2 , p. 314 .

personal data
SURNAME	Benktson, Benkt-Erik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	1918
PLACE OF BIRTH	Viby , Örebro County
DATE OF DEATH	1998
Place of death	Lund

[1] Ulrich Becker: Hope for the children of this earth: Contributions for religious education and ecumenism . Ed .: Gottfried Orth (= writings from the Comenius Institute . Volume 12 ). LIT Verlag, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7954-2 , p. 314 .