Gustaf Wingren

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Gustaf Wingren (right) in the lecture hall of the Theological Faculty of the CAU (1965)

Gustaf Wingren (born November 29, 1910 in Tryserum , Östergötland , † November 1, 2000 ) was a Swedish theologian .

Life

Wingren comes from a working-class family and grew up in the small Swedish industrial town of Valdemarsvik . He studied Protestant theology from 1929 and was shaped by meetings with representatives of the Confessing Church at a student conference in Berlin-Spandau in 1935/36 and by a semester abroad in Berlin (1938). In 1939 he was ordained and was able to write a dissertation on Martin Luther's doctrine of the profession on his first academic position at Lund University , on the basis of which he was awarded a Dr. theol. received his doctorate. After visiting professorships in 1947 at the universities of Åbo and Basel (substitute for Karl Barth ) and in 1950 at the University of Göttingen , he became professor of systematic theology at Lund University in 1951 . In addition to his teaching and guest lectures around the world, he preached regularly and gave devotions on the radio. In 1974 he gave up his office as pastor in protest because, in his opinion , the (Lutheran) Church of Sweden did not act energetically enough against the opponents of women's ordination . In 1977 he was retired, but remained active as a journalist.

Wingren was a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches (WCC) for over two decades and also served on the Lutheran World Federation's Theological Study Commission .

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In his inaugural lecture in 1951, Wingren, influenced by the "theology of the Lund School" ( Anders Nygren , Gustaf Aulén ), but also by his encounter with Karl Barth and the Confessing Church, spoke of his predecessor and sponsor Nygren and his motive research Come on. In a critical examination of the theologies of Nygren, Barth and Rudolf Bultmann , he developed an independent position based on Irenäus von Lyon and Martin Luther , the focus of which is on the first article of the Creed , i.e. the theology of creation .

Honors

The universities of Kiel , Rostock , St. Andrews , Oslo and Aarhus awarded Wingren an honorary doctorate .

In the Diocese of Linköping , from which Wingren came, the Gustaf Wingren Society ( Gustaf Wingren-sällskapet ) was founded in 1995 , which is dedicated to the publication of Wingren's works and the dissemination of his theology.

Works

A list of 752 titles can be found in Tolkning och konfrontation. Ett symposium om Gustaf Wingrens teologi med anledning av hans 85-arsdag November 29, 1995 (Religio, Skrifter utgivna av Teologiska institutionen i Lund, No. 47). Lund 1996, pp. 109-147.

Authorized German and English translations:

  • God and man with Karl Barth . Berlin: Lutherisches Verlagshaus, 1951.
  • Luther's teaching of the profession . Munich: C. Kaiser, 1952 (English: The Christian's Calling. Luther on vocation . Edinburgh & London / Philadelphia 1958).
  • The question of method in theology . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1957 (English: Theology in Conflict: Nygren, Barth, Bultmann . Edinburgh & London / Philadelphia 1958; 2 1991).
  • The sermon. A principle study . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1955 ( 2 1959; English: The Living Word. A Theological Study of Preaching and the Church . Edinburgh & London / Philadelphia 1960).
  • Man and the Incarnation. A Study in the Biblical Theology of Irenaeus . Edinburgh & London / Philadelphia 1959.
  • Creation and Law . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1960 (English: Creation and Law . Edinburgh & London / Philadelphia 1961).
  • Gospel and Church . Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1963 (English: Gospel and Church . Edinburgh & London / Philadelphia 1964).
  • Shape of a church of tomorrow. The theological draft of the Swede Einar Billing . Munich: Claudius, 1969 (English: An Exodus Theology. Einar Billing and the Development of Modern Swedish Theology . Philadelphia 1969).
  • Adam we are. Three lectures on the Creed . Munich: Claudius, 1970.
  • Creed. The Christian View of Faith and Life . Minneapolis 1981.

Other important untranslated books:

  • Växling and continuity. Teologiska criterier . Lund 1972.
  • Gamla vägar framåt. Kyrkans uppgift i Sverige . Stockholm 1986.
  • Mina fem university. Love . Stockholm 1991 (memoir).
  • Jonny Karlsson, Karin Larsdotter (red.): Postilla Gustaf Wingren predikar . Artos: Skellefteå, 2010 ISBN 978-91-7580-489-7 (selection of sermons).

literature

  • Patrick W. Carey: Wingren, Gustaf . In: Biographical dictionary of Christian theologians . Greenwood Publishing Group, 2000, ISBN 978-0-313-29649-9 , pp. 541 f .
  • Carl Axel Aurelius : Gustaf Wingren . In: Theologische Realenzyklopädie 36, Berlin / New York 2004, pp. 110–114.
  • Hans Schwarz : Theology in a Global Context: The Last Two Hundred Years . Verlag der Liebenzeller Mission, 2006, ISBN 3-921113-59-8 .
  • Mary Elizabeth Anderson: Gustaf Wingren and the Swedish Luther Renaissance , Bern / Frankfurt a. M. [u. a.]: Peter Lang 2006, ISBN 978-0-8204-6339-1
  • Bengt Kristensson Uggla: Gustaf Wingren: male and female theologist . 2010

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gustaf Wingrens tryckta skrifter 1933-1995 (PDF file)
  2. ↑ Internet resource ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.svenskakyrkan.se

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personal data
SURNAME Wingren, Gustaf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish Lutheran theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Tryserum, Östergötland
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 2000