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Debatten om kvinnliga präster i Växjö och Göteborg stift: En kvalitativ studie över debatten om kvinnliga präster i lokaltidningar i Växjö och Göteborg stift 1957-1958
Linnaeus University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
The debate regarding female priests in Växjö and Göteborg dioceses : A qualitative study about the female priest debate in local newspaper in Växjö and Göteborg dioceses 1957-1958. (English)
Abstract [en]

This study has investigated the debate about allowing women to be consecrated as priests that started as a propositon at the Church meetings in Sweden between 1957 and 1958. The essay's purpose was to shed light on the newspaper debate attitude towards the introduction of female priests, focusing on the debates that took place in two dioceses: Gothenburg and Växjö. It presents the arguments for and against female priests that occur in the studies material. Furthermore, the study has also examined which groups argued for and against female priests with a grouping by gender. The study has in a larger sense tried to bring greater understanding of gender relations in theological circles in the 1950s. To examine this the study is based on debate articles and letters to the editor in local newspapers from the two dioceses. 

 

The primary result of the essay was that the secular arguments for and against female priests was based on the perception that men and women are different to each other and that this could either hurt or help the church. Some also argued that men and women are the same and that they therefore should be allowed in the priesthood. Regarding the theological arguments, revolves around how the Bible should be interpreted in the modern day. Furthermore, the study showed that both dioceses argued in majority for female priests, but the resistance was greater in Gothenburg and amongst men in both dioceses. 

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2023. , p. 53
Keywords [en]
Church history, women´s history, priesthood, oppression, ecclesiastic, societal change.
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-118402OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-118402DiVA, id: diva2:1727579
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History
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Teacher Education Programme for Upper Secondary School, 300/330 credits
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Available from: 2023-01-17 Created: 2023-01-16 Last updated: 2023-01-17Bibliographically approved

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