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Gudmundsson, David
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Gudmundsson, D., Maurits, A. & Nykvist, M. (Eds.). (2017). Classics in Northern European Church History over 500 years: Essays in Honour of Professor Anders Jarlert. Frankfurt: Peter Lang Publishing Group
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Classics in Northern European Church History over 500 years: Essays in Honour of Professor Anders Jarlert
2017 (English)Collection (editor) (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Frankfurt: Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2017. p. 280
National Category
Religious Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-37227 (URN)978-3-631-72083-7 (ISBN)
Available from: 2017-09-07 Created: 2017-09-07 Last updated: 2017-09-11Bibliographically approved
Gudmundsson, D., Maurits, A. & Nykvist, M. (2017). Introduction: Classics and a Church Historical Use of History. In: David Gudmundsson, Alexander Maurits, Martin Nykvist (Ed.), Classics in Northern European Church History over 500 years: Essays in Honour of Professor Anders Jarlert (pp. 13-22). Frankfurt: Peter Lang Publishing Group
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Introduction: Classics and a Church Historical Use of History
2017 (English)In: Classics in Northern European Church History over 500 years: Essays in Honour of Professor Anders Jarlert / [ed] David Gudmundsson, Alexander Maurits, Martin Nykvist, Frankfurt: Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2017, p. 13-22Chapter in book (Refereed)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Frankfurt: Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2017
National Category
Religious Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-37228 (URN)978-3-631-72083-7 (ISBN)
Available from: 2017-09-07 Created: 2017-09-07 Last updated: 2017-09-11Bibliographically approved
Gudmundsson, D. (2016). Fältprästen Erich Medeéns dagbok från Nederländerna 1688–1690: Utgiven med inledning, noter och register. Lund: Lunds Universitets Kyrkohistoriska Arkiv
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Fältprästen Erich Medeéns dagbok från Nederländerna 1688–1690: Utgiven med inledning, noter och register
2016 (Swedish)Book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Lunds Universitets Kyrkohistoriska Arkiv, 2016. p. 82
Series
Meddelanden från kyrkohistoriska arkivet i Lund, ISSN 0455-0196 ; 12
National Category
Religious Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-34325 (URN)978-91-983171-2-1 (ISBN)
Available from: 2016-12-15 Created: 2016-12-15 Last updated: 2016-12-27Bibliographically approved
Gudmundsson, D. (2016). Relationen Lund–Greifswald 1660–1710 i ljuset av riksbyte och pietism. In: Stig Alenäs, Ingmar Brohed & Anna Minara Ciardi (Ed.), Lunds stift i världen – från mission till emigration: (pp. 129-155). Lund: Stifthistoriska sällskapet i Lunds stift
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Relationen Lund–Greifswald 1660–1710 i ljuset av riksbyte och pietism
2016 (Swedish)In: Lunds stift i världen – från mission till emigration / [ed] Stig Alenäs, Ingmar Brohed & Anna Minara Ciardi, Lund: Stifthistoriska sällskapet i Lunds stift , 2016, p. 129-155Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Lund: Stifthistoriska sällskapet i Lunds stift, 2016
National Category
Religious Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-34327 (URN)978-91-639-0442-4 (ISBN)
Available from: 2016-12-15 Created: 2016-12-15 Last updated: 2018-03-20
Gudmundsson, D. (2015). Chaplains and Pastoral Care in the Swedish Army. In: Stephen L. Kling Jr. (Ed.), Great Northen War Compendium. Volume One: (pp. 193-196). St. Louis (Miss.): THGC Publishing
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Chaplains and Pastoral Care in the Swedish Army
2015 (English)In: Great Northen War Compendium. Volume One / [ed] Stephen L. Kling Jr., St. Louis (Miss.): THGC Publishing , 2015, p. 193-196Chapter in book (Other academic)
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
St. Louis (Miss.): THGC Publishing, 2015
National Category
Religious Studies History
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-34328 (URN)978-0-9964557-01 (ISBN)
Available from: 2016-12-15 Created: 2016-12-15 Last updated: 2016-12-15
Gudmundsson, D. (2015). The Ghost who Walks Goes North. Early Modern Sweden in The Phantom, 1987–2008. Scandinavian Journal of Comic Art, 2(1), 6-24
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Ghost who Walks Goes North. Early Modern Sweden in The Phantom, 1987–2008
2015 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of Comic Art, E-ISSN 2001-3620, Vol. 2, no 1, p. 6-24Article in journal (Refereed) Published
National Category
History
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-34329 (URN)
Available from: 2016-12-15 Created: 2016-12-15 Last updated: 2023-11-21
Gudmundsson, D. (2014). Konfessionell krigsmakt: Predikan och bön i den svenska armén 1611–1721. (Doctoral dissertation). Malmö: Universus Academic Press
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Konfessionell krigsmakt: Predikan och bön i den svenska armén 1611–1721
2014 (Swedish)Doctoral thesis, monograph (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The broad aim of this thesis is to explain the fundamental themes and function of Swedish field sermons and field prayers, and so to re-examine the view in earlier research that field sermons were primarily ‘Old Testamentary’ in nature. Inspired by more recent international research, I hold that the sermons’ basic functions were twofold: discipline and comfort. What matters, is to understand the disciplinary aspects in terms of the fundamental Lutheran view of the social order, which was expressed in the doctrines of the three estates and of vocation. The army needed disciplined soldiers, and this the sermons answered for, but not primarily in response to the needs of the army, but as a reflection of Lutheranism’s worldview and self-understanding. The main expression of the sermons’ comforting function was the Gospel of Christ. This meant that the soldiers should not fear death, because if they were to die, it would be the will of God, and after death awaited eternal life. The basic themes seen in the sermons cannot be described as being ‘Old Testamentary’. The sermons were not primarily based on passages from the Old Testament, nor did martial themes and the Decalogue dominate at the expense of the Gospel.

The more specific aim of the thesis is to understand the ways in which preaching might have helped shape the self-image and worldview of both officers and men in the Swedish Army. A key analytical perspective is provided by Thomas Kaufmann’s thesis on ‘Lutheran confessional culture’. Kaufmann emphasizes Lutheranism’s outward boundaries–towards other confessions–but also its internal pluralisation. I have coined the methodological term ‘offered identification’ in order to study the self-image presented to Swedish soldiery. The premise here is that a person’s self-image consists of multiple identifications, while the word ‘offered’ signals the fact that I examine ideals, but not their eventual appropriation by the soldiers. In my analysis I examine three offered identifications. A confessional Lutheran identification as the correct sort of Christian was set against those I term ‘the confessional others’, most important being the Roman Catholic Church or ‘the papists’. An important part of a national identification as a Swedish subject was the belief that they were the chosen people–that Swedes were the new Israel. A professional identification as a Christian soldier was based on the Lutheran doctrines of vocation and of the three estates, which meant it was legitimate for a Christian to be a soldier. The soldierly ideal was fundamentally a Christian ideal.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Malmö: Universus Academic Press, 2014. p. 256
Series
Bibliotheca Historico-Ecclesiastica Lundensis, ISSN 0346-5438 ; 56
Keywords
field sermons, military sermons, prayers, divine services, chaplains, Lutheran confessional culture, identifications, confessional identity, national identity, Swedish army, 17th century
National Category
Religious Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-34324 (URN)978-91-87439-06-3 (ISBN)
Available from: 2016-12-28 Created: 2016-12-15 Last updated: 2016-12-28Bibliographically approved
Gudmundsson, D. (2014). Magnus Aurivillius predikan på andra söndagen efter trefaldighet, Poltava 27/6 1709. Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, 111-118
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Magnus Aurivillius predikan på andra söndagen efter trefaldighet, Poltava 27/6 1709
2014 (Swedish)In: Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift, ISSN 0085-2619, p. 111-118Article in journal (Other academic) Published
National Category
Religious Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-34331 (URN)
Available from: 2016-12-15 Created: 2016-12-15 Last updated: 2017-11-29
Gudmundsson, D. (2014). The Consolation of Soldiers. Religious life in the Swedish army during the Great Northern War. Scandinavian Journal of History, 39(2), 212-225
Open this publication in new window or tab >>The Consolation of Soldiers. Religious life in the Swedish army during the Great Northern War
2014 (English)In: Scandinavian Journal of History, ISSN 0346-8755, E-ISSN 1502-7716, Vol. 39, no 2, p. 212-225Article in journal (Refereed) Published
National Category
Religious Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-34330 (URN)
Available from: 2016-12-15 Created: 2016-12-15 Last updated: 2017-11-29
Gudmundsson, D. (2013). Ovanliga nattvardsfiranden i Karl XII:s armé. Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift, 89(3-4), 162-167
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Ovanliga nattvardsfiranden i Karl XII:s armé
2013 (Swedish)In: Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift, ISSN 0039-6761, Vol. 89, no 3-4, p. 162-167-Article in journal (Refereed) Published
National Category
Religious Studies
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-34332 (URN)
Available from: 2016-12-15 Created: 2016-12-15 Last updated: 2017-11-29

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