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Teresia Derlén

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Presentation

Teresia Derlén (b. 1975) received her PhD from King’s College London in 2019. In 2002, she became a Master of Theology (History of Christianity) at Lund University.

Research 

Doctoral thesis: A most Lutheran nation? On popular religion and eucharistic belief in post-Reformation Sweden. Article: ‘Learning to be Lutheran by Singing: The Pedagogy of a Communion Hymn of the Swedish Reformation’, in Celebrating Lutheran Music: Scholarly Perspectives at the Quincentenary, eds., M. Schildt, M. Lundberg, J. Lundblad, Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2019, pp. 109-123.

Research interests

  • Traditional and popular religion in the early modern period, especially in the Lutheran north.
  • Seventeenth-century Eucharistic theology and liturgical practices in the Nordic countries with a particular interest in Sweden (including Finland).
  • Ecclesial art and architecture.
  • Devotional literature, textbooks and the development of schooling and literacy. Lutheran spirituality preceding and coexisting with pietism.

Contact information

teresia.derlen@svenskakyrkan.se