The first ordained women in the Church of Sweden: Narratives of vocation and recognition
On Palm Sunday 1960, three women knelt in front of an altar to be ordained as the first female priests in the Church of Sweden. During the 1960s, 54 women were admitted into the priesthood. This book tells the story of these pioneers through an analysis of their own personal narratives.

Viewed through the dual analytical lens of the theological concept of vocation and the social theorist Axel Honneth’s concept of recognition, these narratives provide a rich and complex picture of a groundbreaking reform that complements and challenges established historical narratives and contributes to the understanding of similar processes of change in other churches.

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The first ordained women in the Church of Sweden: Narratives of vocation and recognition
On Palm Sunday 1960, three women knelt in front of an altar to be ordained as the first female priests in the Church of Sweden. During the 1960s, 54 women were admitted into the priesthood. This book tells the story of these pioneers through an analysis of their own personal narratives.

Viewed through the dual analytical lens of the theological concept of vocation and the social theorist Axel Honneth’s concept of recognition, these narratives provide a rich and complex picture of a groundbreaking reform that complements and challenges established historical narratives and contributes to the understanding of similar processes of change in other churches.

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The first ordained women in the Church of Sweden: Narratives of vocation and recognition

The first ordained women in the Church of Sweden: Narratives of vocation and recognition

The first ordained women in the Church of Sweden: Narratives of vocation and recognition

The first ordained women in the Church of Sweden: Narratives of vocation and recognition

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On Palm Sunday 1960, three women knelt in front of an altar to be ordained as the first female priests in the Church of Sweden. During the 1960s, 54 women were admitted into the priesthood. This book tells the story of these pioneers through an analysis of their own personal narratives.

Viewed through the dual analytical lens of the theological concept of vocation and the social theorist Axel Honneth’s concept of recognition, these narratives provide a rich and complex picture of a groundbreaking reform that complements and challenges established historical narratives and contributes to the understanding of similar processes of change in other churches.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789198994131
Publisher: Lund University Press
Publication date: 01/27/2026
Series: Lund University Press
Pages: 352
Product dimensions: 5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Frida Mannerfelt is an Associate Professor of Practical Theology at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University
Alexander Maurits is an Associate Professor of Church History at Lund University

Table of Contents

1 Writing the history of a reform: narratives of vocation and recognition
2 Narratives of vocation and recognition: theory and method
3 The path to vocation: the historical context
4 The theology of vocation: the theological context
5 The path to recognition: training and ordination
6 Recognition of the vocation
7 The struggle for recognition
8 Ecumenical entanglements
9 Links and parallels
Summary: revisiting the historical narrative of a reform

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