Doctor of Theology Leif Nordenstorm

»One Of My Passions Is To Rediscover The Jewish Roots Of Christianity«

Leif Nordenstorm is the director of the Fjellstedt School Foundation, a training centre and theological training institute within the Church of Sweden. As director, he organizes courses in subjects primarily related to priests’ daily work with theology and the Bible, worship and preaching, pastoral care, intercession and diaconia, mission, the environment, and church law.

At the same time, Leif teaches History of Religions at Johannelund School of Theology and at the Scandinavian School of Theology. History of Religions is the study of non-Christian religions such as Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, African religions, and new religions. Currently, Leif is researching sermons and church law, in other words the church’s regulations.

Doctor of Theology Leif Nordenstorm

Part-time Teacher in: Religious History

Degrees and Qualifications:

  • Doctor of Ministry, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
  • Doctor of Theology in Religious History, Uppsala University
  • Licentiate of Theology in Religious History, Uppsala University
  • Bachelor of Theology, Uppsala University
  • Bachelor of Arts, specializing in Russian and Eastern European Studies, Uppsala University

Publications:

  • Dödandet vid begravningar. Ett inslag i järnålderns gravritualer i komparativ religionshistorisk belysning. In Fornvännen, 89, 1994.
  • Ômotos mission på esperanto: en japansk ny religion i förändring från kiliastisk Maitreyaförväntan till religionsdialog. Esperantoförlaget, 2002.
  • Mindfulness: kristna reaktioner och tolkningar. In Ingång, Vol. 18, 2/12, 2012.
  • Transpiranto: antisemitism, xenophobia, or just a joke. Esperantologio Esperanto Studies EES, Issue 6, 2013.
  • Views on Esperanto in the Bahai faith: A revised subchapter in Bhaullah and the new era. Esperantologio Esperanto Studies EES, Issue 7, 2015.
  • Mjuk lag i Svenska kyrkan: Codex ethicus och andra dokument. In Med god ordning och efter Guds vilja. En antologi om kyrkorätt. Skellefteå: Artos, 2019.

Children’s Books with Christian Themes:

  • Arne la ĉefido (Arne the Chief’s Son), a children’s book published in Esperanto, Malagasy, and Czech, 2005.
  • Nybyggarna i Norra botten (The Pioneers of Northern Finland), 2006.
  • Säljägare och kyrkobyggare (Seal Hunters and Church Builders): Bodens kyrkohistoria i berättelser (Boden Church History in Stories), 2008.

Contact:
leif.nordenstorm@teol.se