President Professor Torbjörn Aronson

»My Great Interest Is The Relationship Between Christian Faith, Culture, And Society In History And The Present«

Torbjörn Aronson, President of SST, teaches a number of courses at SST in Church History, Practical Theology and Humanities. He is also a part-time pastor in Malmö International Church, where he preaches and teaches regularly. His great interest is the relationship between Christian faith – culture and society in the past and present.

Professor Torbjörn Aronson
Teacher in: Church History, Practical Theology, History of Ideas

Degrees and Qualifications:

  • Professor in Church History with a focus on Christianity and Politics, Scandinavian Theological Seminary
  • Professor-at-Large in Church History, Southeastern University, Lakeland, FL
  • Docent in Church History, Uppsala University
  • Doctor of Theology in Church History, Uppsala University
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, Lund University
  • Licentiate of Philosophy in Political Science, Lund University
  • Bachelor of Philosophy in Political Science, Lund University
  • Bachelor of Theology, Uppsala University

Scientific Publications:

  • Den unge Manfred Björkquist: Hur en vision av kristendomens möte med kultur och samhälle växer fram (The Young Manfred Björkquist: How a Vision of Christianity’s Encounter with Culture and Society Develops). Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Studia Historica-Ecclesiastica Upsaliensia 44. Uppsala, 2008, 342 pages (Doctoral dissertation in Church History).
  • Högkyrklighet och kyrkopolitik: Kretsen kring Svensk Luthersk Kyrkotidning fram till ca 1895 (High Churchmanship and Church Politics: The Circle Around the Swedish Lutheran Church Newspaper Up Until About 1895). Artos, Skellefteå, 2014, 328 pages.
  • Väckelserörelser i Sverige 1700˗2000 (Revival Movements in Sweden 1700-2000). Areapagos, Uppsala, 2014, 60 pages.
  • Ett nytt karismatiskt landskap i Sverige: Trosrörelsen, oberoende församlingar, anglosaxiska församlingsplanteringar, migrantförsamlingar och många andra – en församlingsöversikt (A New Charismatic Landscape in Sweden: The Faith Movement, Independent Churches, Anglo-Saxon Church Plantings, Migrant Congregations, and Many Others – A Church Overview). Areopagos, Uppsala, 2016, 80 pages.
  • Kristen skola i Sverige under tusen år (Christian School in Sweden Over a Thousand Years). Areopagos, Uppsala, 2016, 176 pages.
  • Maranata! Väckelse och samhällsförändring 1960tal-1990tal (Maranata! Revival and Social Change 1960s-1990s). Acta Johannelundensia 4, EFS Förlaget/Budbäraren, Uppsala, 2021, 440 pages.
  • Konservatism och demokrati: En rekonstruktion av fem svenska högerledares styrelsedoktriner (Conservatism and Democracy: A Reconstruction of Five Swedish Right-Wing Leaders’ Political Doctrines). Lund Political Studies 64, Norstedts Juridik, Stockholm, 1990, 300 pages (Doctoral dissertation in Political Science).
  • Gösta Bagges politiska tänkande: En studie i 1900-talets svenska konservatism (Gösta Bagge’s Political Thinking: A Study in 20th Century Swedish Conservatism). Norstedts Juridik, Stockholm, 1993, 191 pages.
  • För kung och fosterland: Svensk Tidskrifts nationalistiska opinionsbildning 1911–1914 (For King and Country: Swedish Magazine’s Nationalist Opinion Formation 1911-1914). Uppsala, 2001, 160 pages.

Contact:
torbjorn.aronson@teol.se