Welcome to the second Exist-seminar this autumn “Encounters with Water: Historical and Theological Perspectives” with Carola Nordbäck!
When: December 5 kl. 12.00-13.00
Where: Cassiopeia seminar room, the Observatory, Kyrkogårdsgatan 8 A, 753 12 Uppsala, see map here: https://link.mazemap.com/4eZNcqYf
Online: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/66201001474
How: We open the doors at 12.00 for mingle and bring your own lunch, the seminar starts 12.15 with a presentation by the invited speaker followed by discussion 12.45, and we end 13.00 sharp.
December 5 kl. 12.00-13.00
Carola Nordbäck Encounters with Water: Historical and Theological Perspectives
Moderated by Martha Middlemiss Lé Mon, CRS
Bio
Carola Nordbäck is a researcher at the Research and Analysis Unit of the Church of Sweden, and an affiliated professor of Church History in the field of Museology at Umeå University. Her research focuses on environmental humanities and eco-theology.
Nordbäck’s ongoing research focuses on the question of the church’s role and challenges in a time of ecological crisis. She has taken a particular interest in the relationship between humans and water, highlighting blue theology as a way to deepen the understanding of humanity’s existential relationship with water. In her lecture, Nordbäck will combine a historical and contemporary perspective and discuss the following questions: How has the church’s existential and theological meaning-making regarding water changed over time? What can historical reflections tell us about both the past and our present time?
Read more: https://www.svenskakyrkan.se/forskning/carola-nordback-forskare
See archive with seminars from previous semesters here.