Anders Theodor Samuel Nygren (15 November 1890,
Gothenburg
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– 20 October 1978,
Lund
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) was a
Swedish
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Lutheran
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theologian. He was professor of
systematic theology
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at
Lund University
, motto = Ad utrumque
, mottoeng = Prepared for both
, established =
, type = Public research university
, budget = SEK 9 billion [Bishop of Lund
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in 1948 (emeritus 1958). He is best known for his two-volume work ''
Agape and Eros
''Agape and Eros'' ( sv, Eros och Agape) is a treatise written by the Swedish Protestant theologian Anders Nygren, first published in Swedish in two parts in 1930 and 1936.
Nygren was one of the theologians who had formed the so-called Lunden ...
'' (first published as Eros and Agape in
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1930–1936).
Nygren's approach, along with that of
Gustaf Aulén
Gustaf Emanuel Hildebrand Aulén (15 May 1879 – 16 December 1977) was the Bishop of Diocese of Strängnäs, Strängnäs in the Church of Sweden, a Lutheran theologian, and the author of ''Christus Victor'', a work which still exerts consider ...
, characterises what is referred to as “
Lundensian Theology Lundensian theology refers to the younger school of Lutheran theology and Luther research in Lund University. Its representatives were Anders Nygren, Gustaf Aulén and Ragnar Bring. Significant works of the Lundensian school have been '' Christus ...
”.
Nygren's observations about love are discussed at length in
M. C. D'Arcy's ''The Mind And Heart Of Love: Lion And Unicorn, A Study In Eros And Agape'', Faber and Faber, 1945.
References
*Jarlert, Anders :
Nygren, Anders, ''Svenskt biografiskt lexikon'', vol. 27, pp. 692–698.
Further reading
Dictionary article by Wesley J. Wildman including a discussion of Nygren's thinking and biographical details.
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Thomas Jay Oord
Thomas Jay Oord (born 1965) is a theologian, philosopher, and multidisciplinary scholar who directs a doctoral program at Northwind Theological Seminary and the Center for Open and Relational Theology. He formerly taught for sixteen years as a tenu ...
: ''The Nature of Love: A Theology.'' Chalice Press, 2010.
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1890 births
1978 deaths
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