Sara Gehlin

Teol. dr, Senior lecturer, Head of subject

Sara Gehlin is a senior lecturer at University College Stockholm. She teaches in all the three departments of the college, Religious Studies and Theology, Eastern Christian Studies, and Human Rights. Sara defended her doctoral dissertation on the role of theology in peacebuilding in year 2016 at the Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University. Since then, she has worked as a researcher at the Church of Sweden Research Department in Uppsala, and in the interdisciplinary research project “Reason and Religious Recognition” at the Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki.

Her research concerns the issues of ecumenical peacebuilding, interfaith and ecumenical dialogue, the history of the ecumenical movement, religion and conflict resolution, and the intersection of feminist- and peace theology. In recent years, her writing has also concerned the contemporary development of receptive ecumenism. She participates in the current work on receptive ecumenism at University College Stockholm and the Christian Council of Sweden and has also been a member of the council’s Work Group on Mission Theology.

Since 2015, Sara is a consultant in the World Council of Churches’ Commission on Education and Ecumenical Formation. Her most recent publications include the book Pathways for Theology in Peacebuilding: Ecumenical Approaches for Just Peace (Leiden: Brill, 2020).

Books

Gehlin, Sara, 2020. Pathways for Theology in Peacebuilding: Ecumenical Approaches to Just Peace. Leiden: Brill.
Gehlin, Sara, 2016. Prospects for Theology in Peacebuilding: A Theological Analysis of the Just Peace Concept in the Textual Process towards an International Ecumenical Peace Declaration, World Council of Churches 2008-2011. Lund: Lunds universitet.

Articles

Gehlin, Sara, 2020. Asymmetry and Mutuality: Feminist Approaches to Receptive Ecumenism. In: Studia Theologica: Nordic Journal of Theology 74. 2. S. 197-216.
Gehlin, Sara, 2020. En ny ekumenisk våg?. In: Svensk kyrkotidning 116. 10. S. 278-281.
Gehlin, Sara, 2018. Ett språk för freden?. In: Teologia.fi 3.
Gehlin, Sara, 2018. Ett språk för freden: Feministteologiska perspektiv på "moral imagination" och vägen ut ur en våldskultur. In: Teologinen Aikakauskirja/Teologisk tidskrift 123. 4. S. 308-320.
Gehlin, Sara, 2018. Lärande och tillit: perspektiv på receptiv ekumenik. In: Judisk-kristen dialog 2. S. 4-5.
Gehlin, Sara, 2018. Unity, Action, and Spirituality: Prospects and Challenges at the Intersection between Contemporary Receptive Ecumenism and Nathan Söderblom's Ecumenical Vision. In: One in Christ 52. 1. S. 78-92.
Gehlin, Sara, 2014. The Construction of Ecumenical Theology: A Possible Contribution to International Peacebuilding?. In: Svensk Missionstidsskrift/Swedish Missiological Themes 102. 2. S. 139-149.
Gehlin, Sara, 2014. Theology for a Culture of Peace: A Theological Analysis of the Textual Process towards an Ecumenical Declaration on Just Peace in the World Council of Churches 2008-2011. S. 77-80.
Gehlin, Sara, 2011. Ett religiöst fredsbyggande: Nathan Söderblom och ekumenikens broar. In: Svensk kyrkotidning 107. 1. S. 11-15.
Gehlin, Sara, 2010. Common Visions, Diverse Realities: Ecumenical Crossroads at the Faith and Order Plenary Commission 2009. In: Svensk Missionstidsskrift 98. 3. S. 307-319.
Gehlin, Sara, 2010. Quest for Unity, Quest for Diversity: Ecumenical Challenges in a Time of Globalization. In: The Ecumenical review 62. 3. S. 308-316.
Gehlin, Sara, 2010. Vägar till fred: Nathan Söderblom och ekumenikens broar. In: Svensk kyrkotidning 106. 26. S. 452-455.

Book Chapters

Gehlin, Sara, 2021. Receptive Ecumenism: A Pedagogical Process. In: Petter Jakobsson, Risto Jukko, Olle Kristenson (eds.), Sharing and Learning: Bible, Mission, and Receptive Ecumenism. Genève: WCC Publications. S. 31-41.
Gehlin, Sara, 2020. Voices from the Early Ecumenical Movement: Historical Contributions to Contemporary Discussions on Nationalism and International Community. In: Jelle Creemers & Ulrike Link-Wieczorek (eds.), On Nations and the Churches: Ecumenical Responses to Nationalisms and Migration. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt - Wissenschaft. S. 228-236.
Gehlin, Sara, 2019. Receptiv ekumenik: källa till pedagogisk kreativitet. In: Sven-Erik Fjellström & Olle Kristenson (eds.), Berörd: Samtal om mission i en föränderlig värld. Stockholm: Sveriges kristna råd, Svenska missionsrådet, Bilda & Sensus. S. 19-25.
Gehlin, Sara, 2018. Receptive Ecumenism: A Pedagogical Process. In: Vicky Balabanski & Geraldine Hawkes (eds.), Receptive Ecumenism: Listening, Learning, and Loving in the Way of Christ. Adelaide: ATF Press. S. 111-122.
Gehlin, Sara, 2017. Receptiv ekumenik: Om hopp och tillit i ekumeniska relationer. In: Dag Tuvelius (ed.), Var inte rädd: En bok om hopp. Förbundet Kristen humanism. S. 89-98.
Gehlin, Sara, 2017. Religion och fredsbyggande. In: Karin Aggestam & Kristine Höglund (eds.), Om krig och fred: En introduktion till freds- och konfliktstudier. Lund: Studentlitteratur AB. S. 321-334.
Gehlin, Sara, 2017. Utbildning för fred: Ett teologiskt uppdrag i vår tid. In: Henrik Rahm (ed.), Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund: Årsbok 2017. Lund: Vetenskapssocieteten. S. 23-38.
Gehlin, Sara, 2016. Catholicity and the Way of Just Peace. In: Dagmar Heller & Péter Szentpétery (eds.), Catholicity under Pressure: The Ambiguous Relationship between Diversity and Unity: Proceedings of the 18th Academic Consultation of the Societas Oecumenica. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt - Wissenschaft. S. 335-43.
Gehlin, Sara, 2015. Hur skapar vi en fredskultur?: Ekumeniska perspektiv på fredsbyggande i vår tid. In: Lars Söderholm, Henrik Friber-Fernros, Erik Lundgren, Hanna Stenström (eds.), Religion: konflikt och försoning. Förbundet Kristen humanism. S. 19-29.
Gehlin, Sara, 2010. Ett manifest för freden: Faith-based diplomacy under Kyrkornas världsråds årtionde för att övervinna våld. In: Hanna Stenström (ed.), På spaning... Från Svenska kyrkans forskardagar 2009. Stockholm: Verbum Akademisk. S. 191-207.
Gehlin, Sara, 2008. I Nathan Söderbloms fotspår: Svenska kyrkan som en aktör för fred. In: Anne-Louise Eriksson (ed.), På spaning... Från Svenska kyrkans forskardagar 2007. Stockholm: Verbum Akademisk. S. 377-396.
Gehlin, Sara, 2008. Nathan Söderblom, freden och ekumeniken. In: Anders Jarlert (ed.), Kyrkohistorisk Årsskrift. Kyrkohistoriska föreningen. S. 59-90.

Reviews

Gehlin, Sara, 2010. Ecumenism Today: The Universal Church in the 21st Century. In: Svensk teologisk kvartalskrift 86. 2. S. 94-95.
Gehlin, Sara, 2009. Ekumenik på världens villkor: Kyrkornas världsråd i den ekumeniska rörelsen efter Uppsala 68. Jonas Jonson.. In: The Ecumenical review 61. 3. S. 354-357.
Gehlin, Sara, 2009. Wounded Visions. Unity, Justice, and Peace in the World Church after 1968. In: The Ecumenical review 61. 3. S. 354-357.

Other

Gehlin, Sara, 2017. Educating for Peace: A Theological Task in Contemporary Times. Stockholm: Expertgruppen för biståndsanalys/Expert Group for Aid Studies.