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Oloph Bexell
Born(1947-06-06)6 June 1947(age 77)
Alma materUppsala University
OccupationChurch historian
FatherCarl Bexell[sv]
RelativesPeter Bexell[sv](brother)

Oloph Eric Fingal Bexell(born 6 June 1947)[1]is a Swedish priest (Church of Sweden) and professor emeritus inchurch historyatUppsala University.

Biography

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Oloph Bexell received hisbachelor of theologyin 1974 and wasordainedin theDiocese of Växjöthe same year. In 1988 he defended his thesis inpractical theology,and was employed the same year by the Swedish Church Board for Teaching and Education. He later became a researcher (Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation) in the history of Christianity at Uppsala University from 1989 to 1991. He received hisdocentcertification in church and social sciences in 1990. From 1992 to 2000 Bexell worked as a university instructor in the subject. He became professor of ecclesiology in 2000, and ofchurch historyfrom 2006 to 2014, and was during that time subject representative in the subjects. He was subsequently senior professor of church history.

His research focuses on the history ofliturgy,[2]homiletics,hymnologyandcanon law,as well as on biographies, where he has authored a large number of articles in the nationalbiographical dictionarySvenskt biografiskt lexikon,around 25 as of 2014.[3]From 1995 to 2005 he was a member of the editorial board for the publication of the book seriesSveriges kyrkohistoria('Swedish Church History'), where he wrote volume 7,Folkväckelsens och kyrkoförnyelsens tid('The era of revival and church renewal', 2003). There and in various essays he has marked pastoral history as an important part of church history.[4]As part of the scientific history project "Uppsala universitets historia1793–2000 "('History of Uppsala University 1793–2000'), he has publishedTeologiska Fakulteten vid Uppsala universitet 1916–2000. Historiska studier(2021) as a stand-alone volume.[5]In the international record seriesCorpus Christianorum,he published in 2023 a critical edition of decision of theUppsala assemblyin 1593 with commentary. As a result of the assembly, the Swedish church decided to adopt the Lutheran confession.[6]

He was editor of the journalSvensk pastoraltidskrift[sv]from 1976 to 1998, official diocesian orator to the memory of the deceased at the synodal conference in Växjö from 1990 to 2002, expert member of theBible Commission[sv]from 1992 to 1996, chairman of the St. Ansgar Foundation since 1995 and theSegelbergFoundation since 1997, and board member of theSamariterhemmet[sv]since 2000. He is an honorary member of theSmålands nation in Uppsala.[7]He was formerly deputy dean of the Faculty of Theology in Uppsala, and until 2015 chairman of the Swedish Society of Church History (Svenska kyrkohistoriska föreningen[sv].)[8]He is president of theSamfundet Pro Fide et Christianismo[sv],vice-president of theRoyal Society of Arts and Sciences of Uppsalaand member of the Royal Manuscripts Society (Kungliga Samfundet för utgivande av handskrifter rörande Skandinaviens historia[sv]) and theNathan Söderblom Society[sv].

Family

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Bexell comes from theBexellclerical family from Småland and is the son ofrural deanCarl Bexell[sv]and Märtha Björkman.[9]He is the brother of theologianPeter Bexell[sv]and cousin of ethics professorGöran Bexelland authorEva Bexell.

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Notes

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  1. ^"Oloph Bexell".Swedish Film Database(in Swedish).Retrieved2022-10-27.
  2. ^Brodd, Sven-Erik (1995)."Kyrkovetenskapliga forskningsfålt"(PDF).Halvårsskrift for praktisk teologi(in Swedish).12(1). Luther Forlag.Archived(PDF)from the original on 2022-10-27.Retrieved2022-10-27.
  3. ^Bexell, Oloph (2014)."Från praktisk teologi till kyrkohistoria: Tillbakablickar och reflexioner".Svensk Teologisk Kvartalskrift(in Swedish).90.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-10-27.Retrieved2022-10-27.
  4. ^"När enhetskyrkan gick i graven".Signum(in Swedish). 2021-03-01.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-05-22.Retrieved2022-10-27.
  5. ^"Ny bok ger insyn i teologiutveckling i Svenska kyrkan".Världen idag(in Swedish). 2021-07-10.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-10-27.Retrieved2022-10-27.
  6. ^Corpus Christianorum Conciliorum Oecumenicorum Generalumque Deceta.Editio critica VI/1/2Synods of the Christian Churches of and after the Reformation. The Dawn of the Reformation (16th–17th Centuries).Part 2. Ed. A. Melloni. Brepols 2024
  7. ^Moen, Ann, ed. (2007).Vem är det(in Swedish). p. 68.
  8. ^"Nu skriver han på det nya psalmlexikonet".Upsala Nya Tidning(in Swedish).Retrieved2022-10-27.
  9. ^Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1965).Vem är vem(in Swedish). Bokförlaget Vem är vem AB. p. 128.Archivedfrom the original on 2022-10-27.Retrieved2022-10-27.

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